Originally posted by Unregistered
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Yes. I appreciate your level headedness. My suggestion is relevant to now though in our current mess. Parents of whatever team your kid is on, guess what.... they are on it for this year, right? Tryouts are done. Duke it out around May of next year if you feel you must on the best team/league option for your kid based on $$, coaching, opportunities, teammates, etc. Until then, we should all do our kids a favor and focus on getting OR soccer coaches of any team aware that we want them, not the magical and expensive trainer or via our kids (un)natural work ethic to train with a ball in their off hours, devoting training time to goal setting technical development for their players. Convince the coaches of our kids’ team be it USYS, Thorns, CU, FCP etc. that we need their help creating indivdual technical goals for each of their players and using practice time to reach these goals. If they do not show improvement on these goals every 3 months and reach some of their technical goals by the end of the season, “that is losing”, not if they beat Crossfire Premier. Older kids U16+ are in a tougher position as winning teams do attract college coaches, but I still believe coaches will notice technically strong kids if the kid is promoting themselves individually outside of team performance. What would you rather have, a winning team with college coaches determining the individuals on that team are benefiting by one or two great players or are collectively tactically good, but not individually competitive with higher level players that have tactical AND technical ability OR losing some games, but attracting coaches on an individual performance level?? We as parents can start now! On whatever team your kid is on, shifting the goals of our kids coaches and ultimately making OR soccer stronger despite the division. Seriously, stop focusing discussion on which league/team is better and the endless (kill me) (de)merits of each. The time for that this year has passed. Make OR Soccer better. Demand it of your coaches, we know they are trying, but does your kid have individual technical goals set for the year from their coach? I think I will start a discussion just on constructive feedback and tips from the parents and players using this discussion platform. Such as training videos, opportunities, ideas, inspiring feedback, role model links, etc. that we could practically share and use with our kids! Make our soccer community stronger. Nothing about the team your kid is on. Coming soon!
You sound like the woman who moves her kid every year.
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