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Post by defensewins on May 11, 2021 12:37:51 GMT -5
I agree with several others here. With high school, kids get an opportunity to learn other skills like leadership or maybe a position they don't get to play in club. The pride and fun of playing on the school field with and in front of their peers creates memories that last a lifetime.
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Post by defensewins on Apr 30, 2021 9:46:01 GMT -5
I don't think they all move into the city of Buford. If you're in the city of Buford, you can attend for free. If you live outside of Buford, you can attend for something like $2,000 per kid. One of my good friends lives in Sugar Hill and he sent his kids to school there and still has one there right now, which is how I know about it. You do have to get accepted, of course, but I think with the large size of the school it's not overly difficult to get in. I never knew this, but sure enough if you go to the Buford City Schools website, it's right there. $2000 per year for a non-resident. Surprised more school districts don't do something like this to try and attract kids. Seems to be a loophole around the whole recruiting thing. While we can't recruit you to play at our school, you can apply to attend and pay $2000. I think a lot of city school systems do this. I know Jefferson City Schools allows for out of district students to apply and attend if they are accepted and pay minimal tuition.
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Post by defensewins on Jan 8, 2020 11:09:59 GMT -5
It's kinda funny this is a girls thread turned into discussing boys it seems. I think theres more turnover on the boys side? Exactly! The first response turned this to a discussion of boys. I think this kind of thing is exactly what the other thread about Boys vs Girls was referring to!
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Post by defensewins on Oct 1, 2019 8:31:39 GMT -5
We have been enjoying Hulu's live package. It is $45 a month and gives us everything we need. They have a more traditional TV guide/menu now.
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Post by defensewins on Jul 9, 2019 7:46:45 GMT -5
I agree with you. Those numbers should be reported to get a clear and fair picture. But I think that the lower revenue is also partially the fault of FIFA and their lack of advertising or resources allocated to provide outlets to allow people to buy merchandise. My daughter and I were able to go to the USA vs Sweden game in Le Havre. We spent several days in Paris before the game as well. My observations: * The only place we saw anything about the World Cup in Paris was at the Fox desk near the Eiffel Tower and the pitiful excuse of a "fan experience" in the city. We went there hoping to be able to purchase shirts, etc. prior to our match day. Was that possible? Nope! * At the reportedly sold-out match vs Sweden in Le Havre - I think there were only 4 locations open to buy merchandise - 2 outside and 2 inside the stadium. You could not get to any of these until gates opened 2 hours prior to kick-off. And then, the lines for these were incredibly long. Sizes for most shirts were sold out well before the match began. While standing in line, I was speaking to some fellow fans - they had attended another match where there was no one working the stands there for the entirety of the match. I've never been to a men's World Cup. But, others in the line with me mentioned that merchandise was readily available everywhere - starting at the airport when you got off the plane. I have no doubt that the amount of revenue for the WWC would be higher if FIFA (or whomever is responsible for these types of things) would have had more merchandise and places to purchase it available. I know that I likely would have spent more money if only there were things available for me to buy. I wasn't the only one to think these things - and apparently it was a problem at the last Women's World Cup as well: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/soccer/world-cup-merchandise-is-hard-to-find-despite-sports-growing-popularity/2019/07/01/b0186718-9c1c-11e9-9ed4-c9089972ad5a_story.html?utm_term=.be7e4395d24c. www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2019/07/07/fifa-earns-a-red-card-for-poor-event-management-at-the-2019-womens-world-cup/#5227b6893d6d
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Post by defensewins on May 22, 2019 12:57:20 GMT -5
Were the games set up like weekend tournaments (sort of) where you lay multiple teams and then have weeks in between before the next games? I heard something like that... The link to the past fall schedules is here: events.gotsport.com/events/Default.aspx?EventID=67394We did end up having a long break where we didn't play for most of September, but I believe that was due to one of the interstate weekends having to be rescheduled because of a hurricane.
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Post by defensewins on Mar 22, 2019 7:36:43 GMT -5
www.ghsa.net/sites/default/files/documents/Constitution/Constitution2018-19Completecx35.pdfPage 71 starts the soccer specific section. A. When a Region or Area has not adopted its own tie-breaker method, the following Tie-Breaking Procedure will be used for seeding purposes: 1. Record against all teams in the Region/Area. 2. Winning team in head-to-head competition between schools that are tied. 3. Goals allowed in head-to-head competition between schools that are tied. 4. Goal differential in head-to-head competition between schools that are tied (maximum of three (3) goals per game). 5. Goals allowed in all Region/Area games 6. Goal differential in all Region/Area games (maximum of three (3) goals per game). Note: When figuring “goals allowed” and “goal differential” in matches decided by penalty kicks, the winning team will have one (1) goal added to its game score and the losing team will have no goals added regardless of the number of penalty kicks that were made by either team. 7. In any step of the tie-breaking process if a three-way tie is broken so that all ties are broken, that step determines the placements. If two teams remain tied after a step is completed, revert back to head-to-head record to break the tie. If the tie cannot be broken, move to the next step.
