Anonymous
05/17/2017 17:21
Subject: Re:dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My favorite Karen memory was the practice makeups for the 'A' /higher level team (they'd rent a field for them) but nothing forvthd next team down. Same fees paid but you had to treat the lower level teams like trash so everyone aspired to be on the higher level team.
Jesus--she sounds just perfect for Arlington!! That's the direction they've been going for awhile now.
I love a Club actually spilling legit dirt. Everywhere else they are too afraid.
There is a lot more ...I think there are two or three approved hair styles....for u9.
Anonymous
05/17/2017 17:12
Subject: Re:dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My favorite Karen memory was the practice makeups for the 'A' /higher level team (they'd rent a field for them) but nothing forvthd next team down. Same fees paid but you had to treat the lower level teams like trash so everyone aspired to be on the higher level team.
Jesus--she sounds just perfect for Arlington!! That's the direction they've been going for awhile now.
I love a Club actually spilling legit dirt. Everywhere else they are too afraid.
Anonymous
05/17/2017 17:10
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:About how long after tryouts are the results posted?
Typically at the end of the spring season (once teams' games are over--so no one bails out early), although sometimes they've posted before that, especially if there are rain makeups - i.e., early June.
We had hoped to know before schlepping to this weekend's tournament. Something mught have suddenly come up.
This is so wrong. So if your kid doesn't make the team, you'll tell him or her it's okay to skip the tournament? I feel sorry for your kid and for the rest of the players on that team that you're letting down. Probably best that your son or daughter leave the program if this is how you approach sports commitments.
It's wrong, but it's realistic. DD played on a team a few years ago that had a game after tryout results were posted, and was quite late in the season (rain makeup I think). Not surprisingly, we were very short on players, between those who didn't make team or moved to a different team.
My child went (different club) secretly relishing the fact that morning they had just accepted an offer to play elsewhere. Meanwhile, the entire team and sidelines were in a state of angst and oussed offness.
Never got tryouts so early for this reason.
Anonymous
05/17/2017 17:07
Subject: Re:dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:My favorite Karen memory was the practice makeups for the 'A' /higher level team (they'd rent a field for them) but nothing forvthd next team down. Same fees paid but you had to treat the lower level teams like trash so everyone aspired to be on the higher level team.
Jesus--she sounds just perfect for Arlington!! That's the direction they've been going for awhile now.
Anonymous
05/17/2017 17:00
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:
She's a good coach on paper.
She's mean at heart. But she's coaching young children. She runs the program like she's running Ajax - in fact she quoted that during one of her team parents meetings.
One year her 11/12 year old 'red' team (the B team) lost a bunch of their games. What she ended up doing was she cut all the smaller sized kids to the 'C' team. You know, like it was their fault. And like losing some games at U11 was a big deal. She talks about it being about development but her teams have as many physically large girls that she can find it seems.
That year the player critiques she writes - again pages and pages of criticisms- included one to a physically large girl on the 'A team' that detailed that she/the girl was only on that team because she was physically big but that she 'had no talent'. That girl's mom threw it in the trash can but she told the other parents (not the girl).
She pits the kids against each other, threatening to cut them or to cut them down a team, to increase their work rate.
Could go on and on but it's late - have fun!
Oh, and if anyone has a problem with me writing this I saved all of my Karen correspondence. It' was just too priceless to not save it.
But she's a good coach. stoddert had her running their programs for years.
Accurate summary and anecdotes. Always surprised me she was coaching younger kids - seemed very ill-suited temperamentally to it. I do think some of her anger she took out on parents because she couldn't do it with kids. Anyway, DD wasn't on her team ever, but obviously encountered her a lot (you can't avoid it U9-12 girls in stoddert). Started with the emails u9 during preseason practice and how far behind the girls were vs other clubs, and continued on. Fortunately by U11 she stops caring about anything other than her blue (top) team, which means she leaves the other coaches to their devices (and to find fields) - but at least you don't have to deal with her. Got to the point at U12 where when the team needed guests to fill out the roster she reached down to U11 blue instead of the U12 red team - so much for the "club" approach of training together. There was basically no in-season movement between teams, even though some players greatly improved during the course of the season and some swaps would have benefited everyone.
Anonymous
05/17/2017 16:56
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:About how long after tryouts are the results posted?
Typically at the end of the spring season (once teams' games are over--so no one bails out early), although sometimes they've posted before that, especially if there are rain makeups - i.e., early June.
We had hoped to know before schlepping to this weekend's tournament. Something mught have suddenly come up
This is so wrong. So if your kid doesn't make the team, you'll tell him or her it's okay to skip the tournament? I feel sorry for your kid and for the rest of the players on that team that you're letting down. Probably best that your son or daughter leave the program if this is how you approach sports commitments.
