This is a blog post from a youth baseball coach however the "suggestions and solutions" recommended by the blogger, Colin Young, are a perfect fit for travel soccer as well. At least, from my perspective coaching travel soccer.
Anyway, check it out and let us know what you think, do you agree with Colin Young?
Baseball Perspective: Hey Parents.....Your kid sucks: Now that I have your attention, I must qualify that it is not the child's fault that he is terrible at (enter sport). It has every...
Showing posts with label Travel Soccer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel Soccer. Show all posts
Jun 4, 2013
Aug 6, 2012
The Best Travel Soccer Club in Virginia?
When voting please consider the overall club experience including quality of coaching, cost, player development, etc. If your club is not
listed be sure to add them to the list of clubs.
Once we have received 100 votes in our poll, one lucky winner will be chosen at random to win a pair of Pelé Sports Trinity 3E cleats just for participating in our poll.
May 10, 2011
Great Falls Soccer elects Kenny Cushing as Commissioner
Great Falls, VA. -Kenny Cushing has been elected Commissioner of Great Falls Soccer Club. Here are the Commissioner's Critical 10 priorities to improve the club for the future. An actionable "Strategic Improvement Plan" will guide the club's efforts and will allow members to 1) see areas where they can get involved and help move the club forward, and 2) hold Commissioner Cushing accountable." (click HERE to see the priorities).
The vote count on the recent election was 204 for Kenny Cushing and 145 for Jack Kerrigan. Thank you sincerely to all members that came out to vote and support the Club.
Jun 15, 2010
Has Youth Soccer in America Left Behind the Inner City?
By Chris Wimmer
I recently came across an old article posted back in 2007 on http://www.davesfootballblog.com/ titled Celtic to Boost Inner City Football.
It made me think that little has changed with regards to soccer being viewed as a "suburban kids" game. Is this due to a lack of interest of soccer in the inner cities of America or the high cost of participating in competitive youth soccer leagues? As a parent of a "travel soccer" player, I can attest to the extremely high cost of participating on a quality youth soccer team.
Along with the cost of being part on a quality team is the added cost of equipment. Add to that camps in the summer and during the season (to stay ahead of the competition) and individual training (position oriented, i.e. Goalkeeper, Striker, etc.). Not to mention cost associated with traveling out of town a few times per year for tournaments. Don't get me wrong, I don’t mind doing this for my daughter or other children in the future if they chose to follow in her footsteps. In fact, I feel it is my responsibility to provide my children with all possible opportunities to succeed at any and all activities they are involved in. This seems to be the same mentality shared by many "suburban" American parents that I know.
This all leads me to the question my daughter asked this past weekend while we attended a professional women's soccer match, "Why are most of the players Caucasian?” Great question. I tried my best to explore with her the possible reasons for this mostly Caucasian ratio only to end up with more questions myself. Why is this case? Is this more prevalent in women's soccer than men's? Are inner city youth not afforded the same opportunity to experience soccer due to the high cost to participate? Is this another example of the growing separation of classes in America? And finally, what could or should be done about this because surely there are just as many quality soccer players in the inner city as there are in the suburbs.
What is your opinion? Do you see this changing any time soon? What can we as coaches and soccer fans to change this?
I recently came across an old article posted back in 2007 on http://www.davesfootballblog.com/ titled Celtic to Boost Inner City Football.
It made me think that little has changed with regards to soccer being viewed as a "suburban kids" game. Is this due to a lack of interest of soccer in the inner cities of America or the high cost of participating in competitive youth soccer leagues? As a parent of a "travel soccer" player, I can attest to the extremely high cost of participating on a quality youth soccer team.
Along with the cost of being part on a quality team is the added cost of equipment. Add to that camps in the summer and during the season (to stay ahead of the competition) and individual training (position oriented, i.e. Goalkeeper, Striker, etc.). Not to mention cost associated with traveling out of town a few times per year for tournaments. Don't get me wrong, I don’t mind doing this for my daughter or other children in the future if they chose to follow in her footsteps. In fact, I feel it is my responsibility to provide my children with all possible opportunities to succeed at any and all activities they are involved in. This seems to be the same mentality shared by many "suburban" American parents that I know.
This all leads me to the question my daughter asked this past weekend while we attended a professional women's soccer match, "Why are most of the players Caucasian?” Great question. I tried my best to explore with her the possible reasons for this mostly Caucasian ratio only to end up with more questions myself. Why is this case? Is this more prevalent in women's soccer than men's? Are inner city youth not afforded the same opportunity to experience soccer due to the high cost to participate? Is this another example of the growing separation of classes in America? And finally, what could or should be done about this because surely there are just as many quality soccer players in the inner city as there are in the suburbs.
What is your opinion? Do you see this changing any time soon? What can we as coaches and soccer fans to change this?
May 26, 2010
10 Northern Virginia Travel Soccer Clubs – with upcoming Tryouts:
UPDATE - For the most up-to-date club tryout information check our: Travel Soccer Tryouts (2013-2014) page.
http://www.vasoccernews.com/p/travel-soccer-tryouts.html
Well even though the 2010 Spring Soccer Season is wrapping up here in Northern Virginia and families are making their summer plans, its already time to think about the 2010 Fall Soccer Season. For many players that means tryouts. Some players will be returning travel players who have played for many years and others will be hoping to join the wonderful, busy, competitive, and sometimes downright crazy world that is Travel Soccer.
http://www.vasoccernews.com/p/travel-soccer-tryouts.html
Well even though the 2010 Spring Soccer Season is wrapping up here in Northern Virginia and families are making their summer plans, its already time to think about the 2010 Fall Soccer Season. For many players that means tryouts. Some players will be returning travel players who have played for many years and others will be hoping to join the wonderful, busy, competitive, and sometimes downright crazy world that is Travel Soccer.
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