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Post by footy on Jun 8, 2017 21:20:12 GMT -5
I'd like to think my son and I won't make the same mistakes again next year. What would you do differently next time around? What are you glad you/your kid did?
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Post by sweeper on Jun 8, 2017 21:47:32 GMT -5
Spoke to the coach about my son's status about 4 weeks ago so we knew what to expect. There was a big unknown with so many 02 DA boys looking for spots and the introduction of ECNL so we also checked in with 2 other clubs over the last few weeks just in case we had to go somewhere else.
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Post by spectator on Jun 8, 2017 22:49:59 GMT -5
Tonight was the last club tryout we will ever attend as my kid will graduate in 2018. Kind of bittersweet remembering all the emotions and stress since that first U9 Academy tryout. If I could go back and advise myself at that moment it would be to chill out. Drop off the kid and run errands, have dinner, get a drink. Anything but sit there and stress about an 8 year old on a field. Stop worrying about what level will be at what club and find a coach to teach the game and instill love of the game. Work on basics at Academy rather than hope to be on the "top" roster for tournaments. Don't count the wins but measure the improvement. Watch the game but don't rehash it.
The one thing I know I did right - I loved and still love watching her play --and I have told her every time. With high fives or kleenex to dry the tears. Its been a heck of a ride and I would do it all over again a thousand times to keep spending this time with her. I have this last year of club and high school then a trek to see the college games and for the first time ever - I wont be able to be at all of them so I will have to hear her rehash it for me.
So advice to myself if I could go back and anyone still on this crazy ride - enjoy it for everything good, bad and in between because you will look up from what you think is a U9 game and see your senior playing her last game. It goes that fast
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Post by soccerparent02 on Jun 8, 2017 22:57:29 GMT -5
I would tell parents to not put much credence in other parent postings. Many are written to downgrade clubs, coaches, levels of play (DA, ODP, C1, etc.). Rather take it upon yourself to do your homework. Go watch games at the age your child will enter the next season at clubs your interested in. Reach out to the clubs DOC. Look at the club philosophy which is on their website. Be sure you know what your child wants out of the experience not what you want for them. Once you've done your homework then select the club that meets the child's needs.
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