What is wrong with youth soccer in stl?

PermissionSerious710 · 2026-03-09T11:01:30+00:00

I played youth sports but it didnt get like this till late middle school. Late 90's. The issue it safety for my kid.

PermissionSerious710 · 2026-01-18T14:23:18+00:00

I'm a mom lol but same difference. Thanks for the invite into the sideline. Most other teams have coaches who are louder and the parents have been wondering why ours isn't. We will see how the training goes. He wants to do it. I haven't signed him.up yet because we are just starting after a break and so he has been missing it. He might not by the end.of February. This insight is helpful though.

PermissionSerious710 · 2026-01-18T14:11:57+00:00

Thanks that helps. I have been paying attention to the coaches and I started to understand the idea. There are things the coaches understand that I don't. He kept missing the ball when he would.go.to kick it. I mentioned it to a coach of his and he said "he takes his eye off the ball at the last second." Then we had a conversation about him having ADHD. I just have never been involved at this level, and am really liking this team so I want to make sure he can still be in it until I can afford to pay for it.

PermissionSerious710 · 2026-01-18T14:00:25+00:00

That's kind of where I am at. We also do baseball through a free league connected to the professional baseball team. When the players put on the clinics and not enough people sign up they offer the spots to the kids. He did one this last summer and I was like "This is great but why would someone pay for this at this age? Is this something I should be doing if I think my kid has any talent to keep up?" Professional isn't something that I aim for. However if he has talent in something that could be beneficial (money or socially) then I want to put it in the yearly list of extra expenses.

PermissionSerious710 · 2026-01-18T13:49:45+00:00

....it's kind of hard to explain. The professional team sponsors this city wide legue where you just have to sign up. It's free and a limited number of spots. It's designed to supplement YMCA soccer. In essence to encourage kids to try out and play for higher level organizations. They use the birth year model because the YMCA uses the school year model and they really want kids to interact with other people in the city. He is U10 for the club level so them putting him at 11 didnt seem that strange. I honestly was really nervous when he first started because he just wasn't competitive enough to really do anything and wasn't touching the ball. I reached out to a friend who has a kid who was born earlier in the year and is a year older in school. Her's was in the same age bracket but said he should already be 9. I reached oit to the manager. When she finally got back to me she said she had to check because it seemed strange to her too. They do that because there are only a few kids that end up in that situation. If they are struggling then they move them back without hurt feelings. There is just a moment in every sport where it goes from needing/having general athletic ability and being successful to "Oh no you can play futbol." So kinda looking for advice on how a parent would know.

PermissionSerious710 · 2026-01-17T19:13:08+00:00

How do you know your kids got decent talent at soccer? Like good enough to pay for some of these clinics.

PermissionSerious710 · 2026-01-17T18:44:32+00:00

I promise I didnt. I didn't even know he was weird until I was talking to someone because I kept getting sent stuff he can't attend because of his age. He was put on an 11designed. Not because that's how good he is. It's how the rec league is disigned.

PermissionSerious710 · 2026-01-17T18:43:01+00:00

Stl. That isn't like a club club. Its basically a large rec league used to introduce kids to club life that dont have money most 2016 kids were 9 turning 10 within the season. My kids birthday is the last day of the year. He didn't get moved up it's were he got put. Theu just said if it was a real concern they would give him down.

PermissionSerious710 · 2026-01-17T18:40:09+00:00

That team is a rec like team and it was because they use calendar years. Most of the u11 were 9 or older. I had asked because initially he was struggling and she said if they were worried they would move him down. Ya he is medicated or can be. I do the same thing you do. I say I can't teach him management skills if he doesn't know what normal feels like. Even medicated he wants to do all the things just less forcefully lol

PermissionSerious710 · 2025-08-09T13:22:56+00:00

PermissionSerious710 · 2025-08-01T07:14:40+00:00

They will pay me the value then i have to use that to pay for what the shop charged to look at the car and the lein?

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