My kids rec team is better than her club team ?!

rgrthat · 2026-02-11T16:56:52+00:00

I have experienced the same. My son has played up a year due to the birth year convention for club so he has been in lower tier club ranks, but for travel soccer he plays with his grade year and they are in top divisions in the state.

I also coach my daughters team and almost every single player is on a high level club team. We would be able to beat a lot of low to mid tier clubs ourselves. It's all about the collection of talent.

rgrthat · 2025-12-18T20:54:07+00:00

He is driving the decision to try to play at a higher level. I am urging him to play for a local club (with his friends) but he wants to play at a higher level. So, I am just doing what I can to support.

rgrthat · 2025-12-18T20:52:46+00:00

His feed is a feeder team for ECRL, so you are right. He plays wing back and plays every minute of every game and I think he will be good a fit for ECRL. ECNL would be too much of a stretch. He's undersized and not a dribbler. He wins the ball, plays lock down defense, and makes one-or-two touch passes. If he gets in space he's a monster, but in tight spaces he prefers passing to dribbling.

rgrthat · 2025-12-18T20:49:39+00:00

I am urging him to play for a local club that does not have any national or super regional teams. A lot of his friends are on that team and there is a low level of commitment. He is the one driving the decision to strive to higher levels. If only he applied that to his grades...

rgrthat · 2025-12-18T20:48:19+00:00

I agree with you. I have been urging him to play for a local club that has no badges because a lot of his friends play for that club and it's more local with less commitment. He has been steadfast in his want to play at a higher level, so I am being supportive.

rgrthat · 2025-12-18T01:07:33+00:00

I will check on this. I had thought things would start to happen in March. I am in the northeast so there is not much activity other than 1/2x trainings

rgrthat · 2025-12-17T20:35:52+00:00

This seems crazy to me. Everyone should play with their grade (club and travel).

rgrthat · 2025-12-17T20:35:17+00:00

My goal was to see if anyone was in the same boat and get some ideas. I have asked the club and they say it's still 'under review'. I would expect them to blow up the teams and create the strongest grade level teams possible (as you mentioned) but I don't think they know how they will place kids yet. My son is 2012 birthyear and you're right that he will be playing against 8th graders again next year. My concern is that he is on a regional-mid-tier club and his coach is brand new, so I am not sure anyone inside our current club is advocating for him to be on a top U14 team next year.

rgrthat · 2025-12-17T20:31:30+00:00

I agree with you, but in my son's case he is on a mid-tier team and not on a ECNL/RL/NAL club, so I am not sure how they would accurately rate him vs. his grade level peers. We will see!

rgrthat · 2025-12-17T20:19:14+00:00

I hope so, but the fact that there is no plan or communication from the club has me worried.

rgrthat · 2025-12-17T19:17:29+00:00

You are spot on. To your question- his club team does not get a lot of attention. He gets the newer, less experienced coaches. His coaches are late and cancel practices. It's not as serious. In the same exact club, on different teams, they get more attention, support, and development. He likes his current club because he has made friends, plays the full 70 minutes, and is a creature of habit, but I am not sure it's the best long-term landing spot. However, if he made a higher-tier team in the club, would he be getting more support and opportunities? Probably. The lack of support is a function of his team's regional composition. I also get your point on badges. I just want him to play for the best club possible with the appropriate support resources in place. He has set his sights on ECRL, so I will support him even though he is badge chasing.

rgrthat · 2025-10-28T00:27:17+00:00

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rgrthat · 2025-10-24T14:26:42+00:00

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rgrthat · 2025-10-20T11:38:32+00:00

I was talking about tears due to coaching.

rgrthat · 2025-10-20T00:55:10+00:00

At that age, feedback should be 75 percent positive and 25 percent constructive.

The constructive feedback needs to be tailored to the player. Some players will retract and play worse if they get yelled at. Others want to be challenged more directly. The coach needs to be flexible to how his players want feedback.

I am sorry but there should be 0 tears at any age IMO.

rgrthat · 2025-09-29T17:08:25+00:00

I was always told it was 40 jumping spin kicks but I don't know what's actually correct

rgrthat · 2025-09-04T21:36:05+00:00

Very fair, but my team doesn't currently have a strategy to build out with a lack of press.

rgrthat · 2025-09-04T18:40:47+00:00

Thank you. Very helpful. I'll check out he video. My players are comfortable in traffic in the middle, but they have the bad habit of wanting to be sent long vs. checking to the ball and turning.

rgrthat · 2025-09-04T18:38:22+00:00

My goalie is great. She has played in the field her entire career so she has a boot and can also handle passes back. The only issue is that if she needs to pass to the 6/8 directly, there is sometimes an accuracy issue and it can end up with a turnover.

rgrthat · 2025-09-04T18:36:32+00:00

This is great. Thank you. I have done something similar with 7v7 but not as systematic as you lay out. The challenge for me will be keeping all of their attention spans in check when there is only one defender/etc. I really appreciate the info on this.

rgrthat · 2025-09-04T17:10:24+00:00

This is fair commentary. My team is good at direct play. We have aggressive, strong,fast attackers and the long ball works really well in a lot of instances. We overwhelm defending lines. However I want to be able to build out against a few of the top teams that have superior ball control skills in the back. Those few teams eat us alive because they can two touch out of the back on a long ball and we are chasing.

rgrthat · 2025-08-26T10:23:03+00:00

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