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Post by defensewins on Feb 8, 2019 16:19:26 GMT -5
I know that it is easy to do but that article was from 2018, we are currently in 2019. Oops! I totally missed that. Thanks for pointing that out. So sorry.
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Post by defensewins on Aug 14, 2018 8:52:15 GMT -5
No water breaks at the Nike Select Cup either. Its up to each tournament director to decide to do it or not. If you do it for one team then you have to do it across the board for the whole venue We had water breaks at the Nike Select Cup for our afternoon game only. We were at GA Soccer Park for Nike Select Cup and had water breaks for all 3 games. Our earliest was 11:30 AM though.
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Post by defensewins on Aug 9, 2018 8:03:15 GMT -5
My daughter refuses to center because of the yelling by parents and coaches. She says it isn't worth the stress. You can find a sad collection of bad parent behavior here - it isn't just soccer: www.facebook.com/youreoffside/ And here for his website: www.stoprefabuse.com/"Don't be a cheeseburger!"
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Post by defensewins on Jul 19, 2018 10:07:32 GMT -5
Looking at the NL pdf file with game dates it looks like there are 4 weekends with games, so maybe 8 games total for the Piedmont conference on the girls side. On the NPL side, looks like 10 teams with 20 games. Most teams aren’t going to do both Piedmont conf and NPL, on paper it looks like NPL offers more games There will be 11 NL games for girls in the Piedmont conference. The weekends listed in the document don't include the game dates vs in-state opponents. There are 12 teams per age group. So, teams all play each other once.
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Post by defensewins on May 23, 2018 11:30:04 GMT -5
Back up plan could be games on the following weekend June 2,3,4. Then final four and championship either the 5th and 6th or June 9/10. I would think hotels would have more availability’s any weekend than memorial weekend. However that decision would need to be made today. Allow time to cancel rooms and rebook. But to your point they should be commicating back up plan. I believe we all know that their plan is to have everyone drive down there, stay in Columbus overpaint hotels, eat at crowed restaurants and then play shortened games or pks on wet fields. If games are pushed out as you suggest, do they then move try-out dates too? I certainly don't envy the people responsible for making a decision on what to do here.
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Post by defensewins on May 17, 2018 9:21:31 GMT -5
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Post by defensewins on May 14, 2018 8:05:39 GMT -5
My 16 yr old refuses to work as a center ref, even the younger ages, because "parents and coaches are crazy".
It is really sad.
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Post by defensewins on Apr 17, 2018 15:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by defensewins on Mar 23, 2017 12:30:06 GMT -5
Here's the rule from GHSA: www.ghsa.net/sites/default/files/documents/Constitution/Constitution2016-17Complete.pdf(Soccer specific information starts on page 82) K. All soccer matches between schools from the same classification must be played to completion. Matches that are interrupted by weather or mechanical difficulties will be replayed from the point of interruption unless the team that is behind chooses not to complete the match. If the teams are in different classifications, I guess the decision is similar, but I don't see a written rule about that one.
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Post by defensewins on Feb 23, 2017 9:06:24 GMT -5
It happened when he had to stop the game to give a yellow card to the coach of the other team, the clock person stopped it a few seconds too late. Btw, what is the rule for yellow cards in HS? I heard that players have to come out immediately, but I couldn't find any information on it. How long does the player have to sit out? If a player is given a yellow in a high school match, the player has to leave the field but may re-enter the game. How long that player has to sit out depends on the coach - some will keep them out for the duration - some will immediately sub back in. We had a yellow in a game last week and the player went back in pretty quickly - no balking from the opposing team's coach or referee so it must not be a big deal. Haven't seen a red card in a high school game but I imagine it's immediately leave but no subbing back in - don't know if they have to sit out a game or if they can play the next one. Here is the rule on suspension: (d) The period of suspension resulting from an ejection will expire as follows: (2) Soccer: (a) One-Game Sit-out: 1. Two yellow cards in the same game 2. Deliberate handball to prevent a goal 3. Red card for a foul on a player moving toward his goal in a scoring situation (b) Two-Game Sit-out with Red Card for any of the following: taunting, violent conduct, serious foul play, spitting on another person, foul or abusive language, leaving the bench area for a fight situation.
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Post by defensewins on Feb 21, 2017 10:23:55 GMT -5
I thought we had compiled some totals for different clubs but can't find the thread. What does the $950 at Lanier include? - how many nights of training - finishing/keeper clinics? - uniforms - any tournaments included - coaches fees for tournaments? - any team camps included etc? It is $950 for Academy, $975 for U13-U14, $525 for U15 and up (fall only) - Includes 2 nights training, 1.5 hours each. Top level teams, usually have a 3rd night of training. - Includes keeper training. - Uniforms are extra. Those are about $175 for the kit every 2 years - Tournament fees are extra - that's divided between the players and the coaches fees for tournaments are added to that cost - Team camp at the beginning of the fall season is included.
