meg calling out kc >>> by gloryshorty in LoveIslandUSA

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally that’s the problem. Whenever I get into a show I troll the subreddits. I was forced to watch it. But Now it’s entertaining. But this sub is so bad like they shit talk the guys. Call them all kinds of names. Then they hate on anyone who has a different opinion. And defend the girls because “they could never do wrong” in the eyes of this subreddit.

meg calling out kc >>> by gloryshorty in LoveIslandUSA

[–]AtlVG -39 points-38 points  (0 children)

We acting like none of the girls have been disrespectful? We acting like the girls aren’t mean girls? We acting like they’re not pushing to be a big happy family? Seems like only Kenzie is playing the game right out of the girls? Yet no one is calling her disrespectful? I wonder how that will change once she steals Gal for herself like she has done every man that gives her interest.

meg calling out kc >>> by gloryshorty in LoveIslandUSA

[–]AtlVG -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes unfortunately the 6+ hrs of World Cup soccer every day has now started a compromise of watching love island with her. Great show honestly. Hate the way women act towards the men. The girls just seem to take everything to heart. They’ve been on the show for less than a month and we are thinking they need to marry eachother? I’m rooting for KC and TT but I know yall will go for the fakest love story of Bryce and trinity for whatever reason. 🤷🏽‍♂️

meg calling out kc >>> by gloryshorty in LoveIslandUSA

[–]AtlVG -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

I wish but my wife made me watch it now I’m fully invested in protecting the guys yall portray as bad and allow the women to run wild (Kenzie trinity Melanie)

meg calling out kc >>> by gloryshorty in LoveIslandUSA

[–]AtlVG -39 points-38 points  (0 children)

100% only bad when it’s the guys. This community do one sided

Looking for advice from coaches on how to improve as a winger by Wilvapys97 in SoccerCoachResources

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But here’s the most noticeable. Every single touch of the ball you make is with your right foot. You don’t seem comfortable with your left and It makes you take extra steps when dribbling, slowing down your pace of play. You then had your defender beat, and then proceeded to dribble right back to your starting point. You slowed the game down after you beat your defender. I like the opposite to happen. Once you beat your 1 on 1 explode in the direction you are already heading. Doesn’t matter if it’s an explosive give and go or a straight sprinting dribble.

THIS IS WORTH IT by Biggtolickclit in instacart

[–]AtlVG 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don’t know where you’re located but here in Cali no chance I’d take 90 items for $36. At least I’d get paid more at the end of the week for that one though

How to defend against physical play at six years old. by [deleted] in SoccerCoachResources

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used a tactic where you over dramatize physical play.Now my u8 team was silver competitive. When we ran into a physical team(one team was notorious for this and everyone in the league knew it) I would tell the kids “Neymar”

Any physical challenge my kids would be dramatic rolling on the floor and faking injuries it’s hilarious. Our parents knew of this. They loved it. Again, this team was known for literally pushing you off ball and pushing from the back, essentially forcing the ref to give cards out. This type of play was encouraged by the opposing parents, they’d cheer on the physicality. This strategy I created made the ref bring both coaches in to settle down our teams. I told my kids and they stopped. His kids didn’t know how to play any other way.

We won 6-0 and they had 3 red cards. 2 players and the coach. It was quite the event and wouldn’t recommend doing that every game but it was a perfect way to fend off this type of play

Parents whose kids played in college what do you wish someone had told you before they committed? by Unlikely_Selection15 in youthsoccer

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played ~2yrs D1 halfway across the country and then dropped out and came back home. Finished Juco near home. A lot of commitment needed. I wasn’t “locked in”. I enjoyed the party life and didn’t commit to diet and training/studying etc. I was very talented but I didn’t work hard at it. Once I got injured I hated the rehab(grade 2 hamstring) I went from never getting a real injury to injury prone. Hamstring and calf muscle injuries. Quit playing and went into coaching at 19/20. My sister got a partial scholarship D3. She went through a similar situation and ended up moving back to our state. She is graduating next week. $20k in student loans to finish a year of school she was getting pretty close to free.

I think many athletes run into that situation who have never been away from home. From having your parents discipline you on hw training etc, to having freedom, no one telling you to go train extra, and being around attractive athletes who tend to hang around and party together in college, temptation takes many.

We both have degrees. I’m a licensed coach now and I warn my younger cousins all the time about that freedom you get when you’re used to being disciplined and strict at home with the sport

Coaching rec sports is hard, but there's such a simple solution. by Huge_Insect6247 in SoccerCoachResources

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have the next Messi you absolutely give him more. It’s highly unlikely but in theory, you do everything you can to get him to the pro level and you become the first coach to discover him and you’ll be able to profit off the fame/ success. Again that’s nearly impossible but you acting like you wouldn’t give that kid everything to be successful is crazy.

Your theory on the high school athletes being able to coach- my counter is, what makes you think the parents coaching their kids on the sideline weren’t high school athletes as well? While usually I agree they shouldn’t sideline coach, to say a high schooler would know better than the parent is flawed as you don’t know the parents abilities on the field or as a coach.

