My Dad's a DOC

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Great Post.

I know a guy, who knows a guy, who knows a guy whose second cousin knows a guy, whose son sucks and he's on the A team. Go figure.

This really made me laugh..Thank you!

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None of "I talk like I have a mouth full of marbles" kids has ever been on a second team either.

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If he is average, then how is he invited to id2 camps, nationaltraining centers, and national camps where his dad isnt even on the staff.

NTC's are done by nomination SC owner of Black Watch RI put his son in a NTC and he's not even the best player on the team never mind the state of RI. It will ruin the credibility of these coaches doc’s and clubs. Once the kid's get exposed at the centers not only will they not be invited back but the clubs other players will suffer! Bad for biz!

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I had a few pints with our coach and we didn't get on the national team....matter of fact, we didn't even get an extra 5 minutes in the MAPLE games.

Takes more than a few pints with most of these English lads. Try throwing your hottest soccer mom at them...

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Let's talk about DOC that play with their balls. After all why should their club players have all the fun and who cares about development. Let's charge more money for kids to play in club soccer and reduce the practice time down to 1 hour. Wait, clubs are already doing this in MA and I better stop playing with my balls and put this on my club agenda for next year.

With 2 hours of practice per week, with 2 practice days per week and playing in NEP like some clubs that play there know that is not enough. Stop playing with your balls and maybe you might win State Cups.

If you cans not lead development in MA then follow the Stars, practice 1.5 hrs, 3x practices per week or like the Blazers, 1.5 hrs, 3x per week our the Cosmos 2x winter practices per week starting now as well as the Blazers.

Would you rather have your son practice 9 weeks of a season for 40.4 hrs or 18 hrs. Which clubs are short changing their players on development and winning state cups and not?

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Let's talk about DOC that play with their balls. After all why should their club players have all the fun and who cares about development. Let's charge more money for kids to play in club soccer and reduce the practice time down to 1 hour. Wait, clubs are already doing this in MA and I better stop playing with my balls and put this on my club agenda for next year.

With 2 hours of practice per week, with 2 practice days per week and playing in NEP like some clubs that play there know that is not enough. Stop playing with your balls and maybe you might win State Cups.

If you cans not lead development in MA then follow the Stars, practice 1.5 hrs, 3x practices per week or like the Blazers, 1.5 hrs, 3x per week our the Cosmos 2x winter practices per week starting now as well as the Blazers.

Would you rather have your son practice 9 weeks of a season for 40.4 hrs or 18 hrs. Which clubs are short changing their players on development and winning state cups and not?

Huh? Drunken Blazer parent posting?

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Huh? Drunken Blazer parent posting?

You're the type of person that makes it impossible for people who are serious about development to progress. In order to figure out what breeds success one only has to look at teams who have a more proven track record and not only winning games, divisions, and titles but can they continue to do this with new teams in younger age groups and produce a similar effect. This coupled with producing individuals who go on to achieve great things shows a club, or perhaps a particular coach can properly develop winning players. Once you figure this out I'm 99% sure you'll find they train more than 3 hours per week and more than 8 months a year and overall they take the game seriously. If you want less by all means stay in town soccer and maybe play some mom and pop club for extra play time. Let those of us who want the very best search it out and demand better for our kids.

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Defnitely agree with the assessment of DA's son. He is a daddy's boy for sure.

Two goals in the first game of the season should silence the critics. The kid can play!

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You're the type of person that makes it impossible for people who are serious about development to progress. In order to figure out what breeds success one only has to look at teams who have a more proven track record and not only winning games, divisions, and titles but can they continue to do this with new teams in younger age groups and produce a similar effect. This coupled with producing individuals who go on to achieve great things shows a club, or perhaps a particular coach can properly develop winning players. Once you figure this out I'm 99% sure you'll find they train more than 3 hours per week and more than 8 months a year and overall they take the game seriously. If you want less by all means stay in town soccer and maybe play some mom and pop club for extra play time. Let those of us who want the very best search it out and demand better for our kids.

So what is your point? Join the Blazers? No thank you. As it pertains to development, they are dead last in that race.

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So what is your point? Join the Blazers? No thank you. As it pertains to development, they are dead last in that race.

As the poster of this comment I would like to clarify that I have no affiliation with Blazers. I don't know them or anything about them or their training methods. I merely wanted to point out that in my experience with a few better known clubs there are those kids who really want to pursue soccer full time and many who do it seasonally along with other sports. Those who want to develop at a higher level and drop other sports can not find the opportunity or environment to do so and are in many ways stifled by those around them who are not wanting to eat live and breath the sport. There should be something for every type of player.