06-17-2010, 14:52
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We elected to move my son up an age division early for soccer as he was already outscoring the other team on his own. His coach recommended he try out for the travel/development team.
My son is 6 and was the smallest kid on the field; some of the kids trying out on the same field were 10 (the tryouts were combined for U8,U9 and U10), and my son was still scoring goals and mixing it up with the bigger kids!  He will be the youngest player on his U8 team. |
POD,I know exactly where you're coming from,I had that decision with my 3 boys..... I had them on hockey skates when they were 2 years old and they always played above their division level and made the travel team easy enough........I think its great that he's playing above his level and good luck and hope he makes the travel team.....  BTW Echoes 100% right...
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06-17-2010, 15:35
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My parents inbound from Missouri. 18 months without seeing them, and always good for them to see their youngest off before another government sponsored trip. 
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06-17-2010, 17:24
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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
We elected to move my son up an age division early for soccer as he was already outscoring the other team on his own. His coach recommended he try out for the travel/development team.
My son is 6 and was the smallest kid on the field; some of the kids trying out on the same field were 10 (the tryouts were combined for U8,U9 and U10), and my son was still scoring goals and mixing it up with the bigger kids! He will be the youngest player on his U8 team. |
Travel teams can be awesome. Make sure you are ready for the $ and time commitment. Can you say "Mouse Races"? Here., we call it "select" and it can be tough on parents.
Another thing to think about is what is the desired final outcome. What sold me on our team was the involvement of the High School coaching staff. They see this as their farm system. I like that they are looking for 8 YOs to help take State 10 years from now. They are committed to a long term relationship with the kids. the tryouts wore me out, but Little Dude took it all in stride.
I hope your little dude has fun. (oh yeah, burn out is a real risk, Mom and Dad are the first line iof defense, there.)
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06-17-2010, 17:52
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06-17-2010, 20:47
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Finished sorting and rating over 1000 wedding photos today. Huge weight off my shoulders.
Lots of good images to edit and turn into a book. Today was a good day. 
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06-17-2010, 21:31
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Travel teams can be awesome. Make sure you are ready for the $ and time commitment. Can you say "Mouse Races"? Here., we call it "select" and it can be tough on parents.
Another thing to think about is what is the desired final outcome. What sold me on our team was the involvement of the High School coaching staff. They see this as their farm system. I like that they are looking for 8 YOs to help take State 10 years from now. They are committed to a long term relationship with the kids. the tryouts wore me out, but Little Dude took it all in stride.
I hope your little dude has fun. (oh yeah, burn out is a real risk, Mom and Dad are the first line iof defense, there.) |
Thanks all for the thumbs up everyone. When we were offered a chance for the tryout we sat with our son and talked about the commitment and sacrifices (sometimes a boy just wants to play with his friends on the street), as well as the size and age differences he will have with his teammates. He took a day to process everything, asked a few good questions and told us he wanted to give it a shot.
They have a whole development program for kids who show promise in our district including professional coaches. The coach for my son's team (he made the team!) told me the focus for this age group was fundamentals and basic strategy - not game outcomes. I was sold. We elected not to send him to the British or Brazilian day camps in our area over the summer - he has plenty of other activities he'd like to do before starting the season to include learning to use his new fishing pole, going for a few primitive camping trips with his old man and his uncle, and continuing to work on basic maksmanship with his bb gun in our backyard.
As far as the cost - we are aware and I am more than happy to go without a few nights out to blow off steam to support my son's interest in a sport that has brought me a lifetime of enjoyment and healthy behaviors.
He's still as excited about making the team as I am proud of him. He knows we are happy to let him explore other activities if he decides soccer is not for him after this season. He's been blessed with a lot of natural athletic talent and we want to help him find an activity that suits his strengths for which he develops passion.
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06-18-2010, 00:22
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He took a day to process everything, asked a few good questions and told us he wanted to give it a shot.
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Congrats!
PM inbound.
What position does your son like?
Get yourself this:
http://www.soccervideos.com/store/7126.html
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06-18-2010, 05:36
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he made the team! . . . He's still as excited about making the team as I am proud of him. He knows we are happy to let him explore other activities if he decides soccer is not for him after this season. He's been blessed with a lot of natural athletic talent and we want to help him find an activity that suits his strengths for which he develops passion.
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Doc, one last thought / experience I'll share. Little Dude plays in two leagues -- Select and Regular Little League. Reason being is his school and neighborhood buddies all play LL. He "works" Select and "plays" LL. Also, since Select is machine pitch (he is a Short Stop) LL-- kid pitch, is where he like to play catcher. Oh and after LL games mom's provide cupcakes. Congratulations to you and your son.
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06-18-2010, 06:41
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Doc, one last thought / experience I'll share. Little Dude plays in two leagues -- Select and Regular Little League. Reason being is his school and neighborhood buddies all play LL. He "works" Select and "plays" LL. Also, since Select is machine pitch (he is a Short Stop) LL-- kid pitch, is where he like to play catcher. Oh and after LL games mom's provide cupcakes. Congratulations to you and your son.
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I played soccer year-round from the age of 13 on. MRFL and I want him to have a broad exposure at this age so he can find activities that are good fits to which he can commit more completely when the time comes. We elected not to have him involved in both the developmental team and the local league this time around - it was my intent to get him involved in cub scouts instead provided he is still as excited about the notion as he was at the end of the year recruiting assmbly for the local packs.
Incarcerated - those videos look great - do you feel they are at the right level for a 6 year old? He's not even played in a league with goalies to date.
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06-18-2010, 18:54
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06-18-2010, 20:51
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06-19-2010, 09:51
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Just a Thought................
what I would like to do one more time........
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06-20-2010, 09:21
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what I would like to do one more time........
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Then do it...surely you can find a parachute club that will let you rope jump one more time...getting the big airplane might be a bit rough though...
And on a personal note, my older son has been in town since Thursday...we've shared several meals, conversation and last night, went to a Rockies game with his younger brother...good times...
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06-20-2010, 10:41
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Honored couple of days last week. I picked up a recovering wounded 3rd Group MSG from Anchorage airport, on his return from a donated bear hunt. Hosted him for a night, fed him a steak, then flipped burgers for him the next day, along with a retired CSM MACV SOG vet and another retired CSM who was a Son Tay Raider.
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07-03-2010, 15:11
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