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The hockey rinks by me are set up this way. There’s an app (the name escapes me) you can get that streams the games for around $80/year. One...

My son's team participated in a tournament this weekend. They "strongly recommended" only 1 spectator per player (our team generally complied)...

I think a league season will be much easier for policymakers and skeptical parents to swallow than tournaments. It’s just less people in one...

We have a 5 game Super Y season starting this weekend. Baseball and softball started games last weekend. Assuming there aren't any issues, that...

Grand plans for national leagues may be moot with travel restrictions and double digit unemployment for the foreseeable future. May be a better...

I can't remember which "plan" I used a few years back but I took the same approach. Went to the local Home Depot and had them cut the wood to the...

This is probably the sort of framework they should be thinking about, but won't unless a new reality with travel restrictions and people spending...

This new setup doesn't solve one of the fundamental issues the DA had. It's mission (according to its' own mission statement) was to develop...

Same product, different wrapper?

If this comes to pass it will be interesting to know if it was something that has been under consideration for a while or if it's a reaction to...

That's a fair point. Honestly, whenever I see one of these teams tear through the division undefeated with a +60 goal differential the cynic in...

I think we're talking about 2 very different things. In my example, which I think is pretty common across the country and across other sports as...

"Relegation" is a strong word for what likely occurs in most places where you have a league with multiple divisions. There's usually some sort of...

Team based or club based? I think team based is pretty common in many places, but the wrinkle for the article that started the thread is that it...

I see it as 2 separate issues, parents yelling instructions and coaches yelling instructions. Coaching from the sidelines by parents is generally...

I read it as club based from 14U up as well but wouldn't team based, which is used in a lot (most?) of leagues, make more sense? Maybe there's...

Shouting instructions is often counterproductive but how vocal a coach should be on the sideline also depends on the coach's personality. There's...

I agree. Too often it's presented as a binary choice between "development" or "winning" when there's a lot of real estate between the extreme...

You seem to assume that the progression for "the top kids in the area" can or will be linear or that there aren't an infinite number of variables...

The answer to this will be dependent on the kid. My advice is to not just wing it season by season but keep in mind how much he'll be doing...

For your own sanity, do not spend a lot of time watching internet clips of supposed 5-6 year old prodigies and comparing your kid.

I'm seeing club baseball, basketball (primarily AAU) and lacrosse grow by me. Main difference from soccer is that they don't really start up...

Yeah, I was skeptical about a multi-division U6 indoor league but the presence of multiple 3 year olds was just a bridge too far

Not just helping to pay for school, but using the sport to potentially put you over the finish line for a school you may not have been able to get...