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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]

PP here. Not sure why nothing was quoted above, but the last paragraph is all I wanted to add to the dialogue:

Listen, you’re making arguments to leave BSC if you’re there and not happy. But you’re failing to see any responsibility outside of the coaches. And that’s just not how this journey works.

You complain about the practices being jokes. But that isn’t all on the coaches, that’s on the kids and the parents too - more on them than the coaches imo. Culture isn’t dictated magically from the coach, and judging from all the finger pointing and responsibility dodging, it seems that the expectations parents have of their own investment beyond driving and paying is a big part of why BSC is struggling to have the culture you want it to. You can’t be part of something, complain about it not having what you want, and refuse to take responsibility for your part in it.

As for development, if it’s just “kids getting better”, then I’m sure that is met. You keep avoiding being specific on the development topic and pivoting to emotions and subjective observations. [b]What specifically do you want them to do as coaches / as a club for your kid? What are they not doing that they should be? [/b]

Here is the not so dirty secret to team development and team practice: at practice, coaches do not want you to come to practice, they want to see how much you have been practicing.

Just like if your kid plays and instrument, they don’t go to their private lesson to practice….you have to stop taking the approach that team practice is “practice.” Team practice is game prep, and it should be more intense than a real match. But if you’re relying on the club for practice, then you and your kid (and the other kids doing the same) are undermining everything about individual growth and team growth.[/quote]

I strongly disagree with this. Practice should not just be game prep and team growth. That may be how it’s treated but not how it should be when you’re spending that much money and committing that much time. These are young kids usually giving 3 days a week to the club after school for 90ish mins. F*ck team growth and game prep for that commitment. These kids have a life and families have other ways to spend money. Winning ain’t that important.

I’m not saying you are wrong in how some coaches treat it. But to me that epitomizes much of what’s wrong with the culture. Team practice should not be game prep. Let’s also get real, how in the world do you justify kids spending 4-5 hours a week on game prep?[/quote]

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