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Anonymous wrote:Arlington still lets travel players play Rec as well, right?

Only 2 travel or adp players per team next year. With the 6 teams next year and ADP--out of our team of 12 rec players--we have 10 that are now rec or adp for next season. So our coach and team is gone for next year.

Of course, there are always some that cheat (so much for the spirit of Rec). An elementary indoor team had 4-5 travel players on their team of 8 last winter while the rest of us kept to the two.

One had 5th graders playing in the 4th grade division. Indoor was by grade, not birth year. We didn't let an older brother on our team because of this and then we're playing a 4th grade team with 3 5th graders. Seriously? People are douches.

They did the same thing in basketball...

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington still lets travel players play Rec as well, right?

Only 2 travel or adp players per team next year. With the 6 teams next year and ADP--out of our team of 12 rec players--we have 10 that are now rec or adp for next season. So our coach and team is gone for next year.

Of course, there are always some that cheat (so much for the spirit of Rec). An elementary indoor team had 4-5 travel players on their team of 8 last winter while the rest of us kept to the two.

One had 5th graders playing in the 4th grade division. Indoor was by grade, not birth year. We didn't let an older brother on our team because of this and then we're playing a 4th grade team with 3 5th graders. Seriously? People are douches.

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Anonymous wrote:The lower ages do, 16:55. We were told that at a meeting two weeks ago. My daughter is incoming U9.

In Arlington, Monday is skills all u9-u11 players practice tighter at longbridge. Then teams will have 2 practice days with the entire age group at same time/place. At these practices you practice with your team, so A and B will work with their coach/ assistant coach.

With the big increase in teams, I wonder what they will do about skills. It was crowded when there were 4 teams per age group. Now, with 6 teams per age/gender--it will be a zoo!

Is this a typo or did you say some club now has SIX teams per age group? What on earth is that all about? Not everyone makes travel, so this is surprising. Hope they tiered the pay structure as well for the lower teams.

Different poster, but lots of big clubs have 4-6 teams per age group at the younger ages. If they have enough staff and field space to cover the groups, I don't see why it's a problem when the kids are young. At that point the kids are learning skills and basics, and playing for fun, so it doesn't matter so much what leagues they are in. Most clubs go down to 2 or 3 max by middle school age, when the level of competition becomes more important for development.

It matters because it's doing away with the Rec system ($75 per season). All the kids are now absorbed into this monster system with false hope. They just cut these kids in 2-3 years anyways when they go down to 3 teams. They'd be better off with personal training/dedicated coax than lost in the factory system. At our club the kids on the E/F are never looked at again. They dint even put them on a tryout field with upper team players ever again.

The wool is thick.

The Rec system where I live (MoCo) is alive and well and cheap, despite having two big clubs in the county that have multiple teams at the younger age groups, and many more clubs in the county that have at least one or two. I think it's unfortunate that in NoVa and elsewhere you have Rec programs run by clubs instead--seems like a bit of a conflict of interest for clubs, since they all focus on the bottom line to some extent or another even if they are not-for-profits.

Sounds like for your club being on the bottom teams even at the youngest ages means you can't ever advance. That's not true at many clubs, so you can't really make a blanket statement about clubs preying on false hopes.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington still lets travel players play Rec as well, right?

Only 2 travel or adp players per team next year. With the 6 teams next year and ADP--out of our team of 12 rec players--we have 10 that are now rec or adp for next season. So our coach and team is gone for next year.

Of course, there are always some that cheat (so much for the spirit of Rec). An elementary indoor team had 4-5 travel players on their team of 8 last winter while the rest of us kept to the two.

Arlington still lets travel players play Rec as well, right?

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Anonymous wrote:The lower ages do, 16:55. We were told that at a meeting two weeks ago. My daughter is incoming U9.

In Arlington, Monday is skills all u9-u11 players practice tighter at longbridge. Then teams will have 2 practice days with the entire age group at same time/place. At these practices you practice with your team, so A and B will work with their coach/ assistant coach.

With the big increase in teams, I wonder what they will do about skills. It was crowded when there were 4 teams per age group. Now, with 6 teams per age/gender--it will be a zoo!

Is this a typo or did you say some club now has SIX teams per age group? What on earth is that all about? Not everyone makes travel, so this is surprising. Hope they tiered the pay structure as well for the lower teams.

