There's a lot to unpack there. A couple of things that jumped out at me... * Can you volunteer to mow the fields once a week? Or, find out who...
My son's DIII soccer team, actually has a, albeit short, "spring season". I think it last two weeks, includes practices, some friendlies (two in...
Sorry, you haven't even come CLOSE to finding when burnout begins. Wait until he's in MS or HS, playing for the school team, his club team, and...
If you go back through newdada's posts over the last 3-4(?) years, that's been mentioned over and over again. To his credit, it hasn't happened...
I promise you they are out there. Whether they are open is a different story.
The clubs my kids played out had concession stands. The "small", local one hasn't been open for years. The larger one was only open for the...
Oh, it can definitely happen. It just takes someone stepping up and saying "I'll do it" and not sit on the sidelines saying "someone needs to do it".
Your last sentence is the key, and where I think you don't have a handle on "real life". Getting volunteers is not as easy as it sounds. It's...
Again, it depends on the level of college you want/are willing to play at. You want to say a player needs to be in ECNL/GA in order to play D1?...
Is your DAUGHTER'S goal to "play in college" or is it to "play Division 1"? As @ThePonchat, said, there are plenty of opportunities to play in...
From what I remember when my oldest played softball, while they did have weeknight games, it was at the cost of practice time. If the fields are...
When DS was a senior, a couple of his HS teammates did the thing where they cut the bottoms off the colored socks, wore white "footies", then put...
I know you've talked about this before, but I still don't understand how it makes things any easier. There's still a finite limit on facility...
Yes, HS soccer is generally just around 3 months. Most players will also find a "club" team to continue training and playing the other 9 months...
Oh, we've definitely had those. Indoor seems to be easier to score. There's one other girl who hasn't scored yet this year, normal CB, HS & club...
Here's an interesting thought/situation, thought it might be worth a discussion here... DD is a senior in HS. Members of her club team...
I did not get that impression at the school DS is going to.
This is where he needs to be his own advocate. You mention earlier that he's sending out highlight videos and getting responses back from coaches....
While I agree it's not needed, if you can find one close by for a reasonable cost (that will depend on the family), it can't hurt. Not so much to...
Barring cost or other things, why not? I would GUESS the ID clinic would give coaches (whoever) a "pre-look" opportunity at the kids. Maybe they...
I would not rule out 3rd party camps. One of the 3rd party camps we went to, one of the coaches was on the phone to DS before we were 10 miles...
When we were doing the ID camp thing... 1) When and where is the camp? There are plenty of other things on a family's schedule that could affect...
My guess is AI to promote the blog/website. What they searched to find a nearly 3 year old thread is beyond me though.
Interesting first post.
I disagree with this. Playing and practicing against people equal or better than you is a good thing. Now, if you're going to be the fifth best...