ODP in California

Imo, there were just not hardly any CA girls who went down to FL for the Interregional in Nov. We moved from CA to the midwest and the only thing outside of club team is ODP. CA has a leg up to have PDP, and feel especially in NorCal a larger support by the clubs for it. I do know a few from our old club had got invites to go to the interregional, but chose not to go. So if they miss that they dont get to NTC.
 
It's been a while since my kid's been in the program(she's got two youth natty rings), but if they are staffed the same way they were 6-7 years ago, its a great way to "network". Many of the coaches involved are also involved in college programs and more and that contact is worth a lot!
 
gkrent said:
It's been a while since my kid's been in the program(she's got two youth natty rings), but if they are staffed the same way they were 6-7 years ago, its a great way to "network". Many of the coaches involved are also involved in college programs and more and that contact is worth a lot!
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If I recall correctly a coach or two was from the junior college level and one was D1. The rest were club coaches I'd never heard of before.
 
LASTMAN14 said:
If I recall correctly a coach or two was from the junior college level and one was D1. The rest were club coaches I'd never heard of before.
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In Cal South, they were generally Steve Hoffman's cronies (or relatives), and since Steve is a longtime JC coach, it makes sense that some of them coached at the JC ranks too. Some of the younger coaches were former ODP players themselves moving up in the ranks, so while we hadn't heard of them before, they were still good people to know long-term because we ran across them as they moved up. It's a good salary supplement for younger coaches and JC coaches who don't make much money and don't have ID camp fees from being at a JC. At the West Region camp level, the college coaches are higher level, since those are during the summer and they have more time for a few weeks of camp. Plus, they are good opportunities to see potential future recruits.
 
Dargle said:
In Cal South, they were generally Steve Hoffman's cronies (or relatives), and since Steve is a longtime JC coach, it makes sense that some of them coached at the JC ranks too. Some of the younger coaches were former ODP players themselves moving up in the ranks, so while we hadn't heard of them before, they were still good people to know long-term because we ran across them as they moved up. It's a good salary supplement for younger coaches and JC coaches who don't make much money and don't have ID camp fees from being at a JC. At the West Region camp level, the college coaches are higher level, since those are during the summer and they have more time for a few weeks of camp. Plus, they are good opportunities to see potential future recruits.
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Believe one was an assistant to SF. His son JF was there one year. Another JC coach was a long time assistant at ELCO and now head coach at Santa Ana JC.
 
Soccer43 said:
Never said it wasn’t flawed- the selection process was very flawed and often unfair but so is the YNT selection process. if you have tracked the YNT selectees now into college, several of them are not playing out like expected and others never selected are rising to the top. It would be curious to compare the ODP players verses the YNT players at the college level
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You can definitely say that prior to DA as well.
Here is a quote made to a friends daughter at ODP in 2019 from SH, "Your the best keeper out here but to short". I laughed, at the time she has 13 and 5'7. She is now 5"10 and potentially considered a top prospect.
 
LASTMAN14 said:
You can definitely say that prior to DA as well.
Here is a quote made to a friends daughter at ODP in 2019 from SH, "Your the best keeper out here but to short". I laughed, at the time she has 13 and 5'7. She is now 5"10 and potentially considered a top prospect.
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Seems like a dumb thing to say about a 13 year old.

Unless the kids parents are 4'8".

Even then its lame.
 
Janzirbob said:
Explain why

The real joke is the parents who DD's have NEVER participated in the ODP program calling it a joke!
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I get it, let me help you out...WOW! your kid was selected for ODP! There...do you feel better?

I'll say it again...ODP is a joke and a parent feel good exercise.
 
met61 said:
I get it, let me help you out...WOW! your kid was selected for ODP! There...do you feel better?

I'll say it again...ODP is a joke and a parent feel good exercise.
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Why so much hate towards ODP? Let each parent and kid decide if they want to go or not. Who cares if SD Surf didn't want to participate, but Slammers HB KOGE and SoCal Blues represented. Regardless, it's still a great experience and honor to be invited for a young player between the ages of 13-16 to be named to the traveling 18 group of players.

ODP might not be as glamorous and exclusive as it used to be, but these young kids still made it through a selection process. Let them enjoy the ride if they choose to.
 
#girldad said:
Why so much hate towards ODP? Let each parent and kid decide if they want to go or not. Who cares if SD Surf didn't want to participate, but Slammers HB KOGE and SoCal Blues represented. Regardless, it's still a great experience and honor to be invited for a young player between the ages of 13-16 to be named to the traveling 18 group of players.

ODP might not be as glamorous and exclusive as it used to be, but these young kids still made it through a selection process. Let them enjoy the ride if they choose to.
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Strangely, I'm not stopping anybody from anything...but thanks for making my point.
 
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