Different poster, but lots of big clubs have 4-6 teams per age group at the younger ages. If they have enough staff and field space to cover the groups, I don't see why it's a problem when the kids are young. At that point the kids are learning skills and basics, and playing for fun, so it doesn't matter so much what leagues they are in. Most clubs go down to 2 or 3 max by middle school age, when the level of competition becomes more important for development.

It matters because it's doing away with the Rec system ($75 per season). All the kids are now absorbed into this monster system with false hope. They just cut these kids in 2-3 years anyways when they go down to 3 teams. They'd be better off with personal training/dedicated coax than lost in the factory system. At our club the kids on the E/F are never looked at again. They dint even put them on a tryout field with upper team players ever again.

The wool is thick.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The lower ages do, 16:55. We were told that at a meeting two weeks ago. My daughter is incoming U9.

In Arlington, Monday is skills all u9-u11 players practice tighter at longbridge. Then teams will have 2 practice days with the entire age group at same time/place. At these practices you practice with your team, so A and B will work with their coach/ assistant coach.

With the big increase in teams, I wonder what they will do about skills. It was crowded when there were 4 teams per age group. Now, with 6 teams per age/gender--it will be a zoo!

Is this a typo or did you say some club now has SIX teams per age group? What on earth is that all about? Not everyone makes travel, so this is surprising. Hope they tiered the pay structure as well for the lower teams.

Different poster, but lots of big clubs have 4-6 teams per age group at the younger ages. If they have enough staff and field space to cover the groups, I don't see why it's a problem when the kids are young. At that point the kids are learning skills and basics, and playing for fun, so it doesn't matter so much what leagues they are in. Most clubs go down to 2 or 3 max by middle school age, when the level of competition becomes more important for development.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The lower ages do, 16:55. We were told that at a meeting two weeks ago. My daughter is incoming U9.

In Arlington, Monday is skills all u9-u11 players practice tighter at longbridge. Then teams will have 2 practice days with the entire age group at same time/place. At these practices you practice with your team, so A and B will work with their coach/ assistant coach.

With the big increase in teams, I wonder what they will do about skills. It was crowded when there were 4 teams per age group. Now, with 6 teams per age/gender--it will be a zoo!

Is this a typo or did you say some club now has SIX teams per age group? What on earth is that all about? Not everyone makes travel, so this is surprising. Hope they tiered the pay structure as well for the lower teams.

Team jersey numbers will soon be triple digits .

It's criminal. Yes--U9-U12 they all pay same fee. They are not treated the same or get the same level of service, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:The lower ages do, 16:55. We were told that at a meeting two weeks ago. My daughter is incoming U9.

In Arlington, Monday is skills all u9-u11 players practice tighter at longbridge. Then teams will have 2 practice days with the entire age group at same time/place. At these practices you practice with your team, so A and B will work with their coach/ assistant coach.

With the big increase in teams, I wonder what they will do about skills. It was crowded when there were 4 teams per age group. Now, with 6 teams per age/gender--it will be a zoo!

Is this a typo or did you say some club now has SIX teams per age group? What on earth is that all about? Not everyone makes travel, so this is surprising. Hope they tiered the pay structure as well for the lower teams.

22:27 - I meant that the teams all practice at the same facility, not necessarily that they would practice together. should have been more clear. So it's good for carpools if kids from your kid's school are on different same-age teams.

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Anonymous wrote:The lower ages do, 16:55. We were told that at a meeting two weeks ago. My daughter is incoming U9.

In Arlington, Monday is skills all u9-u11 players practice tighter at longbridge. Then teams will have 2 practice days with the entire age group at same time/place. At these practices you practice with your team, so A and B will work with their coach/ assistant coach.

With the big increase in teams, I wonder what they will do about skills. It was crowded when there were 4 teams per age group. Now, with 6 teams per age/gender--it will be a zoo!

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Skills and conditioning sessions, yes. Regular team practices, no.

They don't do conditioning u9-u11.

Skills is individual. They are not scrimmaging or competing with one another.

Anonymous wrote:Skills and conditioning sessions, yes. Regular team practices, no.

They don't do conditioning u9-u11.

Skills and conditioning sessions, yes. Regular team practices, no.