Cost for privates

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soccerchauffer33

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My 2009 son wants to try some privates over the winter break. Located in Oceanside. Any idea what an hour cost or even a half an hour session.
 
I've seen from $20-$140 an hour....$20 for a college or HS student just looking to work out with your kid and help them practice...$100 for a licensed experienced keeper coach. $40 seems about right for a licensed coach with experience (not that the license matters for those purposes) if you aren't looking for a specialists (like a Coerver specialist), you aren't using a business to book that gets a commission (like Coachup.com) and some will evengive breaks if you pay for multiple lessons at once. As with other things, the rule is you generally get what you pay for, though buyer beware.
 
isn't it a bit early for privates for 09s? I think kids this age would have more fun doing camps.
 
G03_SD said:
isn't it a bit early for privates for 09s? I think kids this age would have more fun doing camps.
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The issue with camps is that without reinforcement of what you learn you quickly forget, and even if the head instructor is great some of the assistants may not be. Trainers at that age can be really good for teaching the fundamentals of proper technique (especially if the coach follows the CalSouth recommended curriculum and engages in guided self-learning because that leaves very little time to teach proper technique to individual players). If the parent knows soccer, is willing to put in the time, and has a good teaching relationship with the child, then of course it's easier and cheaper for the parent to just work with the kid, but not all parents do.
 
Privates are fine but does the kid really have something specific to work on? That’s the point of privates in my mind.

Just getting your kids privates without a specific plan or goal, beyond “getting better” is probably a waste.

Most kids can go out and spent a lot of time on their own on a ball and improve.
 
Don’t go line someone’s pockets yet. Take your time and do your homework. Find out who will work for your kid... and it sounds like this is more for you than for your kid. I doubt many 09 kids are asking their parents for private lessons
 
soccerchauffer33 said:
My 2009 son wants to try some privates over the winter break. Located in Oceanside. Any idea what an hour cost or even a half an hour session.
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Your 8 year old wants to do privates? Most 8 year olds don’t know what privates are unless their parents tell them. Be honest, you want your 8 year old to do privates. Just find a holiday soccer camp and let him have fun with other kids while learning a few new skills.
 
Id find a small group or do it on your own. Most things worked on at that age are going to be foot drills and plyo. Some drills need a partner so good to be in small group at times. Also keeps cost down. Here in South OC i recommend Burfi Hoffman, set up similar probably to what the 1x of week is done here:https://schools.fcbarcelona.us/sandiego/#

Most coaches,academies,companies offerimg the service will be similar. Whay differs is the coaches and the cost. More $ isnt always better. Coachup.com prices with some of these coaches are absurd
 
I have no affiliation. My kid has trained with him. I just got this in email today.

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Josep said:
Privates are fine but does the kid really have something specific to work on? That’s the point of privates in my mind.

Just getting your kids privates without a specific plan or goal, beyond “getting better” is probably a waste.

Most kids can go out and spent a lot of time on their own on a ball and improve.
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A few people on the board have taken our kids to Burgi Hoffman. Great coach. Think the OP might be looking for local to Oceanside - unless they have extra time to travel
 
We use privates to work on the things you just can’t do enough of in practice. Technical touches (dribbling and receiving) and finishing. It also gives them a short (30-45 minutes) fun workout on an off day. Definitely not all year but it is good to sprinkle in some for a few months then back off. I have seen $50-100/hour for quality privates.
 
1dad2boys said:
We use privates to work on the things you just can’t do enough of in practice. Technical touches (dribbling and receiving) and finishing. It also gives them a short (30-45 minutes) fun workout on an off day. Definitely not all year but it is good to sprinkle in some for a few months then back off. I have seen $50-100/hour for quality privates.
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Exactly. Really no time for these drills during club practice. Off season or for warm up maybe. Some coaches take an entire practice doing drills - those teams i see tend perform poorly since they really train for game play for less than an hour or 1 practice a week.

Just have to watch out for guys charging a lot and just tossing cones on the ground. "Cone tossers" who do some drills but nothing you havent seen before. See it everywhere. Seen a coach kick balls out on the ground and talk to other coaches as a player took shots over a dummy - at least he hauled out a dummy. I dont knock anyone making extra money but at least put a plan forth and do some work. Also avoid ppl trying to charge 300/hr bcuz they play on a local USL team.
 
Individual - $50-$60
2 ppl - $25-$30
3/4 ppl - $20 - $25 (don't recommend)
Have a clear plan for what you would like the trainer to be working on. Challenge the player with the things that get them uncomfortable and that they typically don't work on during their regular practices.
 
Lightning Red said:
Individual - $50-$60
2 ppl - $25-$30
3/4 ppl - $20 - $25 (don't recommend)
Have a clear plan for what you would like the trainer to be working on. Challenge the player with the things that get them uncomfortable and that they typically don't work on during their regular practices.
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you must have bad experiences with small groups. best training my kid has had is in small groups. really depends on who is training them. especially if they are being trained for speed, sometimes good thing to have a 4-6 kid gap rest between certain drills.
 
Not_that_Serious said:
you must have bad experiences with small groups. best training my kid has had is in small groups. really depends on who is training them. especially if they are being trained for speed, sometimes good thing to have a 4-6 kid gap rest between certain drills.
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They haven't been "bad" experiences. I have noticed that the girls have been able to get much more out of the sessions when in smaller groups. They seem to be more focused and gives them more touches. I would agree that "speed/strength/conditioning/agility" training is a much different experience.
 
Lightning Red said:
They haven't been "bad" experiences. I have noticed that the girls have been able to get much more out of the sessions when in smaller groups. They seem to be more focused and gives them more touches. I would agree that "speed/strength/conditioning/agility" training is a much different experience.
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yeah if you bring a group of kids, doesnt work out sometimes, but that is usually a function of the kids not focusing (as you touched on). some parents i know had to split dates to get kids to focus, but harder to do if you are car pooling kids. at the advice of the trainer, i moved my kid to an older group, and it was night and day focus. my kid use to complain that some kids were too distracted and not providing quality balls - which he said made him look like he was not focused or putting in a good effort.

yeah when they do speed and agility training, kids would be in a world of hurt if only a couple of kids. would be a lot of down time and give the appearance kids arent training much. when its 100 in the summer, i tend to like the bigger groups more.
 
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