What happened to THE Luis Andres thread?

Luis Andres said:
@Chalklines @Fact since you guys seem to be so wise and confident about your ways. Care to share your kids soccer story. Where they started and where they are right now? Yes I’m calling you guys out. To see if you guys are for real or just a bunch of trolls
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Ok loser. My kids are well adjusted adults that played Soccer since they were young. Not my #1 sport for them but that is what they choose and since we did not want them to be over scheduled they picked 1 or 2 other activities as youth depending on the time commitments. One still in college and all attended UC or Ivies with 2 playing in college and all 3 getting scholarships based on academics and or soccer. Their goal was to pick the college for their major and if Soccer fit in great otherwise there are always college club teams, Rec and adult leagues to continue playing the game they love. They never worried about getting to the next level because they loved Soccer and always had a ball at their feet. 1 quit in HS to pursue another passion which catapulted him to world fame in his field. I remember packing with him for college, he took 2 sets of cleats because he was excited to play on the club team if time permitted. Again his goal not mine!

All had the speed, endurance, raw talent, competitiveness, IQ etc. Maybe 1 was a unicorn but we believed in a balanced life and not putting all their eggs in one basket. Plus our summer and holiday travel use to interfere quiet a bit. They were highly recruited by tops club team when they were young and no matter the level of team, they generally played the entire game although I sometimes requested that they be required to work for their spots not just be entitled since they were good. For example, if they were late they needed to be held accountable. Some coaches held them to the same standard as everyone else on the team and some just let them play because they wanted to win. To me Soccer was an important life lesson.

At this point my kids and I enjoy assisting coaches, shagging balls and supporting my nieces play. Unfortunately one of my nieces quit because of an ass like you. Kids hear a lot more than they let on. So my son is busy coaching AYSO with her to get her confidence back to play club. The funny thing is it looks like her AYSO team is better or at least comparable to her club team. Again, jackass losers like you should be banned from all fields! No matter what level someone plays soccer at, your first priority should be to have fun and it is NOT fun with losers like you around.
 
Fact, Nice story but doubt its true except for the AYSO part. Your calling people dumb, stupid, losers, jackasses and all the other foul names you continually call people is not necessary. Even when directed at this guy.
 
JoeZ said:
Fact, Nice story but doubt its true except for the AYSO part. Your calling people dumb, stupid, losers, jackasses and all the other foul names you continually call people is not necessary. Even when directed at this guy.
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So you can imply that I am a liar and that is ok? Hypocrite!
 
Fact said:
Ok loser. My kids are well adjusted adults that played Soccer since they were young. Not my #1 sport for them but that is what they choose and since we did not want them to be over scheduled they picked 1 or 2 other activities as youth depending on the time commitments. One still in college and all attended UC or Ivies with 2 playing in college and all 3 getting scholarships based on academics and or soccer. Their goal was to pick the college for their major and if Soccer fit in great otherwise there are always college club teams, Rec and adult leagues to continue playing the game they love. They never worried about getting to the next level because they loved Soccer and always had a ball at their feet. 1 quit in HS to pursue another passion which catapulted him to world fame in his field. I remember packing with him for college, he took 2 sets of cleats because he was excited to play on the club team if time permitted. Again his goal not mine!

All had the speed, endurance, raw talent, competitiveness, IQ etc. Maybe 1 was a unicorn but we believed in a balanced life and not putting all their eggs in one basket. Plus our summer and holiday travel use to interfere quiet a bit. They were highly recruited by tops club team when they were young and no matter the level of team, they generally played the entire game although I sometimes requested that they be required to work for their spots not just be entitled since they were good. For example, if they were late they needed to be held accountable. Some coaches held them to the same standard as everyone else on the team and some just let them play because they wanted to win. To me Soccer was an important life lesson.

At this point my kids and I enjoy assisting coaches, shagging balls and supporting my nieces play. Unfortunately one of my nieces quit because of an ass like you. Kids hear a lot more than they let on. So my son is busy coaching AYSO with her to get her confidence back to play club. The funny thing is it looks like her AYSO team is better or at least comparable to her club team. Again, jackass losers like you should be banned from all fields! No matter what level someone plays soccer at, your first priority should be to have fun and it is NOT fun with losers like you around.
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So your kids were naturally talented and did not have to work hard like all the other elite players do and clubs and coaches were all over them. Interesting. World fame for one of them. What’s he world famous for? So they loved soccer so much, where naturally gifted and one maybe a unicorn and none of them worried or had the desire to get to the next level because they loved soccer. Interesting. With such natural talent and with such love for the sport wouldn’t they have the drive to get the next level? Especially the unicorn? Wow what a Story. You should try getting a job for Disney cause you are a great writer. The world famous part was the over kill. Could have been believable if you would have left that out and maybe toned it down a bit. I believe in talent but I don’t believe that talent without hard work can take you places. Whatever you want to be successful at in life requires hard work and effort and your world famous child just happen to create world fame without much effort. That I can’t buy because his competitor is working his tail off to compete with him and he may just be as talented.
 
