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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone think Bobby reads DCUM?[/quote]

Not only does he read the forum he is actively posting.[/quote]

Why do people do this?

Everyone is Anonymous.  You have no way of knowing unless you are Bobby.

I know I'm not Bobby, so that eliminates one Anonymous.[/quote]

Who else would say hte following the way it is stated and who else would know some of those details? Really, a parent talks like this?:

[quote]Wow...while you can compare clubs and offering, there isn't a club anywhere in NoVa that trains like FCV. I hear it from parents all the time that come in for tryouts. FCV is still getting stragglers from MU coming for tryouts as of this week. If a player wants to play near home and play with friends, that is fine. But the training the would get is not even close in comparison. [/quote]
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/360/804708.page#15125815[/quote]

As a parent, I've heard these words from friends of ours whose kids were trying out. Their words, not Bobby's or mine, about how much better the training is and how much more intense it is.

So it could be from anyone.[/quote]

Nope. No parent talks like this in general and certainly not to other parents at a tryout. But only someone who is actually a parent would know this.

What parent is at the fields so much and is so approachable that they actually "hear it from parents all the time that come in for tryouts"?

What FCV parent is so intimate with how other clubs train to be able to draw such a conclusion? As if Clyde Watson just runs a shit show in McLean and has never been able to get kids recruited?

And what is actually so unique to how FCV trains in the first place? Is it some proprietary blend of drills, swagger and tweets that no other club can match?

At a ID session parents are pretty focused on how their kid is doing at a tryout. If the parent of a kid trying out at a club does happen to talk to a current team parent they are likely to ASK about the club and the training they are not likely to comment on how it differs or compares to where they have been.

Parents are also very child centric in their description of a program. They would never sound like an Augusta Masters announcer saying trite soundbites like "there isn't a club anywhere in NoVa that trains like FCV" that sound like "FCV, a training experience like non-other." No parent ever talks about a club in such a way. A new parent would want to know HOW practices are run, how playing time is distributed, extra costs, winter training etc.

So Bobby, if you want to sound like a parent you should probably start by being one first. But here are some tips for some things you can say that will pass as parent speak:

The following are some up beat and peppy lines:
"I've seen my kid really develop the last two years"
"My kid really enjoys the challenging environment"
"My kid is valued and the sideline atmosphere is great"
"The kids really get along great on and off the field"

Here are some reserved lines you can also use. These are more neutral in tone:
"Playing time is generally split among 6-7 kids who get 30-40% of the minutes."
"Communication from some of the coaches is great but not all"
"Training is pretty good but playing time could be better"
"There is some favoritism but I've seen worse in other places"

But note how the parent speaks through the prism of their own child's experience and not over glamorizing the club as a whole. For parents it is about the kid first and foremost. A parent will almost never speak about the club other than through the perspective of organizational elements like communication, cost etc. Parents will talk about their kids coach but not about the club training overall. They will discuss the differences between coaches and they view their kids coach as the focus of their child's training and they NEVER view coaches as interchangeable. WHO their coach is going to be is the single most important aspect in their decision, not THE CLUB. They will talk about their coach and only compare to another coach in that they either feel lucky with who they have or they feel envious of the coach they don't have.

Parents are also more consumed with game minutes than they are with a training experience like non-other. 
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The above post will probably get deleted. You know, friends in high places and all. But I just wanted to say DDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.

That is all. [/quote]

One goofball patting another on the back.

I am a parent and I say the types of things you think only coaches say.  Some of us add a little intellect to our conversations not just grunting.  [/quote]

And yet almost immediately following that long post some parent asks the following:

[quote]How is Gus Donolo as a coach? Do the girls like him? We are considering a non-DA team but want to make sure he is just as committed to the non-DA players as those in DA.[/quote]

Crazy how a parent wants to know about the coach first. [/quote]

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