Stars Winter Training Programs Continue

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http://www.starsofma.org/Programs/index_E.html

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http://www.starsofma.org/Programs/index_E.html

Are these free or do they stick it to the parents even more? Ask JD or BR if their parents would have been able to afford for them to let their child play soccer at $150/month? Never mind because the answer is NO.

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Are these free or do they stick it to the parents even more? Ask JD or BR if their parents would have been able to afford for them to let their child play soccer at $150/month? Never mind because the answer is NO.

These are open to all club soccer players, not just Stars. They are not required training sessions for Stars players. My child plays for a nonstars team and has been taking these clinics.

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These are open to all club soccer players, not just Stars. They are not required training sessions for Stars players. My child plays for a nonstars team and has been taking these clinics.

Thanks Stars coach! To quick of a response guys.

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http://www.starsofma.org/Programs/index_E.html

Here comes the propaganda machine pulling in just in time!

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Thanks Stars coach! To quick of a response guys.

Actually you're wrong. Actual parent here.

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Here comes the propaganda machine pulling in just in time!

This is like Publishers Clearing house sweepstakes, 2000 to 3000+ kids sold bill of goods, and top 15 kids when they get to 17 or 18 (if they still play here) might get a spots in a college program if the kid stayed out of trouble and kept a high GPA

Unfortunately not the same kids that started in the stars program at 11 will end up on that team, real numbers work out to be about 2-3 players from original team.

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How is this any different from another club promoting their programs on their website?

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This is like Publishers Clearing house sweepstakes, 2000 to 3000+ kids sold bill of goods, and top 15 kids when they get to 17 or 18 (if they still play here) might get a spots in a college program if the kid stayed out of trouble and kept a high GPA

Unfortunately not the same kids that started in the stars program at 11 will end up on that team, real numbers work out to be about 2-3 players from original team.

Your facts are completely inaccurate.

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No their facts are not inaccurate. This post was just made over in the infamous U14 thread but it actually offers some pretty good insight

Can we please have a little objectivity here? This is this year's final NCAA D1 ranking

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-women/d1

First off to be able to actually play for one of the teams ranked in the top 25 your child really has to be considered one of the top 100 players in the country (sorry mystery striker parent, there is such a list at this point). As a bench mark, most people consider the players on the inter regional rosters to be those players. My understanding of this age group is there are only 3 maybe 4 players in this age group that fit that bill. Then you need to consider whether or not your child actually wants to go to school in a state like North Carolina or California. Lastly you need to consider whether or not your child has the grades to even consider some of these schools. For example the average student getting into Duke this year has a 3.8 GPA and a combined SAT score of 2052 and the average student getting into UCLA has a 3.69 and a combined SAT score of 1945. To put that into perspective we are talking about a B+/A- student who scores right around the 90% on their standardized testing.

Now most parents are realistic enough to see that their child is not heading to the top of D1 but often they don't realize what it takes to get to even a middle of the pack team D1 team like Providence. Providence is a pretty tough school to get in (3.36/1694) and they finished the 2011 season ranked 149th out of the 322 D1 programs with an 8-9-4 record. Here is a link to the press release announcing their incoming freshman class this year.

http://www.friars.com/sports/w-socce...031411aab.html

Almost all of them are at least All State (All Scholastic level) players or better. A good number have ODP Regional Pool experience. Even at this level, these are not you average role players.

If you go down to the bottom of D1 and look at two schools like Holy Cross (#278, 2-12-3) and UVM (#260, 5-10-4) that are relatively popular with kids around here you will see that even at this level of program that their top recruits still are All State level players and most are All Conference level for multiple years. You will find that life in a losing soccer program is far from ideal and yet even amongst the patsies of D1 you still will have to be a standout.

I would pose this question to any parent who is comtemplating a D1 college career for their child (especially the one who favors spending a fortune looking for competition), where do you really think you child is going likely end up? You should be able to look at your child right now and project that out. If they are not an impact player (top 3-4 on roster) on a team that is playing at a fairly high level (ie Stars, NEFC) or clearly the best player by far (kid, what are you doing here type) on a low level team they are not even close to being on track to make it to D1. The reality is that most of the players in this state go to the D3 level because that is where there ability really fits and those schools around here are considered some of the best academic institutions in the country. You do not need to do ANY of this travelling or even participate in ODP to get to this level of the college game. What are you people doing???

This past fall there were 19 girls selected to the Globe's All Scholastic team for soccer. Only 12 were in the class of 2012. There are probably another 100 girls that got recognized as All Conference. Only 40-50% of those are going to be in the class of 2012. All total you have about 50-60 girls a year from around here that are going to have the sort of resume to impact at the college level (even D3). When you read an obvious sales pitch you should consider what you are going to get in return.

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Actually you're wrong. Actual parent here.

Curious south shore parent here. Was looking at Woburn sessions as a possibility for keeping sharp this winter, but never pulled the trigger. How has your player liked the sessions? What is your opinion of what you are seeing from these trainings?

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Curious south shore parent here. Was looking at Woburn sessions as a possibility for keeping sharp this winter, but never pulled the trigger. How has your player liked the sessions? What is your opinion of what you are seeing from these trainings?

These clinics are one of the Stars most effective recruiting tools. They are filled with either current Stars players or players looking for a new team.

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So is the northboro ball mastery clinic worth signing up for? I want to have a avenue for my daughter to keep training and I haven't found to many programs out there.

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So is the northboro ball mastery clinic worth signing up for? I want to have a avenue for my daughter to keep training and I haven't found to many programs out there.

FC Puma Soccer Academy! Best technical training available! My kids play top level club and really enjoy the training sessions!

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No their facts are not inaccurate. This post was just made over in the infamous U14 thread but it actually offers some pretty good insight



This past fall there were 19 girls selected to the Globe's All Scholastic team for soccer. Only 12 were in the class of 2012. There are probably another 100 girls that got recognized as All Conference. Only 40-50% of those are going to be in the class of 2012. All total you have about 50-60 girls a year from around here that are going to have the sort of resume to impact at the college level (even D3). When you read an obvious sales pitch you should consider what you are going to get in return.

Except that the original posting about winter training programs was not a sales pitch; simply information about winter training NOT a promise for D1 scholarship. I am the OP. Wow you guys need to lighten up. My daughter, who plays for DELTA took one of these clinics this winter and got alot from it. She will continue to take them as it has helped her skill set. We are not Stars supporters nor do we think our kid has a shot at their teams. She is simply taking a class....like any other clinic offered anywhere and it's helping her. Jeeesh....get over it. The clinics are reasonably priced and located conveniently to us. It's that simple.