No soccer games! Club is dead

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Scrimmaging the same group of kids will get old after a couple of weeks.

Sure it will, but living during a pandemic is already getting old. Hopefully people do what they can, things get better (at least locally), and we can keep progressing down-phase.

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Why not have small sided games in stable groups? Something like 4 teams of 6 who play vs each other (15 min games). It may be more competitive and kids get more touches.

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Why not have small sided games in stable groups? Something like 4 teams of 6 who play vs each other (15 min games). It may be more competitive and kids get more touches.

That's a good idea. I haven't seen our local town make use of the expanded stable group size yet, but that's a way to keep things interesting. If the limit is 25 then it might be slightly tough since you still need coaches as well (4 for the 4 teams?). 4 teams of 5 players + 1 coach?

At older ages you might already use up most of the limit to accommodate the whole team. There wouldn't be enough slots to for two teams to mix it up, plus it isn't clear that such a practice would be productive anyway. But at younger age groups, I think some variation of you idea would be a great.

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That's a good idea. I haven't seen our local town make use of the expanded stable group size yet, but that's a way to keep things interesting. If the limit is 25 then it might be slightly tough since you still need coaches as well (4 for the 4 teams?). 4 teams of 5 players + 1 coach?

At older ages you might already use up most of the limit to accommodate the whole team. There wouldn't be enough slots to for two teams to mix it up, plus it isn't clear that such a practice would be productive anyway. But at younger age groups, I think some variation of you idea would be a great.

I was thinking more like pick up soccer games. There would be no need for coaches for each team as that would likely stifle creativity and result in too much joystick coaching. Let the kids have fun, be creative for 75% of practice time and focus on some technical drills for the remaining 25%.

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We can have 11 v 11 scrimmages.
Combine your A and B teams practice together.
Scrimmage together

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We will be in phase 4 in August and sports, games etc will happen this fall. Keep practicing, scrimmaging, conditioning and doing agility. RI will have travel town soccer in the fall. The clubs will struggle if they are leaving RI as leaving the state might still be an issue. CT and MA might not want us since their numbers are dropping and ours are only steady. Maine won’t even let us in. So clubs need to play in state. Bayside, Liverpool, NEFC and Bruno can play each other in RI. Sadly Surf is supposed to play in CT soooo that won’t happen.

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We will be in phase 4 in August and sports, games etc will happen this fall. Keep practicing, scrimmaging, conditioning and doing agility. RI will have travel town soccer in the fall. The clubs will struggle if they are leaving RI as leaving the state might still be an issue. CT and MA might not want us since their numbers are dropping and ours are only steady. Maine won’t even let us in. So clubs need to play in state. Bayside, Liverpool, NEFC and Bruno can play each other in RI. Sadly Surf is supposed to play in CT soooo that won’t happen.

Surf will be playing in RI, CT, and MA. Nothing keeping teams from CT or MA from rescheduling into RI if necessary. If Gina can let people from those states cross the border unmolested to hit the casino, no reason to keep them from coming over to play on an outdoor playing field.

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Yea you miss the point. Gina won’t let teams come to RI from MA and CT so Surf is out of luck.

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So club isn’t “dead” as this thread is titled... but the new rules from MA youth is unsure actually dangerous. Hoping club soccer doesn’t follow those rules. Club soccer games might be the only games RI kids get this fall as SUPERLIGA is choosing to postpone a game schedule until Aug 28. So I would not say club is dead, club might save soccer as the youth decision makers are definitely screwing the players with postponing seasons and coming up with bs rules.
I do wonder if the club teams will play in R.I. only as MA still won’t let us in even to practice.

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I recommend you ask your club about these sorts of things.

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So club isn’t “dead” as this thread is titled... but the new rules from MA youth is unsure actually dangerous. Hoping club soccer doesn’t follow those rules. Club soccer games might be the only games RI kids get this fall as SUPERLIGA is choosing to postpone a game schedule until Aug 28. So I would not say club is dead, club might save soccer as the youth decision makers are definitely screwing the players with postponing seasons and coming up with bs rules.
I do wonder if the club teams will play in R.I. only as MA still won’t let us in even to practice.

Clubs are planning the calendar for games starting mid Sept they feel confident MA will lift the travel ban by then however they are aware they might end up in a position where they have to move games from Forekicks to WWS, Longplex, WON sports etc this fall if they have games against MA teams, however that’s only if R.I. gov allows it.... It’s all in talks plan A for best case and plan B for worst case. Plan C is practice only plan w inter team scrimmages for the fall w one added training day on Sunday instead of games.

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...if they have games against MA teams, however that’s only if R.I. gov allows it....

I could possibly see how the governor of RI might be able to restrict teams from MA entering the state to play teams in her own state, but I'm pretty sure her dictatorial powers stop at the border. She can't keep RI citizens from traveling to another state to play against anyone they damn well please (in accordance with the other state's rules).

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"Close the bars, wear your masks." - Dr. Fauci

"Close the bars, wear your masks...then we can open schools." - Dr. Fauci

MA, RI, CT, NJ, NH, ME, VT, NY, NJ are all in the yellow.
I do not see why MA is keeping RI out we are all in the yellow together.
And, yellow is a good place to be.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/16/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s?fbclid=IwAR0XiEis8a-gspa_mPO3YLHvCFoztVXgf429erzBP39ZDZYTUKXmcZitAfI

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Yea you miss the point. Gina won’t let teams come to RI from MA and CT so Surf is out of luck.

I would think Baysidefc and Bruno are out of luck. They play vs all Mass teams.
Surf and Juventus are EDP and they play mostly CT and NY teams. Easier for Surf to play away and get their fall season.

Baysidefc plays NEP and DPL teams. They may be just practicing in fall. No winter since covid will be worse and spring will be cancelled. I hope you can get your money back.

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Bayside and Bruno and Liverpool are the major three clubs here in Rhode Island and they can probably work out some kind of schedule to play each other to keep the fall interesting and to keep the kids safe and stay in the state but that’s really not that big of an issue our country is so focused on games and trophies and awards that we as parents lose sight of what youth soccer even with clubs is all about he should spend this file focusing on developing our players making them stronger and smarter on the field. If you’ve ever paid attention to what is going on with youth soccer in other countries you would know that games are not that crucial at this age it’s about getting as much touches on the bar and solid development is possible your kid is not going to miss out on missing out on games when they don’t get that many touches on the ball in the game anyway. So if the Rhode Island clubs can’t figure out how to scrimmage or play each other this fall the parents don’t need to ask the clubs for money back but they need to ask for is more time on the field practicing and developing if your team practices twice a week asked to practice three times a week in Lou of games it’s not that hard.