Patches! I had patches for a variety of sports. They don't give those out like they did in the 70s and 80s. All my son gets now are cheap, generic medals. I say bring back the patches!
Still play (though not in about two months), and every bit as badly as I did in the late '70s and '80s. My son has played in one tournament I can think of that gave players patches, one of the Schaumburg, IL, tournaments, and he put it straight on the equipment bag. Medals seem to be quickly forgotten (unless they're for a title or a finals appearance).
Never played as a kid--there weren't a lot of opportunities in rural Nebraska in the 70's. I wasn't very outgoing or athletic so when I went off to college it never occurred to me to try intermural. I became a fan in my early 30's (as a kid I'd wanted to play but as noted, there were no options) and a few years later took a chance on playing. Still playing a bit of indoor in my early 50's. I'm pretty bad and my ankles are shot but I still love it.
I am still playing these days and I found it important to bring my kids to the games even though they are not paying attention. I do not have time to play for a team as there is too much commitment involved. I will go on meetup.com webpage and find a pickup game to play in and I usually play once a week. I started to play in the mid 80s in New Jersey when I was about 7/8 years old. Fun times, I wish I can go back into time and do it all over again. Man, I used to have hundreds of patches now I have to go digging for those. lol
No youth soccer where I grew up but I played pickup with the refugee family in town. Played pick up/intramurals through end of grad school. I didn't start playing regularly until kids were in middle school. I now play at least once a week.
I grew up playing soccer in the '70's. I never had a coach that played soccer until I got to high school. I got conned into assistant coach for my son's U5 team and have coached every year since, U14 now. I am amazed what these kids can do at such a young age, with the benefit of a generation that has played. It, also, sparked my renewed interest in playing.
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I just play pickup games to stay in shape. It also forces me to think about the game. And then I play 1v1 with my 6 yr old boy almost every day. He's getting very hard to keep up with. We also watch the Premier League highlights on youtube. And I got him fifa21 for Christmas and he's loving it. I feel we are really a soccer centric home. He knows all the Premier League teams. He also got a lesson (by chance, didn't even know the guy was gonna be there) from an MLS guy and scores with that guy on fifa21 and that's a lot of fun.
I played rec soccer as a kid. I loved it enough to try to get others to play, but never succeeded. Gave it up in high school to focus on academics (more my parents' idea than mine). I was a very average player, but respected for my enthusiasm, according to my father. I picked it up again in graduate school. Best thing that ever happened to my game, though, was having a kid whose main love has always been soccer, so I've played a lot of one-on-one with him during COVID-19.