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Dadmos: 5yo Kid Had 1st Soccer Practice. Does This Program Suck?
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Date: March 25th, 2026 11:43 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., he's 5. it's a program for 5-8, which is a huge size/maturity difference, and all the kids are together. it's 2 days a week, and 1 day is practice/skills and 1 day is games.
we had the first practice/skills session. there's about 40 kids total. they broke the kids into 4 different stations of about 10 people. one was sprinting, one was dribbling, one was kicking into a goal, and one was passing.
other than the passing, each station was one kid at a time. so you had 10 kids all lined up to kick 3 balls into a goal, and then back of the line.
it seemed like a lot of standing around doing nothing, and very little doing. could have done everything he did in an hour in our backyard in 5 mins.
does this sound normal or does it sound like a shitty program? seems like too many kids, too big an age range, etc. |
Date: March 25th, 2026 11:47 AM Author: Judas Jones summon: dupa (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849640&forum_id=2Elisa#49767915) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 11:48 AM Author: Buses dupa doesnt answer questions like this he just talks about how good girls are at sports until you click that x on the top right (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849640&forum_id=2Elisa#49767920) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 2:42 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., exactly who i wanted to respond to this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849640&forum_id=2Elisa#49768323) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 11:53 AM Author: Nazca Redlines CR. Too much standing around and too big a group. Bad program or bad management of the program. The good soccer programs my kids have done keep the kids engaged. E.g., for 5 year olds: 20 cones on the field, each kid has a ball and is running around trying to kick his ball into cones to knock them over; kids dribble down the field in waves of 4 kids and shoot on the goal. I don't mean those programs were "good" for developping future premier league stars. Only that they were fun and engaging for kids, which is what it's all about at that age.
Also, there is no way 7 and 8 year olds should be playing with 5 year olds. 7 and 8 year olds can play essentially real soccer games, pass the ball 20 yards somewhat on target, sprint down a 40 yard field, shoulder each other, and shoot the ball pretty hard. |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 2:45 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., tyft. uve confirmed my instincts.
i dont know if the games will be broken up by age. maybe they will. i dont know why the drills arent broke up by age. if i had an 8 yr old, i wouldnt want him passing with a 5 yr |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 2:51 PM Author: Nazca Redlines It's wild to have a group of 40. They should split into smaller groups based on age. And there should be limited standing around. The session should be active. Having 8 kids standing around while 2 kids get a rep before getting back in line really annoys me.
Another thing some of the soccer programs here did that I liked for young kids: during games/scrimmages, the coaches kept a couple balls in their hands, and if a ball went out of bounds or a team scored, rather than stopping play, chasing the ball down, and inbounding it, they'd just roll a ball to anohter part of the field and say "new ball!" so the game kept going. |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 2:57 PM Author: Buses its one practice you both need to grab your inhalers |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 3:17 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., i didnt say hes dropping out. we'll see how it goes but it could be shitty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849640&forum_id=2Elisa#49768398) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 1:59 PM Author: Buses any chance your child has to spend time outside of your home is a mitzvah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849640&forum_id=2Elisa#49768232) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 2:42 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., yes kids should leave the house. news at 11 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849640&forum_id=2Elisa#49768326) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 2:45 PM Author: Paralegal Marandi (Death, death to the IDF!) lol your little kike will never amount to much athletically. Be grateful the cool kids are still letting him hang out with them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849640&forum_id=2Elisa#49768332) |
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Date: March 25th, 2026 2:48 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., he can be good at rich white sports like golf and tennis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5849640&forum_id=2Elisa#49768335) |