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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think you should ever rely on any coach or program to develop your child.  Kids need development at home with a parent guiding the way ([b]how much guidance and in what form depends on the kid-parent relationship[/b]).  Even if you don't have much of a background in the sport, go to online videos to research drills and skills practice.  Playing with friends in the backyard can also help immensely.  Yes, travel and rec are required to get game experience in, but a large part of development is just working on skills on your own and playing with other friends who like the sport in the backyard.

Once parents take more ownership of their child's development and take a long view of the development process, you tend to be less obsessed with a season here or there that didn't work out as well with a certain coach/team/situation.

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No one plays in their backyard anymore.  And, I cringe at the thought of a parent taking "ownership" as described in this post.  [/quote]

While I believe that parents are important as a support system for the young soccer player, the whole point of a coach (and a teacher) is to help develop your child in that field. Can you rely upon them as a sole means?  No. However, they should be competent enough to teach the kids basics about the sport, and even more than that if they are paid "professional" coaches. It is also good to have the kid separated from the family dynamic when trying to learn a sport.[/quote]

Please see the bolded above.  I think we are on the same page.  My point was to encourage parents to not always look to blame a coach or program when they're child isn't developing the way they hoped and understand that some coaches and programs are better than others.  You may not always be able to figure out which is better/worse or may not even have access all the time to the good coaches, so you have to be able to let your kid develop independent of that and not just put all your eggs in one basket.

As far as my comment on pick up soccer - that's how all the South American players become to be so good and creative.  Kids there aren't signing up for travel teams and playing tons of games/tournaments and attending multiple camps.  Google "pick up soccer youth development" and you'll see alot on this topic.[/quote]

Yep. Agreed. [/quote]

Coming from a tennis background it's hilarious you all think your kids will ever become competitive at anything with one coach and 11 to 13 players 2 or 3 tmes a week.[/quote]

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