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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Travel-to-rec parent here - we are hoping to roster slightly higher in the spring season, to combat the "too many kids doing other things" problem. The league recommends 11 for the 7x7 format, and we've only had a couple games where we had more than 2 subs. Last week we had to start the game with 6-on-6 because we didn't have enough girls for 7x7, but luckily the other team was shorthanded too. We like to sub our goalie out at about the quarter mark, but that's hard to coordinate when you have no subs waiting on the sidelines in a pinnie and gloves. Also, good point that it might be the age of the girls. They're 8, so they are SILLY. When they are focused, they are actually awesome to watch. But you have to wade through a lot of silly to get there. We're good about equal playing time, though. The only time we really take into account ability level is when we're assigning positions. If we have someone in goal who is weak on goal (like many are when they first play it), we put our best defenders on D to help out. If we are playing a really good opponent, we are probably keeping our best striker in a forward position and not putting her in goal.[/quote] Funny you say that, at a Barca tryout(FCBEscola) they said all players could do what they like, including coding, camps, other sports, and if they miss practice it wouldn't matter since the team wasn't going to force anyone to practice and the player wouldn't lose a slot on the team. I was thinking, but didn't want to say it, why would anyone sign up for that, pay $3k for fees and $300 for uniform and then have the player's team not even show up at times because they were doing something more important. Not sure if the rep was trying to cater to every need, heard some things about the area(Loudoun), or really is just offering private training with Barcelona branding to go with it.[/quote] Right -- when I'm paying $3,000 to face elite competition, I think it's reasonable to expect people to show up. For a $120 rec league, expectations are different.[/quote] We tried out and declined to join. Admittedly I we didn't know what it really was and after they discussed the training focus with less emphasis on games my kids checked out. Also, the kids in that program for the most part was a part of the Evergreen club which wasn't competitive to begin with. It's going to be hard to use [b]Barcelona's(sic)[/b] name her in the states where the culture isn't training for soccer, it's playing games. [/quote] The training is excellent and they move kids around to find the right skill set and fit for them. Very few of the Evergreen kids are actually involved and kids come from all over the area. You were a bit short sighted in your analysis. [/quote] Did you sign up? If so, do share. Us that went to tryouts, didn't like the fit and didn't sign up only have those few hours of perspective. The pp misspelled Barcelona, so woucl use some more information. Make us less ignorant... :) Also, I know there was scrimmages, but no games, so in what environment are the kids being moved around?[/quote] They did have scrimmages which appeared to be well run and well played and officiated. The style of play was evident and extremely possession focused. Some of the older boy teams are playing in tournaments but for the most part the club seems to be spending this year preparing kids for league play next year. They are really taking their time instilling the style of play across the age groups to ensure that they are trained and disciplined to play a certain way without falling into bad habits for the sake of a league win. All the practices are well organized with balls already provided and a ball is always at the ready. They explain the purpose of each practice to the kids so that they know what they are working to achieve. They group players based on skill not necessarily age or gender, other than not playing kids down in age. I see girls on boys teams, girl only teams, boy only teams, kids playing up a age or two etc. The younger age groups appear to be very co-ed. But at the end of the day, regardless of the level of talent they do not appear to be cutting any corners in order to achieve results on a scoreboard. They are clearly dedicated to their philosophy and method of coaching. [/quote]
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