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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is pathetic. Stop whining, and if you’re so disappointed get out there and coach yourself. [/quote]

OP here, I am a coach.  I’d like to explain to you again: most coaches “teaching” travel soccer in the DMV are molding their players into the way their coach played.  There are some exceptions but the overall lack of knowledge and professionalism is pretty sad.  The evaluations are entirely subjective, the players selections are extremely biased and over the period of 2 hours.  For girls it’s worse: if your DD is not good friends (or even worse disliked) with the best player then she’s not part of the team.  Don’t believe me?  Next time there is a tryout, ask to see the “notes” they are took of your dear child.  More than half of the time they don’t even bring out rosters.

The coaching license courses are also very far from any type of proper function.  The D course is useless because the C course will teach conflicting material.  The B course is basically adding to the racket; there’s no statistical instruction, no analytical instruction, and essentially it’s who agrees with the instructor.  I don’t understand how this is so upsetting to some.  The most “technical director” do for “continuing education” out here is show what they do in training maybe once a year.

If soccer within our culture is far behind Europe, why would anybody not think coaching is the same way?  How many directors does your club have?  Ask to see their development plans.  How many of your clubs prioritizes development?  Ask to see their formula for age group, team, child.  You think they plan their sessions?  Ask to see their plans.  You people are paying thousands of dollars for nothing.  It’s a racket.

If you want some free advice:
- if your coach has ever brushed off your child by telling them “just go home and juggle” or “just play some wall ball”, you’re sustaining the racket.
- if you have a older DD and your club is doing nothing to prevent ACL injuries, you’re sustaining the racket 
- ever notice the trainings are always technical warmup, possession, play?  Sustaining the racket[/quote]

Ahh. Now I get it. You’re tying to drum up business on this forum. So who are you and what club do you coach at and what gender and age(s)?[/quote]

What should the club be doing to prevent ACL injuries? FIFA11?[/quote]

Stop deflecting. Answer the question about who you are OP and where you coach. Start another thread if you want to discuss ACL injury prevention. [/quote]

Not OP but found the ACL comment very interesting as I have 2 soccer playing DD’s. What do clubs do to help with prevention? [/quote]

Google “PEP Program Soccer”. It is a 10-15 min warmup routine that has been shown to reduce ACL injuries. Additionally, hamstring strengthening exercises are helpful for most athletes since there are hamstring muscles that run down behind the back of the knee and since many athletes are “quad dominant” (ratio of quad strength vs hamstring strength). [/quote]

Arlington and McLean do this; Alexandria to an extent.[/quote]

51-year old woman here.  Former soccer player for 20-years...and runner.

Since high school, I always did heavy quad AND hamstring on weight machines.  I still have zero knee pain, never had a knee injury.  Ankles the same way.

Weight lifting and stabilization are the key.

Sometimes the physique you are born with makes you more prone on injury.  For example, I am 5'5" and muscular.  Many tall people I know cannot run comfortably after a certain age because it is too tough on their knees.

Nowadays, we are so much more advanced in the fitness/strength area with a lot of balance exercises used for stabilization.  I would check out a knowledgable sports PT.  It can make a world of difference.

And, like another pp said, cross-training in different sports is key for young kids.  Overuse injuries are ridiculously widespread at the youngest of ages (not seen that early in prior generations) from repetitive/constant use of the same motions/muscles.

In adolescence,  you will get your typical Osgoods and Severs--but these are related to growth and will resolve on their own.[/quote]

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