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[quote=Anonymous]Advice I would give my younger self:

1. Have fun and enjoy the memories that you will have with your son.

2. No matter the time of day, time of year, weather, or location (indoors or outdoors), always make sure to put on sunblock. Very Important for the kids, but is even more important for the parents.

3. Make sure to find a team at a young age with a good coach, nice kids, and whose parents you enjoying spending time with. Please refer to rule #1.

4. Find a team who has kids and parents that want to play as much as your kid. Pickup games, after practice, on holidays or whenever there is a free night or weekend, are important and they should include kids and parents. Please refer to rule #1.

5. Find the shade. On every field there is shade somewhere, even if it is the shadow of a light post. Find the shade and watch the game from there. PS. Buy a very large umbrella as this can be used to create and maintain shade. And also functions to repel rain.

6. Don’t talk about soccer with non-soccer parents. They just won’t understand what you are going through.

7. Don’t make getting a scholarship a goal. If a scholarship is the goal, have your son play the tuba. 80% of tuba players get scholarships compared to 3% of soccer players.

8. Enjoy it while it lasts as someday travel soccer will end. If they learn to enjoy the game, they will want to play and push themselves. They may play in college or professionally or maybe they will just play on weekends with their friends. But if you did it right, you and your son will have great memories and have made some great friends along the way.
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