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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are issues at Barca the same as other clubs.  There is favoritism, including favoring more physical kids over smaller and more disciplined kids, dismissal of parent concerns, communication gaps, and politics, between parents as well as between parents and the staff.   Those who take the plunge will find out on their own.

It is a great place for raving fanatics, though.   This thread provides many, wonderful examples. [/quote]

Wow, my kids were in the program from the beginning and I did not experience anything like what you've just described.  Given the dire picture you've painted, I wonder why almost every family returned and they added many more players?

In terms of communication, I don't think that other soccer clubs in Northern Virginia come anywhere close.  Whenever we emailed a question, we received a response within an hour or so.   During the year, they had several meetings with parents of each team to explain their methodology, what they are trying to achieve and how each team is progressing.  The meetings included video presentations, where the actual game and training footage was used to illustrate some of their points.   I did not see any raving fanatics among the parents.  As for politics, the parents are not even allowed to talk to coaches about training/playing issues.  The program has a procedure for discussing player specific issues by requesting a meeting with the technical director.  As for favoring more physical kids over smaller kids, I don't believe it is true.  Their style of play is not based on brute force and physicality.  Barca teams that play in the tournaments routinely include younger players that play up, sometimes in large numbers.  This was my experience with the program and coming back for another year was an easy decision for us.  [/quote]

I guess they had a different experience than you did.  Like the posters who say they are happy in their current environment vs the ones who were unhappy and left.  It's pretty clear at this point that there is no nirvana out there, positives and negatives in every environment.  And, you can't take the politics out of humanity, it's just a fact of life.  Especially here, in the land of lawyers and lobbyists.[/quote]

“...the parents are not even allowed to talk to coaches about training/playing issues.”[/quote]

Yes.  And, as far as size, that's laughable.  The two teeny tiniest kids on the team are the starting Striker and Center mid on my kids team.  They have zero problem against players much, much bigger.  It's about as 'size-blind' as it gets--particularly because little guys are often even playing up with older groups (where they are even littler).  Nobody has the Coaches contacts/numbers/email.  There are no 'team' managers.  There is ONE paid Central manager for the entire Academy who can set up appointments directly with the TD or handle questions about kits, report a kid's illness/absence, etc.  She gives the messages to the training staff. The TD and all the coaches train every age group, clip boards out every session.  The TD knows every kid in the program and watches development.  The parents do not go down to the field.  The kids are released and sent out to the parents after training sessions.  So, it's fairly hard, for even the savviest a**-kisser to break through.  But, many parents think that's what happening if they aren't happy with their child's progression.  Take it all with a grain of salt.  Nobody should be taking anyone's opinion for word (even this one) without going out to experience any Club for themselves.  People fit different places, that's why there is choice.  [/quote]

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