Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thanks. I just saw that Achilles has winter practices in Rockville, sam as BSC. Hence still a hike. Guess during spring they would be somewhere closer. Re Stoddert, I was under the impression that it is parents who are coaches... will look it up.

During the winter, Achilles practices in NW DC, just like it does the rest of the year. Practices are at St John's HS (outdoors) and other NW schools like Wilson and Sidwell (indoors). They have optional additional training at SoFive in Rockville on the weekends.

It's a really great club. Serious but also fun if your kid is passionate about soccer.

So at that age DCYFC is a really good option. They teach individual technical skills in a fun, age appropriate way and have a low stress environment. The last part of the session is 3v3 games. The program has three session a week and you pick the day that works for you. You can also switch sessions with no problems. There are no tryouts or games on Saturday for this age. At 7 that is the way it should be.

Oh lord, it is not. DCYFC is TERRIBLE. Totally disorganized, the kids don't play games with a set team, the coaches never even learned my kid's name. They also kept the kids playing in lighting storm until it got so bad that they ended up having them hide next to cars in the parking lot. From what I can see, there's a lot of attention paid to the older kids on the travel team, and a lot of promises made to younger kids that are never kept (like that there's a girls program...)