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Wait so this is all Bulls**t?

BETHESDA SC
Developing Professional and Collegiate Soccer Players. We are a development club first. [/quote]

What do you think that means?

What do you mean when you say “genuine development.”

I think you don’t understand what a development means in a team environment. But I don’t know that, so I’d love to know what YOU think that means the club is supposed to do specifically.[/quote]

Not the PP, but development obviously means that a player gets better. Sure, a kid should be expected to get touches on their own, juggle, and put in the effort outside of practice to perfect WHAT THEY LEARN IN PRACTICE. To that end, I expect a BSC practice to include more that what a kid can do on his own. I expect a coach to demonstrate, explain, observe, correct, fine-tune, and teach the skills necessary to get to the next level. Kids who have those technical skills at BSC are not getting them from the practices. They're getting them from parents who were past players and can coach them or from private instruction. That's what I've observed. BSC is relying on its MLSN and ECNL to bring in players that were developed elsewhere. New parents don't know this because it's not how the club is advertised. Maybe this is just the way it is, and fine. But let's call a spade a spade.[/quote]

This is absolutely correct. BSC is constantly poaching from other teams to fix “weaknesses” on the top teams because the coaches do not develop players themselves. Very often, these outside players wind up being no better than the player who was cut. Practices are a joke, and this is from YDP ages all the way to the top. The parents know it, the players know it, the coaches may or may not recognize it because they assume they are God’s gift to soccer. Any of the teams that are successful are that way because the players are getting TONS of outside training, both together and individually. [/quote]

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