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Emma said:
Kids we knew at U9 loved watching themselves. My children and their teammates always begged to be recorded and watched themselves. They just didn't like it when adults said negative things about their plays. Surprisingly, they were actually very critical of each other (and complimentary) but they didn't get upset when teammates provided feedback. On the other hand, parents that made too many criticisms got looks. If you stick to the compliments, they'll beg to watch it with you until you need a case of beer.
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Kids watching themselves and kids breaking down film are 2 separate concepts. It's one of many mistakes he's making.
 
The Outlaw said:
Kids watching themselves and kids breaking down film are 2 separate concepts. It's one of many mistakes he's making.
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You guys are talking like I’m the head coach of a college soccer team going over film play by play but it’s not like that at all. It’s more like I recorded the games and she’s curious to just watch the game on the computer. Occasionally if I feel there is something that they could have done better as a team, and usually just defensively I engage her by showing her that part and ask her a question to engage her thought process and then adding my own take on the play.
 
Luis Andres said:
. Occasionally if I feel there is something that they could have done better as a team, and usually just defensively I engage her by showing her that part and ask her a question to engage her thought process and then adding my own take on the play.
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If she enjoys it cool. As I mentioned before, it's more likely she's getting stuff from your tone of voice and your questions than watching the video itself. Kudos for using the question method instead of lecturing her. But where you want to be careful is talking about the rest of the team (especially the keeper). It's not really your place to be critiquing the other players (which is remember where we started this entire trainwreck) and you aren't the coach (maybe the coach wants to handle it a different way, even if he's wrong). If you don't have the confidence in the coach, you really do have to find a new team...and if you really think you can't trust any coach, as I mentioned before become a United coach and coach her yourself. And it's bad enough to critique other players in front of us...to do so in front of your daughter (even if it's meant in the spirit of improvement instead of spite) is one of the worst things you can do....at best you are turning her into a know-it-all that will presume she knows better than her teammates and at worst you are undermining her confidence in her coach and her team. If you really must have her hear your critiques, critique the pros in front of her.
 
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”

I once read a book in my college days called the 7 Habits of highly effective people and this quote was in there. And it has stuck with me as the framework for success in anything you do in life be it business, sports, art, music etc. I’m not a soccer expert but I can tell you I’ve read the biographies of many elite professional players and they all have one thing in common. They were able to develop the passion and the love for the sport at a very young age and they were able to create down stream focus in the process to get to their destiny. What do I mean by downstream focus? It’s the act of doing the necessary things that you have to do and knowing when you need to do it without forcing yourself and hating the process. It’s falling in love with the process because you’ve built the necessary habits that are defining who you are as a person. Your character.

All I’m doing is filling my DD with powerful thoughts and concepts in her head to help set her values, beliefs and principles to do well in life. By telling her some stories of famous people that have accomplished great things in life. It’s called modeling. Having planted those thoughts in her head, have gotten her to create actions where she feels positive for acting like her role models. Those actions that she’s planted have turned into daily habits that are starting to define who she may become. Hopefully into a good human being is all I could ask for and that her principles are aligned with her ambitions in life. It’s up to her to sow her character in the future and if she is able to do that she will reap her destiny. So far so good. I can say in the beginning she met me with a little friction but after explaining why building soccer fundamentals were so important at a young age and showing her that her role models were doing the same, she started to enjoy the process.
 
Luis Andres said:
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”

I once read a book in my college days called the 7 Habits of highly effective people and this quote was in there. And it has stuck with me as the framework for success in anything you do in life be it business, sports, art, music etc. I’m not a soccer expert but I can tell you I’ve read the biographies of many elite professional players and they all have one thing in common. They were able to develop the passion and the love for the sport at a very young age and they were able to create down stream focus in the process to get to their destiny. What do I mean by downstream focus? It’s the act of doing the necessary things that you have to do and knowing when you need to do it without forcing yourself and hating the process. It’s falling in love with the process because you’ve built the necessary habits that are defining who you are as a person. Your character.

All I’m doing is filling my DD with powerful thoughts and concepts in her head to help set her values, beliefs and principles to do well in life. By telling her some stories of famous people that have accomplished great things in life. It’s called modeling. Having planted those thoughts in her head, have gotten her to create actions where she feels positive for acting like her role models. Those actions that she’s planted have turned into daily habits that are starting to define who she may become. Hopefully into a good human being is all I could ask for and that her principles are aligned with her ambitions in life. It’s up to her to sow her character in the future and if she is able to do that she will reap her destiny. So far so good. I can say in the beginning she met me with a little friction but after explaining why building soccer fundamentals were so important at a young age and showing her that her role models were doing the same, she started to enjoy the process.
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On the one hand, you have been unfairly ganged up on during this flack - - the sanctimonious mob has nagged you with repetitive scoldings and has been unnecessarily caustic in their attacks. On the other hand, you keep playing the masochist by coming back for more. You crazy kids enjoy yourselves.
 
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