U11
Thought about some of you when I heard this story over the weekend. Parent emails rec league "I want to move my child from coach X's team to...
I can tell you my community doesn't do games during the week. We don't have the space. Every inch of field is used for practices. To play...
Will go ahead and start a thread for the year. If you are going to be at the convention this week, message me and we can meet-up for a beer
Fall season ended just before Thanksgiving. Teams all played well. I am going back to 3 teams in the spring
That is a rough season.
I know both of those feelings. I was totally burned out when I stepped down and struggling with the some of the changes that have occurred. But...
Just seeing if this forum is dead and i need to find a new one
Our club's rec program doesn't display standings until 5th grade. We start score reporting in the spring of 2nd grade as a means of sorting teams...
My bad-- had I known it was a tournament, I would have abandoned my beliefs for a trophy that the kid would forget about by high school. In all...
This implies that results matter at this age. They don't, what matters is developing the player and their soccer brain. It really is a matter of...
Having just coached U10s, I want my defense to push up. It isn't about the offiside trap-- offside only counts behind the buildout line. If the...
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My season wrapped up today. Season #45, teams 106-109. Biggest learning event for me was I'm much more about empowering the players at half-time....
I don't track over a season. I do track within game--especially in blowout games. One of my best friends does track but he is the only one I know.
Tomorrow is going to be a little bit nuts. I'm coaching 5 games at 4 different fields. Schedule is: 8:30 1st grade girls 11 4th grade girls 1:30...
Good luck this weekend
Just checking in. Coaching 4 teams has been a lot but I've loved it. The 8th grade boys are great kids. It has all clicked with the 4th grade...
On the rec side of our program, we eliminated playing up a long while ago. We decided that parents were often not doing it for the right reasons....
I don't my teams keep me busy enough. The 4th team I mentioned above is happening and I'm the assistant coach
I did admin stuff for 14.5 years with my club before retiring last spring. I wanted to get the pre-season time back
Mix of parent/coach least proud moment. During an indoor game, a kid that I really hated (she was great player but was also super dirty) was...
I should have been clear the growth in players is on the rec side. I have no idea what the numbers are the travel side. I may sort of add a 4th...
My spring practices for my rec teams will hopefully start in 2 weeks. Because of where Easter is this year, games won't start until mid-April....
I don't play in league but my county has an organized drop-in(organized that you register for a 12 week session and staff create the teams ahead...