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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The training with a knowledgeable mom / dad coach is far superior to U8 Jrs.

1-2 former player parent type coaches for a single team of kids will get them a better, intimate, and far more fun experience with more skill development then lost in a crowd dribbling inside the penalty box with 40-50 players.  You lower your chances of breaking into travel, but try to focus on the here /now.  We know some families that have older players on elite A teams who won't put any of their younger kids through juniors.  [/quote]

Good luck getting placed on one of those teams.  If you're lucky then of course it's great and at a low investment cost at that.  More than likely you will get a parent that knows nothing about soccer.[/quote]

+1- parents are great volunteers--and I give them so much credit for taking the time to coach-- but most have no idea how to truly coach to the technical aspects. The U-8 coaches in Juniors actually teach travel for older kids and know exactly what they are doing and how to train the kids. [/quote]

...don't care how great a couple of coaches are, you clearly have not talked to most parents who have gone through it.  kids have no individual attention. group drills don't cut it anymore then oversized classrooms with a top teacher. the program is flawed.  7 year olds need to be on teams, and then they can add in 1-2 days of professional training as a supplement.  there are tons of parents who can train kids, they run many of the u7 teams. but they are sidelined at u8 because all the good kids do juniors for fear they will not make travel.  it can be done better.  [/quote]

I don't need to talk to most parents-I was one. My kid did it. He got much better. Do parents gripe-sure. Every program has flaws. But at the end of the day there were only a handful of parents who stayed for the whole practices (I know because I stayed given commuting challenges to leave and come back) I agree there are lots of kids. And its harder than being on a team of 10 where its more intimate or team oriented. But they had 3- 4 coaches at every practice and there were 35-40 kids (several no shows each practice) They often got broken up into 4 groups for drills. Ratios were not much different than rec. And locally I am unaware of another similar option that is coat effective (private lessons are 75 a pop).  Is juniors perfect-no. But was it worth it and did my kid get better coaching then his time in rec-yes. I appreciated the professional coaching.  And you do not need to do juniors to make travel. Half of the incoming top two teams in our travel year were non junior players...[/quote]

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