It's wrong, but it's realistic. DD played on a team a few years ago that had a game after tryout results were posted, and was quite late in the season (rain makeup I think). Not surprisingly, we were very short on players, between those who didn't make team or moved to a different team.
Anonymous
05/16/2017 09:08
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:About how long after tryouts are the results posted?
Typically at the end of the spring season (once teams' games are over--so no one bails out early), although sometimes they've posted before that, especially if there are rain makeups - i.e., early June.
We had hoped to know before schlepping to this weekend's tournament. Something mught have suddenly come up
This is so wrong. So if your kid doesn't make the team, you'll tell him or her it's okay to skip the tournament? I feel sorry for your kid and for the rest of the players on that team that you're letting down. Probably best that your son or daughter leave the program if this is how you approach sports commitments.
Anonymous
05/16/2017 08:33
Subject: Re:dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:I assume some of you were at the Stoddert travel tryouts today. Can anyone give a sense of how turnout was (such as how many players for each spot, was there a big drop off in talent, how many teams are they fielding at u9, u10, u11)?
My son is a strong u8 rec player, but I’m not able to commit to travel this year. He plays all the time at school with friends and with family and friends on the weekend, so he’s getting plenty of soccer. But I wonder how/if he’ll be accepted if he try out for stoddert travel for the first time at u9, u10 or even u11? Can kids come in at a later age and get a fair shake?
Also, how many teams will be sharing a practice field during the season at each age group?
Thank you!
So travel is a different sport vs rec soccer. He should get training so he can start to develop a skill set. Look in to DCYFC or PPA. Both have an academy programs(DCYFC is based in DC, PPA in mont. county) and are a step down from a big club. No tryouts for the development academy. This will give him some skill training and exposure to the travel environment. Its once a week(or more if you/he wants more) for the academy or two times a week plus a game for a team. After going through one program session(8 or 9 practices), you will see a different in his play. If he is in to it, he will want to do winter stuff(one day a week, less holiday breaks). He also will get better with less of a time commit(and $). It is very easy to id players who do not have training. In most cases at u9 and u10, they will take a player who can go through the drills and not disrupt things. You should ask this question over on the tryout thread.
Also you can call and arrange for him to attend a practice. It will be different from rec practice. I know DCYFC practices at palisades(tuesdays) and ft toten. Last I heard PPA was at Norwood.
Anonymous
05/16/2017 06:03
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:About how long after tryouts are the results posted?
Typically at the end of the spring season (once teams' games are over--so no one bails out early), although sometimes they've posted before that, especially if there are rain makeups - i.e., early June.
We had hoped to know before schlepping to this weekend's tournament. Something mught have suddenly come up
.
Anonymous
05/16/2017 01:09
Subject: Re:dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
My favorite Karen memory was the practice makeups for the 'A' /higher level team (they'd rent a field for them) but nothing forvthd next team down. Same fees paid but you had to treat the lower level teams like trash so everyone aspired to be on the higher level team.
Anonymous
05/16/2017 00:17
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Have they released them? I haven't seen anything on their website.
Thanks.
They did and they purposely didn't post them on their website because they don't want any players.
Actually they really do not publish that much info on their site. I think they just put up the tryout info last week? It's kind of crazy. I heard Karen is moving to Arlington....may the craziness continue!
Ding Dong The Witch is dead and all that! What will people do for fun if they aren't getting 4 page long missives about their 11 year old DD's deficiencies and her lack of future in sports?
In true form, Arlington continues to hire every other Club in the area's rejects.
So what is the beef with that coach? We are at Arlington.
She's a good coach on paper.
She's mean at heart. But she's coaching young children. She runs the program like she's running Ajax - in fact she quoted that during one of her team parents meetings.
One year her 11/12 year old 'red' team (the B team) lost a bunch of their games. What she ended up doing was she cut all the smaller sized kids to the 'C' team. You know, like it was their fault. And like losing some games at U11 was a big deal. She talks about it being about development but her teams have as many physically large girls that she can find it seems.
That year the player critiques she writes - again pages and pages of criticisms- included one to a physically large girl on the 'A team' that detailed that she/the girl was only on that team because she was physically big but that she 'had no talent'. That girl's mom threw it in the trash can but she told the other parents (not the girl).
She pits the kids against each other, threatening to cut them or to cut them down a team, to increase their work rate.
Could go on and on but it's late - have fun!
Oh, and if anyone has a problem with me writing this I saved all of my Karen correspondence. It' was just too priceless to not save it.
But she's a good coach. stoddert had her running their programs for years.
Guess she was not fired and left on her own free will? None of that sounds good though.
She will be coaching U13 and U16 in Arlington. Top teams.