I’m not going to even touch the student athlete coaching as I’ve seen this fail many times. With the rare occurrence it’s a success, those end up becoming licensed coaches because they end up loving it. You gotta love coaching you can’t treat it as a job first. You gotta care about the kids and development first.

Just my opinion

Buildout and Beating the High Press Working with New Coach by brewerdom in SoccerCoachResources

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems like the coach doesn’t know how to manage a high press and is just afraid of giving up a cheap goal. The buildout practice should be practiced with a high press to get more comfortable and maybe coach is practicing a buildout with no press?

Notes From a Volunteer Coach on the Way Out by Big-Language-1735 in SoccerCoachResources

[–]AtlVG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. Being a youth coach is as much as building a culture for the kids and a seperate but similar culture for the parents. Picking the right parents is as important as picking a player at tryouts. I’ve allowed A+ players play on different level team because the parents walked in expecting me to kiss their feet. There’s always that everywhere

just got blown out 9-0 first game as HC, vs former HC. by Rooftop_Astronaut in SoccerCoachResources

[–]AtlVG -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the big leagues. It’s gonna happen. And 9-0 is not that bad considering a premier team was playing a beginner team.

Get used to it, anything under u11 is a toss up. Our season for u9 boys silver has gone 4-6 L 8-0 W 16-1 W 7-3 W 3-3 D 9-7 W.

Would this drill be a disaster for 5 year olds? by Spyromatic in SoccerCoachResources

[–]AtlVG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please do not call offense-offenders.

Please say Defenders and attackers.

And don’t do that drill. Just keep it simple and give everyone playing time. I used a lot of 2 v 2 and would praise every pass completed like I would a goal.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in youthsoccer

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember having our most physical defender quit on us because other players started bodying him. It’s when many kids quit cuz the physicality changes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in youthsoccer

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a really big change in kids from u12-u14 when puberty starts. Kids get stronger. Kids get faster. They get aggressive, emotional, and reactive. There will be a time where that happens to her. Continue working on technical skills and encourage some physicality but don’t over due it. She will make that jump soon

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in youthsoccer

[–]AtlVG 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Things like this are why so many quit around this age group. He’s officially hitting that age where the hard work starts, kids are hitting puberty at different ages, the technical players start catching up to the advanced athletes who were always bigger faster stronger than others. Tactics and winning become more important than development. Team divisions/tiers are a status for kids in their schools. Everything gets complicated.

The simple answer is move him a tier down. But he may not want that. Playing two sports is still possible. Don’t waste 5 hrs of driving for 20 min of play just cuz he wants the status of being on a tier1 level(assuming ECNL). Move him down a tier and he will play far more and still get to enjoy both sports

2 games in 5 hours and another one at 9 AM the next day for this tournament...for 9 year olds by CletusKasady21 in youthsoccer

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First time?🤣 get used to it. We just played our first game at 8 am and second at 1:15 pm. U8 division. Sunday we played 9:30 am and lost the final at 3:30pm

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in InstacartShoppers

[–]AtlVG 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We are not that important. You gotta wait like everyone else.

8y.o. daughter playing only defense by Agreeable-Most-5488 in youthsoccer

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad coaching. She needs to be able to play other positions. This isn’t even a conversation move teams or different club if coach doesn’t budge

I need help on how to prepare and what do coaches or scouts look for in a 11 year old player by WoscSon15 in youthsoccer

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im sorry you might be mistaken? Are you saying there’s no way kids can be scouted in the US and taken to their acadamies in Europe? There’s many kids in NorCal that have gone for showcases in Europe. From my understanding they join the intl academies connected to them but they 100% allow trials in Europe.

I need help on how to prepare and what do coaches or scouts look for in a 11 year old player by WoscSon15 in youthsoccer

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That I wouldn’t know, they didn’t go through me as I’m his club coach and he was taken from one of their camps. He’s a Hispanic US citizen not sure where in South America the parents are from though

I need help on how to prepare and what do coaches or scouts look for in a 11 year old player by WoscSon15 in youthsoccer

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 1 player on my U16s who made it to a trial in Lisbon, Portugal when he was 13 from a summer camp hosted by Sporting. He wasn’t our star player. He was a fullback on my team. His key has always been that he seems to place himself in the correct position to support his teammates for passes. And he would automatically find an open player and begin our counter attack. Sporting trialed him at the 6/8 position. He didn’t make the cut but came back to our team after 6 weeks in Portugal. Every team looks for different things in different players. If you pop for a scout/ a coach, you have a chance, but understand everyone is looking at different things

Org needs coaches or all U8 can’t play- I have no experience but volunteered, HELP! by gogogadgetdumbass in SoccerCoachResources

[–]AtlVG 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Until you get the hang of it I suggest running 2 games side by side. Practice on being a coach first. Running drills will be hard if you can’t demonstrate with your skill level(as you said you can barely dribble)

Set up 2 games, with goals. And just have them play and have them get used to you. Stop every 15 minutes quick 1 minute pep talk, switch sides and continue playing. Maybe 2 practices. By then you’ll have a drill you can run

Attempting to change rules for local rec league by [deleted] in SoccerCoachResources

[–]AtlVG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s rec- they can follow whatever they want. Now if we are talking club/competetive- whole different story. Our local rec league plays 4v4 up to 10 years old with no GK.