Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 13:33     Subject: Re:Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:In our Club---it's well-known if your kid plays travel a year earlier they will automatically drop-down to the A team the following year. More and more parents are putting their kids in earlier and earlier so the kid can drop down and start on the 'A' team. Again, it's usually more to do with the parents. Many of the kids are really struggling that first year with so many practices, tournaments and games at such a young age.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 13:33     Subject: Re:Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:In our Club---it's well-known if your kid plays travel a year earlier they will automatically drop-down to the A team the following year. More and more parents are putting their kids in earlier and earlier so the kid can drop down and start on the 'A' team. Again, it's usually more to do with the parents. Many of the kids are really struggling that first year with so many practices, tournaments and games at such a young age.


There are many 8U players bored out of their minds with needs underserved by once a week rec.
We have many underage players throughout our club's age groups, including 9U, and not only are they some of the more dedicated and better skilled touch-wise, they are also better behaved for the most part then the older kids.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 13:22     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there any travel programs for 5-year-olds? My kid's rec team just isn't cutting it, and we don't have travel yet at that age.


You shouldn't have travel at that age .


This thread will have a lot of newbies to soccer and travel soccer. So no reason to be snarky.


How about my U4 DD -- any travel options! Lol. OP toying with the newbies.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 12:54     Subject: Re:Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:In our Club---it's well-known if your kid plays travel a year earlier they will automatically drop-down to the A team the following year. More and more parents are putting their kids in earlier and earlier so the kid can drop down and start on the 'A' team. Again, it's usually more to do with the parents. Many of the kids are really struggling that first year with so many practices, tournaments and games at such a young age.


You can't fault the parents it's the system. Once they get that A label---it will follow them for the next several years. Any time they tryout anywhere else--the first ? is what team. Before a Club even sees the player--player is already routed to appropriate field based on this dubious distinction by somebody else. You want to tryout for a special team? Invites only go to "A" team designated players--even at 11/12. It's the way the system works.

You can just opt out of all this shit and develop your kid privately and/or in a smaller environment. Then--show up again at 15 where things become more about raw talent than politics (at least a little bit).
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 12:38     Subject: Re:Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
In our Club---it's well-known if your kid plays travel a year earlier they will automatically drop-down to the A team the following year. More and more parents are putting their kids in earlier and earlier so the kid can drop down and start on the 'A' team. Again, it's usually more to do with the parents. Many of the kids are really struggling that first year with so many practices, tournaments and games at such a young age.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 12:33     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there any travel programs for 5-year-olds? My kid's rec team just isn't cutting it, and we don't have travel yet at that age.


You shouldn't have travel at that age .


This thread will have a lot of newbies to soccer and travel soccer. So no reason to be snarky.


I was assuming this was satire.


I wasn't because it is indicative of this area that starts formal education and workbooks in Kumon and Kahn learning centers at age 3 so they can be 'bored' in Kindergarten and really not learn to love 'learning', i.e., so parents can brag they are reading before everyone else even though long-term studies show workbooks and worksheets that merely teach rote memorization have the opposite effect these parents think they will have and these kids get outpaced by 3rd/4th grade kids who started in a play-based approach whose brains expand more organically.

It's the same with these parents that think if they push more and more soccer structure to their children at the earliest possible ages their kids will end up far ahead of all of their neighbor's kids. No--same concept--they kill the love of the sport and it's about them not their kids. Kids that started more organically and had lots of free pick-up play to be creative and just have fun---not in a clinic at preschool ages--also avoid burnout and develop into more creative players.

Parents in these high-income, high-achieving areas think they are doing/paying the best for their children and all you see is overuse injuries by 13/14 and kids dropping out of the sport. It is always to try and one-up 'all of the competition'. It really is a pissing match between parents.


European soccer schools don't begin until age 6 at the earliest and limit sessions to 2 days per week in the early years. They still only have 3 sessions and a game in the pre-teen/teen age groups. They also have a much longer trajectory in mind for their players. They don't stop and drop out as early as players in the US. Kids that truly love the sport will gravitate towards playing and practicing on their free nights--granted it hasn't been forced down their throat.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 12:30     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there any travel programs for 5-year-olds? My kid's rec team just isn't cutting it, and we don't have travel yet at that age.


You shouldn't have travel at that age .


This thread will have a lot of newbies to soccer and travel soccer. So no reason to be snarky.


I was assuming this was satire.


I wasn't because it is indicative of this area that starts formal education and workbooks in Kumon and Kahn learning centers at age 3 so they can be 'bored' in Kindergarten and really not learn to love 'learning', i.e., so parents can brag they are reading before everyone else even though long-term studies show workbooks and worksheets that merely teach rote memorization have the opposite effect these parents think they will have and these kids get outpaced by 3rd/4th grade kids who started in a play-based approach whose brains expand more organically.

It's the same with these parents that think if they push more and more soccer structure to their children at the earliest possible ages their kids will end up far ahead of all of their neighbor's kids. No--same concept--they kill the love of the sport and it's about them not their kids. Kids that started more organically and had lots of free pick-up play to be creative and just have fun---not in a clinic at preschool ages--also avoid burnout and develop into more creative players.

Parents in these high-income, high-achieving areas think they are doing/paying the best for their children and all you see is overuse injuries by 13/14 and kids dropping out of the sport. It is always to try and one-up 'all of the competition'. It really is a pissing match between parents.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 12:06     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:For a 5-year-old, I'd look into some of the mini academies the clubs run, in addition to rec.


ASA has Pre-Academy for kindergarteners.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 11:29     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
For a 5-year-old, I'd look into some of the mini academies the clubs run, in addition to rec.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 11:15     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there any travel programs for 5-year-olds? My kid's rec team just isn't cutting it, and we don't have travel yet at that age.


You shouldn't have travel at that age .


This thread will have a lot of newbies to soccer and travel soccer. So no reason to be snarky.


I was assuming this was satire.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 11:11     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Vienna just announced their schedule on the website.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 11:09     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are there any travel programs for 5-year-olds? My kid's rec team just isn't cutting it, and we don't have travel yet at that age.


You shouldn't have travel at that age .


This thread will have a lot of newbies to soccer and travel soccer. So no reason to be snarky.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 11:05     Subject: Re:Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Here is the Herndon Youth Soccer club tryout information http://www.herndonyouthsoccer.org/tryouts
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 10:54     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Anonymous wrote:Are there any travel programs for 5-year-olds? My kid's rec team just isn't cutting it, and we don't have travel yet at that age.


You shouldn't have travel at that age .
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 10:54     Subject: Spring 2017 soccer club tryouts
Travel doesnt usually start until U9. If you are looking for professional training your best bet is training academy.