We're in a tough spot, with my daughter having suffered an ACL tear last month. She is freshman, and her high school coach has just started...
No, I was just being an asshole to make a cheap point. That said, if we truly believe in the value of non-revenue sports, the best way to expand...
There is no question that soccer's popularity is growing in the midwest...and will continue to as parents steer their boys away from football,...
Title IX enforcement is the real problem...the way its interpreted is just silly, given that there is no equivalent of football in women's sports....
MO Girls President's Cup is cancelled, and Heartland League has suspended play here in KC for two weeks. That will be extended, for sure.
Great...both apply to my daughter. ;) She is pushing herself to improve and apply new skills on the field though, which isn't easy for her...she...
There is an inverse relationship between the amount of yelling the coach does and the amount of instruction the players hear.
Winning matters when the parents who are writing the checks believe it matters. If that's U9, then its U9. If a team is struggling the parents...
My DD is in mediocre cardiovascular shape, compared to most of her soccer teammates….they all run XC or play basketball, whereas she does not....
Major college football gets 85 scholarships, as mandated by the NCAA. The next level down (FCS) gets 63 and D2 is 36 iirc. Major college football...
...or in basketball and Lord knows what else. The answer is, no we don't want to talk about it...but we should be There is ugly stuff going on...
I agree completely, especially with your last sentence. To that end, what sets soccer apart from football, basketball and baseball is that its not...
This is why it is critical your child have top grades to go along with their soccer resume...it provides an avenue for the school to supplement...
I have DD guest-playing for a D1 team within the club for that reason. That coach recruited her to play LB (Her position for the club's NL team)...
I agree. DDs small-group trainer offers special "Opposite Foot" sessions every couple of months, and I always joke with him that every session is...
1) U14G game last summer. Mouthy Dad gets into it with Ref. Ref tells him to zip it, Mouthy Dad proceeds to spit a string on epithets at him...
This. I don't know how many times a game we see a Mid or Fwd take a pass, engage in the 1v1 drill and its like to you can feel their brain shut...
Gawd, this my daughter's NL team in a nutshell. Our coach works on passing and spacing nonstop (to the detriment of other areas IMO) but come...
A family I know has two daughters playing college soccer locally...their approach was to secure a visit with the coach during their campus visit,...
I was given the advice recently that for many kids, D1 soccer isn't even that desirable given the rigors the athletes are put through. A fine...
This makes my point though; you're talking about hiring an agent to find a spot on a foreign team, a team for which one is likely to pay to play...
Its murky at D1 & 2 as well, at least of the Women's side...partially-shipped college athletes will often find themselves the beneficiary of...
Hardly anybody kid over the age of 16- and far, far fewer of their parents- think they have a remotely realistic chance of making a living...
IKR? We literally won a tournament game about a year ago by changing this up. My daughter was guest-playing for another team, who's coach let...
Chest usually, but I don’t think it matters that much…by the time she runs the ball down and gets set to throw, there is a pack of eight girls...