Are the tryouts for Varsity figured out before they really have tryouts ???
Or is the whole process a big joke ?
Or is the whole process a big joke ?
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It's a joke. Coaches know who they want but have to go through the motions.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post -
High school soccer overall is a joke.
You should see this jack***** over here in camas...teaches the game like its 1982.
The guy has the girls doing fitness/conditioning for weeks in advance of the season.
These players need to get on the ball. Most all of them just finished playing club ball and are fit.
My dad can't stand it. These coaches need to upgrade their knowledge of the game.Comment
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It differs from school to school. Tryouts for a varsity soccer team are like any other tryout process though. The coach will already have a good idea about the kids who were there last season, and who may have been turning up for off-season conditioning.
Like a club tryout, the questions will be (a) anyone new show up? That can happen at a school too as you can get transfers, exchange students and possibly good freshmen (b) any major holes to fill? If a team lacks an experienced keeper a tryout can be like an open casting call, and (c) what to do with the kids on the bubble.
The starters were on the team before the tryout begin. If the coach is going to take 18 - 20 on varsity then he/she has to make a call on the 7-9 kids who will be coming off the bench. That is not easy by the way, and different schools/coaches will have different policies about what to do with say the senior who will see very little time, and the junior who is really not going to make varsity next year either. No one likes to cut kids.
Conditioning, by the way, is not a bad thing. Does your kid want to play college soccer? Spend a few minutes on google to see what college coaches hand out to kids for their summer conditioning programs. The stuff high school teams do is paddycakes in comparison. Because high school sport rules limit what a coach can do with a team in the off-season, supervising conditioning does allow a coach to get to know their players and vice versa. It can also give a coach some measurables to use when making a decision on whether to cut or keep a kid on the bubble.
Again, the level of play and level of coaching will differ from school to school. Even if neither is very good, let your kid enjoy the experience. Do not be "that dad" who talks about why club soccer is better. You will be hurting your kid. It will get back to your kid, and they will not appreciate it.Comment
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gotta love that 343... (YUCK)Comment
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We have a senior who thinks she is going to be captain this year but the coaches are planning on cutting her. She has no idea. The **** should really hit the fan when reality comes.Comment
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Oh that's going to be rough. Can't believe they'll cut a senior, was she varsity last year?Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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For three years, but always has an excuse for skipping conditioning. Missed it every year.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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conditioning?Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
you must have a coach who still lives and coaches in the '80'sComment
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I don't know of many HS who don't have a week of conditioning.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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and there is the problem....too many outdated coaches trying to get their players fit in the first week...what a bunch of incompetent fools.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
and they wonder why they have injuries.
And they wonder why High School soccer is the LAST place that college coaches even come to watchComment
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Now that's funny, what sane person thinks that a college coach would ever go to a HS game?Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Yep. His name's Gavin Wilkinson. But I hear he's doing a great job with the Timbers Alliance.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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