Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^u19s playing JV? Wtf?

Not u19. U16. The team is all freshman and sophomore. A few kids will make varsity but not most given the competition for varsity spots in large HSs.

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Oh your original post said you coached U19 typo I guess

I’m the poster you just replied to but a different poster from the one who posted about coaching u19. My post was replying to theirs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^u19s playing JV? Wtf?

Not u19. U16. The team is all freshman and sophomore. A few kids will make varsity but not most given the competition for varsity spots in large HSs.

Oh your original post said you coached U19 typo I guess

Anonymous wrote:^u19s playing JV? Wtf?

Not u19. U16. The team is all freshman and sophomore. A few kids will make varsity but not most given the competition for varsity spots in large HSs.

Anonymous wrote:If you have a son who plays HS soccer in the fall, how often is your team training during Aug Sept and Oct? Does your team take these months off or do you train? I’m curious.

The team will continue offering training 2x a week, combining with other HS age groups. So there are no team-only practices. Most kids who make the HS team do not attend practices or they might attend 1x a week or just occasionally until the season is over. I think this is a good balance.

A lot of DC's team played in middle school and the club had a similar approach with combining practices for 2 different age groups for those who wanted to attend. I'd say almost none of the kids who were on their school teams attended regularly during those 6-7 weeks. DC went 1x a week and that was probably the most typical schedule. The coach was clear he would not penalize players for not attending during the middle school season and he did not.

^u19s playing JV? Wtf?

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Anonymous wrote:DS’s MD club is doing nothing except a tournament Labor Day. It’s incredibly disappointing. He will play HS soccer and it will be 6 days a week so it’s not that I expected 3 days a week of practice but why did they charge for a full fall season?

So what happens when your son who plays soccer 6 days a week then trains twice a week and gets hurt bc of overuse?

I saw that someone posted that Soccerwire overuse article and it seemed like everyone agreed with it but then when the falls starts it’s “what am I paying for”. I coach a u19 team in dc I am lobbying to cancel training sessions until October but leadership didn’t even hear me out, why? The parents pay the money so who cares if the kids get overworked? Makes no sense to me.

Here the HS season is over by mid-October (most kids play JV) and the club won’t resume until Thanksgiving. Why charge as much as last year when they are playing for several months less?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS’s MD club is doing nothing except a tournament Labor Day. It’s incredibly disappointing. He will play HS soccer and it will be 6 days a week so it’s not that I expected 3 days a week of practice but why did they charge for a full fall season?

So what happens when your son who plays soccer 6 days a week then trains twice a week and gets hurt bc of overuse?

I saw that someone posted that Soccerwire overuse article and it seemed like everyone agreed with it but then when the falls starts it’s “what am I paying for”. I coach a u19 team in dc I am lobbying to cancel training sessions until October but leadership didn’t even hear me out, why? The parents pay the money so who cares if the kids get overworked? Makes no sense to me.

He misses his entire junior year of play because of injury. Sucks for college recruitment timing.

That was our house this past year.

Happens too often, kids r playing 5 days a week with no break, multiple matches a week, on top of club training and we’re sitting here wondering why they are injured and keep doing the same thing over and over.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS’s MD club is doing nothing except a tournament Labor Day. It’s incredibly disappointing. He will play HS soccer and it will be 6 days a week so it’s not that I expected 3 days a week of practice but why did they charge for a full fall season?

So what happens when your son who plays soccer 6 days a week then trains twice a week and gets hurt bc of overuse?

I saw that someone posted that Soccerwire overuse article and it seemed like everyone agreed with it but then when the falls starts it’s “what am I paying for”. I coach a u19 team in dc I am lobbying to cancel training sessions until October but leadership didn’t even hear me out, why? The parents pay the money so who cares if the kids get overworked? Makes no sense to me.

He misses his entire junior year of play because of injury. Sucks for college recruitment timing.

That was our house this past year.

Anonymous wrote:DS’s MD club is doing nothing except a tournament Labor Day. It’s incredibly disappointing. He will play HS soccer and it will be 6 days a week so it’s not that I expected 3 days a week of practice but why did they charge for a full fall season?

It’s no better in spring when all the VA high schools play and the season basically non-existent. None of the team is atbkravtuces in the spring.

Anonymous wrote:DS’s MD club is doing nothing except a tournament Labor Day. It’s incredibly disappointing. He will play HS soccer and it will be 6 days a week so it’s not that I expected 3 days a week of practice but why did they charge for a full fall season?

So what happens when your son who plays soccer 6 days a week then trains twice a week and gets hurt bc of overuse?

I saw that someone posted that Soccerwire overuse article and it seemed like everyone agreed with it but then when the falls starts it’s “what am I paying for”. I coach a u19 team in dc I am lobbying to cancel training sessions until October but leadership didn’t even hear me out, why? The parents pay the money so who cares if the kids get overworked? Makes no sense to me.

DS’s MD club is doing nothing except a tournament Labor Day. It’s incredibly disappointing. He will play HS soccer and it will be 6 days a week so it’s not that I expected 3 days a week of practice but why did they charge for a full fall season?

My sons go to a private in DC so it's Fall HS soccer too. Last year sucked. Their league was mostly MD teams and almost all of them cancelled or requested games moved to spring so we only had like 4 regular season Club games (USNATl. league). Our HS has soccer 5-6 days a week so it is very, VERY hard to balance Club and HS--especially on an upper tier team. My older son that plays ECNL is not doing HS this Fall. Younger brother also ECNL wants to do both which I'm dreading because I know both coaches are demanding and are going to require them at every practice (and most of the Club is VA players so they don't have this Fall conflict). His schedule is going to be tough APs/all honors. We also know so many boys that got injured doing both.

Anonymous wrote:If you have a son who plays HS soccer in the fall, how often is your team training during Aug Sept and Oct? Does your team take these months off or do you train? I’m curious.

We have optional training sessions starting around late September on Sundays.

Not DS but DD. The plan is to practice once a week with the club team. HS soccer teams practice 5-6 days a week.

If you have a son who plays HS soccer in the fall, how often is your team training during Aug Sept and Oct? Does your team take these months off or do you train? I’m curious.