At least it's not the little ones.
Everything will be a tryout. Even the so-called fun days - those are tryouts and she'll have a notebook out.
Anonymous
05/16/2017 00:15
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Have they released them? I haven't seen anything on their website.
Thanks.
They did and they purposely didn't post them on their website because they don't want any players.
Actually they really do not publish that much info on their site. I think they just put up the tryout info last week? It's kind of crazy. I heard Karen is moving to Arlington....may the craziness continue!
Ding Dong The Witch is dead and all that! What will people do for fun if they aren't getting 4 page long missives about their 11 year old DD's deficiencies and her lack of future in sports?
In true form, Arlington continues to hire every other Club in the area's rejects.
So what is the beef with that coach? We are at Arlington.
She's a good coach on paper.
She's mean at heart. But she's coaching young children. She runs the program like she's running Ajax - in fact she quoted that during one of her team parents meetings.
One year her 11/12 year old 'red' team (the B team) lost a bunch of their games. What she ended up doing was she cut all the smaller sized kids to the 'C' team. You know, like it was their fault. And like losing some games at U11 was a big deal. She talks about it being about development but her teams have as many physically large girls that she can find it seems.
That year the player critiques she writes - again pages and pages of criticisms- included one to a physically large girl on the 'A team' that detailed that she/the girl was only on that team because she was physically big but that she 'had no talent'. That girl's mom threw it in the trash can but she told the other parents (not the girl).
She pits the kids against each other, threatening to cut them or to cut them down a team, to increase their work rate.
Could go on and on but it's late - have fun!
Oh, and if anyone has a problem with me writing this I saved all of my Karen correspondence. It' was just too priceless to not save it.
But she's a good coach. stoddert had her running their programs for years.
Guess she was not fired and left on her own free will? None of that sounds good though.
She will be coaching U13 and U16 in Arlington. Top teams.
Anonymous
05/15/2017 23:58
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Have they released them? I haven't seen anything on their website.
Thanks.
They did and they purposely didn't post them on their website because they don't want any players.
Actually they really do not publish that much info on their site. I think they just put up the tryout info last week? It's kind of crazy. I heard Karen is moving to Arlington....may the craziness continue!
Ding Dong The Witch is dead and all that! What will people do for fun if they aren't getting 4 page long missives about their 11 year old DD's deficiencies and her lack of future in sports?
In true form, Arlington continues to hire every other Club in the area's rejects.
So what is the beef with that coach? We are at Arlington.
She's a good coach on paper.
She's mean at heart. But she's coaching young children. She runs the program like she's running Ajax - in fact she quoted that during one of her team parents meetings.
One year her 11/12 year old 'red' team (the B team) lost a bunch of their games. What she ended up doing was she cut all the smaller sized kids to the 'C' team. You know, like it was their fault. And like losing some games at U11 was a big deal. She talks about it being about development but her teams have as many physically large girls that she can find it seems.
That year the player critiques she writes - again pages and pages of criticisms- included one to a physically large girl on the 'A team' that detailed that she/the girl was only on that team because she was physically big but that she 'had no talent'. That girl's mom threw it in the trash can but she told the other parents (not the girl).
She pits the kids against each other, threatening to cut them or to cut them down a team, to increase their work rate.
Could go on and on but it's late - have fun!
Oh, and if anyone has a problem with me writing this I saved all of my Karen correspondence. It' was just too priceless to not save it.
But she's a good coach. stoddert had her running their programs for years.
Anonymous
05/15/2017 23:38
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Have they released them? I haven't seen anything on their website.
Thanks.
They did and they purposely didn't post them on their website because they don't want any players.
Actually they really do not publish that much info on their site. I think they just put up the tryout info last week? It's kind of crazy. I heard Karen is moving to Arlington....may the craziness continue!
Ding Dong The Witch is dead and all that! What will people do for fun if they aren't getting 4 page long missives about their 11 year old DD's deficiencies and her lack of future in sports?
In true form, Arlington continues to hire every other Club in the area's rejects.
So what is the beef with that coach? We are at Arlington.
Anonymous
05/15/2017 23:37
Subject: dc stoddert travel tryout dates...
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Have they released them? I haven't seen anything on their website.
Thanks.
They did and they purposely didn't post them on their website because they don't want any players.
Actually they really do not publish that much info on their site. I think they just put up the tryout info last week? It's kind of crazy. I heard Karen is moving to Arlington....may the craziness continue!
Ding Dong The Witch is dead and all that! What will people do for fun if they aren't getting 4 page long missives about their 11 year old DD's deficiencies and her lack of future in sports?
In true form, Arlington continues to hire every other Club in the area's rejects.
So what is the beef with that coach? We are at Arlington.