New Youth Sports Guidance

Grace T. said:
According to our region, AYSO in California has elected to nuke the entire fall season rather than call the kids in for training for a season which may not happen. They aren't going to do the distance training thing. Extras and Adult League too. Haven't confirmed if this is true....just what I'm hearing from our region for which I still sometimes referee.
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That is terrible. How many kids that would have played won't be coming back? This is going to hurt the sport especially the girls. In a country where we struggle to keep kids in sport through their teen years this will be devastating.
 
tjinaz said:
That is terrible. How many kids that would have played won't be coming back? This is going to hurt the sport especially the girls. In a country where we struggle to keep kids in sport through their teen years this will be devastating.
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Kids will be kids. Those who wants to play will find the way to play. For the rest it will just take less time for inevitable, which is not a bad thing.
 
Eagle33 said:
Kids will be kids. Those who wants to play will find the way to play. For the rest it will just take less time for inevitable, which is not a bad thing.
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So true. Teens who are almost adults will be teens for sure. Soccer is the least of our worries right now and we all know why. It would be good to try and lasso up the top 40 goats by age group in Socal and round them up for soccer only. The rest can take the year off. No one wants to do 6 feet this and 6 feet that for the next 6 months. Bye bye.....lol!!! Seriously, it;s good bye soccer, it was nice knowing you. Let's call it a wrap. If you have a 10 year old player, soccer should improve for them. What a complete disaster socall has been over the years with soccer. The Mecca? Ya, right. This was the head of the Beast and Mr Bleach is cleaning things up from all the viruses that we were all plagued with over the years. Selfish Virus. Lying and Misleading Virus. Pay to play virus and so many more I already shared those others. Happy Friday everyone. Stay safe and stay positive :)
 
Ellejustus said:
I'm the real deal brah.....My soccer pics are in storage and I will go fetch them. Great classics with writes ups from the Daily Pilot. I was baby Spicoli for sures. I put cannabis seeds in my 6th grade teachers planter. I got suspended for it too, for two days. Made the class laugh and that's all that matter to me back then. A true class clown I was. I have one of me with grandpa and my soccer mates down in TJ. One of the best games I ever played in my life. The field was packed with all the local towns people and the food and peeps were amazing. I was the talk of town and everyone thought I was pro, I kid you not. We won 2-0. I saved many shots that day. Mainly because grandpa had a rough day and my other right back sprained his ankle and he was only about 75%. The field had pebbles but super fun little local stadium. Truly one of the great times of soccer in my life. I'm a big show off type person and when i saw all the fans in the stands and people staring at me because, it was on and i was out to prove myself to be a baller and I did.
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That's a great story!
 
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I say just let her rip today and get real today parents. Enough is enough of this BS!!! So the last four years, I spent thousands upon thousands ((too afraid to look back last four years and add it all up. I did get a free handout for half of a season so I'm grateful for that savings)) and hundreds upon hundreds of hours of my free time volunteering, plus gallons upon gallons of gas driving all over the place, all so my dd could play high level soccer. We were not into soccer for the, "pay the club so one can pay to play and try for the college deal. I know 99% of you were paying to get access to college and I 100% feel your pain and I'm sorry that the last four years of investing in youth soccer to get a college deal looks horrible today. All the parents are out $20,000- $45,000 as of right now, depending how one like to travel? Bail out us? 2018-2019 I got half of what I paid for. Meaning, some lying Docs mislead me and my dd and we got suckered into some dudes ego and I would like half my money back at least. Actually, because of the obvious lies from multiple Docs that year, I want all my dough back. This last season, I'm out thousands again and now this season, we need to pay for 6ft vs 6ft social distancing for fall soccer for this year at best. No thank you. Call me when real soccer will be played with real players. I'm out!!!!
 
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Grace T. said:
According to our region, AYSO in California has elected to nuke the entire fall season rather than call the kids in for training for a season which may not happen. They aren't going to do the distance training thing. Extras and Adult League too. Haven't confirmed if this is true....just what I'm hearing from our region for which I still sometimes referee.
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I'm still friends with my local ASYO regional director (I used to be on the board). He said no decision has been made yet but they are not optimistic about a "normal" fall season.
 
JumboJack said:
I'm still friends with my local ASYO regional director (I used to be on the board). He said no decision has been made yet but they are not optimistic about a "normal" fall season.
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I can understand pay-to-play coaches wanting to get Fall season on the way, but good luck getting volunteer coaches out there this year
 
Eagle33 said:
I can understand pay-to-play coaches wanting to get Fall season on the way, but good luck getting volunteer coaches out there this year
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I would 100% coach my little goat and the other future goats in AYSO in the fall. Bro, you should go hang out at the beach on any socal coast and you tell me what is more riskier, beach play all day or 6 year olds playing soccer this fall for 30 minutes?
 
