#5 - our kids are 2003 and our town team recently had THREE players return from one of the local DA clubs where they had been playing the past 2-3 years. Kids did not make the high-profile academy teams so gave up the chase.
Each of the parents, and these are not the manic type A obsessive kinds, have told me that the DA clubs gave their kids zero feedback on how they could improve and what their weaknesses and strengths were.
Parents are not allowed to talk to the coaches (unless you really work at brown-nosing and I guess either walk them to their cars after practice or tip them over the holidays) so the kids and parents are left clueless.
There aren't that many academy clubs but i was still surprised to learn that there was so little feedback.
Is that because the DA clubs are soccer clubs and as such staffed by folks with zero education other than what they've learned on the pitch? Or is it really a business decision - because if they honestly communicated to their players/parents about their kids skills and soccer potential, that they would lose all their customers ? So the tactic is shut up and don't talk to them because then they'll just leave?
I've worked hard in this post to not mention the club because i don't think this is club specific.
Each of the parents, and these are not the manic type A obsessive kinds, have told me that the DA clubs gave their kids zero feedback on how they could improve and what their weaknesses and strengths were.
Parents are not allowed to talk to the coaches (unless you really work at brown-nosing and I guess either walk them to their cars after practice or tip them over the holidays) so the kids and parents are left clueless.
There aren't that many academy clubs but i was still surprised to learn that there was so little feedback.
Is that because the DA clubs are soccer clubs and as such staffed by folks with zero education other than what they've learned on the pitch? Or is it really a business decision - because if they honestly communicated to their players/parents about their kids skills and soccer potential, that they would lose all their customers ? So the tactic is shut up and don't talk to them because then they'll just leave?
I've worked hard in this post to not mention the club because i don't think this is club specific.
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