What are differences between clubs?
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Pick the coach, not the club!
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Coaching, teaching a curriculum, directors that support the players, coaches, parents.
Good organization and management that is reliable in helping securing field space, league, tournament or organizational acceptance.
Location, past achievement's/ predgree, affordable can also be factors as well as college placement help or coordination, all depends what you're looking for?
Good organization and management that is reliable in helping securing field space, league, tournament or organizational acceptance.
Location, past achievement's/ predgree, affordable can also be factors as well as college placement help or coordination, all depends what you're looking for?
Things to consider about a club:
1. Centralized or Decentralized: A centralized model means that the club usually has some kind of training philosophy or style of play, hires coaches to manage its teams, and assigns them to teams the club thinks best. Families contract with the club, and the club pays the coaches. In a decentralized system, a team pays a fee to the club (usually in the neighborhood of $600-$1,000), and bada-bing, it's part of the club. The coach runs the team as he or she sees fit, collects his or her own coaching fees, and is usually charged with finding fields and practice times on his or her own.
2. Personality Driven: Consider whether the club is driven by one person. Does the club take on that person's character. What would happen if that person left?
3. Number of Administrators: Some clubs have an office and a staff. Some clubs are run from Dude's front porch. If the same person is the president, registrar, DOC and head coach, then the club will almost always be deficient in its administration.
4. Finances: Is there really enough money for the club to run on? Nobody will tell you this, you have to reason it out on your own based on things like where the team practices and the quality of its facilities.
5. Competitiveness: Think about where your son or daughter is talent-wise. Is the club - in general - a good fit?
1. Centralized or Decentralized: A centralized model means that the club usually has some kind of training philosophy or style of play, hires coaches to manage its teams, and assigns them to teams the club thinks best. Families contract with the club, and the club pays the coaches. In a decentralized system, a team pays a fee to the club (usually in the neighborhood of $600-$1,000), and bada-bing, it's part of the club. The coach runs the team as he or she sees fit, collects his or her own coaching fees, and is usually charged with finding fields and practice times on his or her own.
2. Personality Driven: Consider whether the club is driven by one person. Does the club take on that person's character. What would happen if that person left?
3. Number of Administrators: Some clubs have an office and a staff. Some clubs are run from Dude's front porch. If the same person is the president, registrar, DOC and head coach, then the club will almost always be deficient in its administration.
4. Finances: Is there really enough money for the club to run on? Nobody will tell you this, you have to reason it out on your own based on things like where the team practices and the quality of its facilities.
5. Competitiveness: Think about where your son or daughter is talent-wise. Is the club - in general - a good fit?
Generally speaking, there always are exceptions, consider the following:
Under U12: skill focused coaching and a coach that handle younger kids well.
U12 to U14: Club that has multiple training curriculum, such as fitness training as well as Futsal and other activities in addition to the basic team training. Also the coach should be teaching basic tactics with and without the ball - the way to think about the game.
At U15+: if the player is good and loves the sport (in other words, consistently in the top 1/3 to 1/2 of the team and on the upper tier team currently), then a club with national recognition, proven college program and history of placing teams onto the top tournaments for player exposure (e.g., Surf Cup, Dallas Cup, Disney, and so on...)
If not, then focus should be keeping the sport fun. Focus needs to be keeping the player playing and enjoying the game. Again, its not meant to exclude bottom 1/2 of the team but generally speaking many players lose interest at these ages and quit. Even if the player is not in the top half of the team, if committed and wants to pursue, then by all means, treat it as if the player is in the top half. He/she just have to make the team.
On top of above, you need to consider league availability and qualifications - DA, ECNL, NPL. If these platforms are of interest, then it makes the club pool much smaller. If not, then pick what makes sense to you.
Good luck...