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Post by defensewins on Jan 23, 2017 15:18:05 GMT -5
Where are you located? How far are you willing to travel? To find a school of your general size and location, you can look at this list: GHSA region alignments. www.ghsa.net/2016-2017-region-alignments With a school of about 900, I think that would be approximately a AA or AAA school. Then I'd try to find the athletic director at those schools (usually available on school website) and contact them about the possibility of scheduling something. Good luck.
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Post by defensewins on Jan 17, 2017 13:15:54 GMT -5
In order to move the conversation forward, here are a few questions about how your school typically handles tryouts.
How many days are scheduled? Do you have two a days? Did you start on MLK day? Do they make cuts everyday or do they wait till the end? Once the team is posted, do you immediately go into practice the following day? Do they conduct fitness testing? How much do they scrimmage? Are boys and girls separate, meaning different fields or times?
Official tryout days listed as Mon-Wed I think. But, doubtful there are enough girls to have cuts. Only yesterday, otherwise 3:45 - 6 each day Yes, girls were there from 9 - 4 yesterday, sort of a mini "camp" No cuts made that I know of. Last year girls were told if the coaches didn't expect them to get much playing time. They can then choose or not to participate knowing they won't get field time. They are encouraged to stay and practice to get better. We will have a JV team this year though for any that don't get much Varsity playing time. Practice starts as soon as the teams are set. Fitness testing done last week during conditioning - 3 tests: run 4 miles < 36 minutes, run predetermined route on bleachers for 30 minutes without stopping, 100 yard sprints (25 secs down, 35 secs back) for 12 repetitions Not sure? Separate but at the same time. One uses playing field, other uses practice field, they alternate week to week. Class 3A school, sweet 16 last year
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Post by defensewins on Oct 3, 2016 14:08:36 GMT -5
Are any of the ID Camps worth it? I have been looking at the Jon Akin camp at Oglethorpe University. Their 1 day camp is $130.
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Post by defensewins on Aug 10, 2016 11:51:30 GMT -5
I can't see it in affinity. I only got an email from our AGC on July 28 with the "preliminary" brackets (also U16 Athena). The email said not to publish to team members. There was also no date as to when it would be public.
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Post by defensewins on Mar 30, 2016 12:49:27 GMT -5
My daughter was at UGA with decent weather but thought there was too much downtime in the dorms last summer. She and her friends had fun, but they were there to play and learn soccer. Instead, they hung out in the dorms for a lot of the day.
She really enjoyed the camp at Furman University, but unfortunately the dates don't line up for us this year.
Has anyone had any experience with the Clemson or Berry College camps?
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Post by defensewins on Dec 22, 2015 12:25:05 GMT -5
LSA just announced they'll have U12 DA as well.
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Post by defensewins on Dec 6, 2014 8:15:22 GMT -5
All games at George Pierce canceled.
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Post by defensewins on Oct 23, 2014 8:55:28 GMT -5
didn't it also say that an Athena C team wont be participating in the spring? Yes, in Athena C East, MAYS Forsyth White is on the schedule but must have folded. They forfeited all games. (and I tried to edit the quote, but that looks funny ... oh well!)
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Post by defensewins on Sept 9, 2014 9:30:28 GMT -5
Thank you both for the advice.
My daughter is an '01 trying out for the first time. She started playing club soccer a couple of years ago, but didn't really know about ODP. At the end of last season, her coach suggested that she try out.
She realizes she may have a tough time making it, but wanted to go to the tryout to see the level of play and see what she needs to work on to get better so she can play with the best one day.
I think she's decided to try for keeper. She thinks she may have a better shot there. She needs to work on speed for defending against the highest level forwards (her words, not mine). Thanks again!
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Post by defensewins on Sept 8, 2014 14:51:41 GMT -5
My daughter is going to tryout for ODP for the first time this year. I've tried to find as much information for her to know what to expect as I can.
A couple of questions we have that I can't find the answer to:
1. Is there anything in particular that she should or shouldn't wear? I thought we should probably stay away from club affiliation clothing, or should we? 2. She plays both keeper and center defender for her team (usually half a game at each position). Will she need to pick one of those positions at tryouts or will she be able to say she can play either?
She'll welcome any other pointers as well.
Thanks!
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Post by defensewins on Apr 11, 2014 7:50:44 GMT -5
Thank you both for your replies.
I think my daughter could hang with the age group up and would be more challenged. But, she loves her current team and friends - like you said. This season she has started expressing her desire to perhaps play in college and asking for more training, etc. So, that is what prompted me to ask.
We've talked about all the options that we could manage and I've left it up to her to decide. lovethegame, thank you especially for sharing your daughter's experience. I'll share this with mine as well.
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Post by defensewins on Apr 8, 2014 10:04:40 GMT -5
My daughter has an August birthday. She plays U12 right now, but is in 7th grade.
I have heard from a few friends that say she should play up with her graduation year. Does it matter? Are there pros/cons if she wants to try to continue playing in college?
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