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Why do dual sport Spring HS athletes play club?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis is not that complicated.
Is the club team better off with a multi sport athlete who has other spring commitments; or a soccer only player?
How do you address the injury risk as a parent.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostOh your kid must be amazingly super special awesome and the rest of the team bows down to have him for whatever time they can get him, even at 80%. No one resents it. He is glorified every moment he steps on the field and they are blessed to have him show.
Nobody is bowing down and my kid does not show up at 80%. It's 100. As someone else posted, it's not rocket surgery or brain science: if the multi-sport athlete is valuable, then keep them and treat any attendance or performance issues as you would any other player on the team. If the multi-sport athlete is not valuable, then let them go at the next set of tryouts.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNo, that's not what I meant. What I meant was more of our soccer kids should be multi-sport athletes, and if my kid misses practice, then the coach should deal with that fairly, as he or she would with anyone else who missed practice. There's no alienation and no letting the team down, because my kid works 100% and contributes positively every game. Playing in the park and dossing around in general can lead to accidents and injury, but staying in shape and balancing club soccer with softball, golf, or tennis, for example, is not as unhealthy as putting the kid in a plastic bubble between soccer events to keep the injuries away.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI absolutely agree with you. Multi-sport athletes should be welcomed. HS Soccer, Basketball, Winter Track, Hockey, do not conflict with club soccer. BUT you can be multisport and not do 2 sports same season. Why do both in the same season?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSheesh. You're all so bloody pompous. None of you have got any balls.
Nobody is bowing down and my kid does not show up at 80%. It's 100. As someone else posted, it's not rocket surgery or brain science: if the multi-sport athlete is valuable, then keep them and treat any attendance or performance issues as you would any other player on the team. If the multi-sport athlete is not valuable, then let them go at the next set of tryouts.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostExcept that your player missing practices is likely NOT treated like any other player for missing practices and games. I'm guessing he probably starts. And it's highly unlikely someone putting in 10 or more hours for another sport, plus academics, and social life is showing up at 100%. But your player at 80% is more valuable than the others at 100%. So is that the motivation? You do it because you CAN get away with it. And team matters less than what you or your player wants.
She does start.
And, coaches should treat players fairly. And, you are right, the coach treats her favorably. And part of that is because she gives 100%.
If my multi-sport kid is more valuable than some other single-sport kid, then we are doing what's best for the team.
If my kid is not, then we'll see less playing time and not get picked up at tryouts.
Am not sure why you are whining about this.
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To the OP - if you don't like it you can try and find another club where the team and coach take it more seriously. But it is a problem you'll probably find elsewhere. The only place you'll find 100% dedication is DAP because those kids have no choice. The kids who aren't playing DAP often times chose not to just so they CAN keep playing other sports.
How a coach handles it is key. A coach has 3 options 1) say missing events is unacceptable, have consequences and apply it equally to all 2) say missing events is not ok but lets some get away with it (bad idea, might as well not say anything at all) or 3) does the best he can with what he has (within reason, say allow x# practices in season with no more than one per week and games cannot be missed unless it's an important family reason). If players/families aren't in alignment with however he handles it conflicts will arise.
Parents bear some responsibility as well. Just went through this one of my HS players who decided he won't do basketball next winter. He came to the conclusion on his own but we talked with about many times at length to help him sort through it. Bums me out since I love basketball but it's his choice. I wasn't going to push him just so he had something else on his college applications.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIt's all really straightforward:
She does start.
And, coaches should treat players fairly. And, you are right, the coach treats her favorably. And part of that is because she gives 100%.
If my multi-sport kid is more valuable than some other single-sport kid, then we are doing what's best for the team.
If my kid is not, then we'll see less playing time and not get picked up at tryouts.
Am not sure why you are whining about this.
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