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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

What don't you understand? If a kid is improving, why would you want to leave a club?

Because the price range and time commitment is insane if the kid isn't that good at soccer.

The point is that at BSC the B team is actually pretty good and kids can be really, really good and play on the Bethesda B team, which likely is better (and more enjoyable) than most other clubs' A teams.

According to who?

According to anyone in this area that watches soccer?
The B teams at Arlington and Bethesda tend to be equal to, or better, than most other clubs A teams.
About 6 or 7 kids from the U11 B team made the DA at U12 for the upcoming season.

Not true for BSC 2008G Team - NCSL Division 4:

http://www.ncsl-soccer.com/_element_display/#%2F80738%2Fteams%2F94351814%2F94651588-95204632%2FTEAM.html%3Fdummy%3D1559769296522

Way to cherry pick one team out of dozens!

Anonymous wrote:All of these earlier posts about the boys' teams. You for some reason are the only one talking about the girls.

Apples and oranges.

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

What don't you understand? If a kid is improving, why would you want to leave a club?

Because the price range and time commitment is insane if the kid isn't that good at soccer.

The point is that at BSC the B team is actually pretty good and kids can be really, really good and play on the Bethesda B team, which likely is better (and more enjoyable) than most other clubs' A teams.

According to who?

According to anyone in this area that watches soccer?
The B teams at Arlington and Bethesda tend to be equal to, or better, than most other clubs A teams.
About 6 or 7 kids from the U11 B team made the DA at U12 for the upcoming season.

Not true for BSC 2008G Team - NCSL Division 4:

http://www.ncsl-soccer.com/_element_display/#%2F80738%2Fteams%2F94351814%2F94651588-95204632%2FTEAM.html%3Fdummy%3D1559769296522

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

What don't you understand? If a kid is improving, why would you want to leave a club?

Because the price range and time commitment is insane if the kid isn't that good at soccer.

The point is that at BSC the B team is actually pretty good and kids can be really, really good and play on the Bethesda B team, which likely is better (and more enjoyable) than most other clubs' A teams.

According to who?

According to anyone in this area that watches soccer?
The B teams at Arlington and Bethesda tend to be equal to, or better, than most other clubs A teams.
About 6 or 7 kids from the U11 B team made the DA at U12 for the upcoming season.

Not true for BSC 2008G Team - NCSL Division 4:

http://www.ncsl-soccer.com/_element_display/#%2F80738%2Fteams%2F94351814%2F94651588-95204632%2FTEAM.html%3Fdummy%3D1559769296522

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

What don't you understand? If a kid is improving, why would you want to leave a club?

Because the price range and time commitment is insane if the kid isn't that good at soccer.

The point is that at BSC the B team is actually pretty good and kids can be really, really good and play on the Bethesda B team, which likely is better (and more enjoyable) than most other clubs' A teams.

According to who?

According to anyone in this area that watches soccer?
The B teams at Arlington and Bethesda tend to be equal to, or better, than most other clubs A teams.
About 6 or 7 kids from the U11 B team made the DA at U12 for the upcoming season.

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

What don't you understand? If a kid is improving, why would you want to leave a club?

Because the price range and time commitment is insane if the kid isn't that good at soccer.

The point is that at BSC the B team is actually pretty good and kids can be really, really good and play on the Bethesda B team, which likely is better (and more enjoyable) than most other clubs' A teams.

According to who?

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

What don't you understand? If a kid is improving, why would you want to leave a club?

Because the price range and time commitment is insane if the kid isn't that good at soccer.

The point is that at BSC the B team is actually pretty good and kids can be really, really good and play on the Bethesda B team, which likely is better (and more enjoyable) than most other clubs' A teams.

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

What don't you understand? If a kid is improving, why would you want to leave a club?

Because the price range and time commitment is insane if the kid isn't that good at soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

What don't you understand? If a kid is improving, why would you want to leave a club?

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team? I genuinely don't understand that.

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.

I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer. You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years. We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages. If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a BSC parent so I have no skin in the game.

But why is there a need to bash BSC? Players will stay or leave a club/team for a multitude of various reasons.

If you are a current BSC parent and hate it there, then just leave. Why bother complaining?

If you’re not a BSC parent, then why would you care how BSC is or why parents want to remain at BSC?

There’s no such thing as a perfect club or team, particularly at every age group.

As for player development, it requires good coaches and very committed and coachable players. But being a committed and coachable player is even more important. I’ve seem kids develop tremendously over the summer purely based upon practicing on their own and learning skills and soccer IQ from YouTube videos.

A school teacher can be a great teacher but if the student doesn’t listen, study on his/her own and do all of their homework, you can’t say that the teacher is bad.

It is not bashing to share insight. Too many unknowing parents treat Bethesda like the Mecca of soccer. My DC started out at Bethesda, left and then returned. If your DC is u13 and younger and not on the A team, I would think twice about joing Bethesda. There are a half dozen clubs within a 30-minute drive that are better at developing young players.[i] BSC's girls TD is impressive but the clubs struggles in ECNL and State Cup demonstrates that given the talent showing up to Bethesda, the development is underperforming expectations.

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Anonymous wrote:Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC.

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages. Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa). In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.