Ellejustus said:
I would 100% coach my little goat and the other future goats in AYSO in the fall. Bro, you should go hang out at the beach on any socal coast and you tell me what is more riskier, beach play all day or 6 year olds playing soccer this fall for 30 minutes?
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I'm not talking about what's riskier or what's not, all I'm saying if club will start practicing one way or the other, AYSO will not happen this Fall
 
Ellejustus said:
Financial Friday ​

I say just let her rip today and get real today parents. Enough is enough of this BS!!! So the last four years, I spent thousands upon thousands ((too afraid to look back last four years and add it all up. I did get a free handout for half of a season so I'm grateful for that savings)) and hundreds upon hundreds of hours of my free time volunteering, plus gallons upon gallons of gas driving all over the place, all so my dd could play high level soccer. We were not into soccer for the, "pay the club so one can pay to play and try for the college deal. I know 99% of you were paying to get access to college and I 100% feel your pain and I'm sorry that the last four years of investing in youth soccer to get a college deal looks horrible today. All the parents are out $20,000- $45,000 as of right now, depending how one like to travel? Bail out us? 2018-2019 I got half of what I paid for. Meaning, some lying Docs mislead me and my dd and we got suckered into some dudes ego and I would like half my money back at least. Actually, because of the obvious lies from multiple Docs that year, I want all my dough back. This last season, I'm out thousands again and now this season, we need to pay for 6ft vs 6ft social distancing for fall soccer for this year at best. No thank you. Call me when real soccer will be played with real players. I'm out!!!!
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You are right. Paying hundred per month for social distancing 6ft x 6ft seems ridiculous. The kids are not getting better. Just a way for the club and the coaches to continue making a living.
 
Kicker4Life said:
Why do you say that?
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Many clubs charged something to parents during lock down. If season is not happening, they will try to justify it by running training/camps or whatever just to get kids out there. AYSO don't have to do this. 99% of AYSO coaches wouldn't know how to run distance training anyway. I just seen one the other day trying it and it was a disaster. Do you really think if colleges canceling their season, youth soccer games will resume in Fall?
 
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Another reason Youth Sports needed to be bleached and some coaches need help or some need to get out of the sport altogether. I'm willing to give everyone a second chance or third chances all the way to nine second chances. If a cat can have nine lives, we should have at least nine second chances in life. That is plenty over a lifetime. I'm on my 7th second chance btw :) The old way was insane!!! I know so many stories of girls and their parents being used all because of Title 9. Mean and manipulative coaches who abuse with mental abuse. This was at all levels of sport. Clean up time this fall so we can get ready for the new way to play sports. For the record, not all coaches need a second chance, if you know what I mean. I know for a fact we have good coaches in all ages. We just need to get the bad ones out and the good coaches who messed up a second chance if they want to change.
 
Traore said:
You are right. Paying hundred per month for social distancing 6ft x 6ft seems ridiculous. The kids are not getting better. Just a way for the club and the coaches to continue making a living.
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Distant 6' training is maybe 1/3rd of what players need, the older the scale goes the less value.

Club fees should be reduced a bunch until the other 2/3rds can be done in training, scrimmages are possible games can be played. Paying for a full pie but only get a slice is not going to work eventually.
 
Eagle33 said:
Many clubs charged something to parents during lock down. If season is not happening, they will try to justify it by running training/camps or whatever just to get kids out there. AYSO don't have to do this. 99% of AYSO coaches wouldn't know how to run distance training anyway. I just seen one the other day trying it and it was a disaster. Do you really think if colleges canceling their season, youth soccer games will resume in Fall?
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In California, no....almost every other state with a higher case/million and deaths/million YES as we already see with Texas, Arizona, Florida to name but 3.

As for AYSO, anyone willing to put their kid into AYSO would likely also be their one willing to Volunteer at this point.
 
lafalafa said:
Distant 6' training is maybe 1/3rd of what players need, the older the scale goes the less value.

Club fees should be reduced a bunch until the other 2/3rds can be done in training, scrimmages are possible games can be played. Paying for a full pie but only get a slice is not going to work eventually.
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Grace T. said:
Wow look at Nevada. Had no idea til you pulled out the chart. If that course continues unaltered, looks like just do tournaments in Nevada isn't going to be a viable option either,
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Grace T. said:
The driver is a killer...it's the outer edge of driveability and brutal for just a weekend...would everyone on a Socal team want to fly right now?

And it starts to get cold here in October. Kids here play the end of the season in the snow.

p.s. just had the thought there's likely not going to be Halloween...that's so sad.
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Dentists will be happy.
 
Kicker4Life said:
In California, no....almost every other state with a higher case/million and deaths/million YES as we already see with Texas, Arizona, Florida to name but 3.

As for AYSO, anyone willing to put their kid into AYSO would likely also be their one willing to Volunteer at this point.
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I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking that in SoCal soccer forum anyone worry too much what's going on in other parts of the country.
 
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