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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]On a per hour basis it's less expensive than most kid activities. I figure my kid spends a minimum of 6 hours a week at practice/games for at least 45 weeks/year. So that works out to about $10-12/hour. And it keeps them active and occupied, gives them the skills to play on their high school teams, and at least my kid enjoys it. So it's worth it for us, but maybe not for your family.[/quote]

Well, we can afford it but don't subscribe to this scam and philosophy of training (games, games: ribbons and trophies).  I prefer the European (e.g, Netherlands) approach -- drill and kill re: skills rather than games at a young age.  I know this is anti-American (mind and muscle) but I prefer the products of this philosophy.  6 hours a week of soccer games for elementary school children is absurd...no wonder our boys never excel at the higher levels of play.  They lack basic and fundamental skills in favor of a chest of trophies.

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This sounds good, but where you you find the European approach here? We'd like to sign up![/quote]

There's a new guy in the area starting his own program called Arrington Training and Development...I think they just launched a website. He told us that he's trying to break the mold of the Bethesda/Potomac clubs. He coaches our son (13 yr old), and in only a year we've really seen a substantial improvement in his skills and love of the game. He's from the area and also played somewhere in europe for a couple of years....He's set on developing his own program. Apparently all of his teams play in MSI classic and not travel, because according to him, the training is more important than spending extra money on travel leagues. I would recommend him...he comes off as someone who has a plan for the future with the boys, not just there to get a paycheck... might be worth looking in to![/quote]

He coached at the high school level this fall and the players thought he was really great.[/quote]

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