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    New Year Restart

    Quite honestly, I would hope that the appropriate body will reschedule any game that could be played, if at all possible. No one in Surrey and north has been able to get on a field in nearly a month, and there is no chance it is going to happen in the next 10 days either. It would be an unfair...
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    December 2nd - December 4rd Weekend Recaps

    My U13 Boys had a tidy 3-1 win this weekend. Our opponent (a BC Tigers team) fought hard, but never really pushed into our end. They did exactly as their record shows...they score very few goals, but don't give many up, either. A game breaker up top would make a big difference for them. As to...
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    Practice field space

    There are some good points here. If Div 1 is in fact paying more, then perhaps some accommodation could be made, but no, I don't think that accommodation should be that they get turf time while Div 4 teams do not. Perhaps "1st pick" is reasonable, and a chance at a second spot once all teams...
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    Practice field space

    I hate the way practice space is allocated at my club...we are a community club (supposedly), yet somehow the higher level clubs get preference while everyone else fights for the remains. In my opinion none of the teams (outside of perhaps HPL) should get more than 1 spot on turf until all...
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    NHL & Canucks 2016/2017

    Kadri plays for the Leafs. That's all that needs to be said.
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    November 4th - November 6th Weekend Recaps

    still mostly playing teams we are better than. 5 of our 6 games have been against the bottom teams in our group, which means we should start seeing tougher games soon. I'm looking forward to truly seeing where we fit, as I still don't know for certain. I don't think we are awesome, but we are...
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    Weird requests

    I, too, can be pretty caustic....but haven't been recently :)
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    Metro Select Schedule for 2016-2017?

    I do not disagree with anything that you said except the part where you said the players (and by extension the families) are not guilty of anything. Maybe promises and commitments don't mean what they once did, but they have most certainly broken both (according to RRS, at least). You would...
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    Metro Select Schedule for 2016-2017?

    Unless there is some form of abuse here (and it doesn't sound like there is), the 8 players that left that team should not be allowed to play anywhere else this season. I am surprised that there isn't some form of binding of players to teams...in addition to coaching soccer I have also coached...
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    5 District Schedules for 2016-2017?

    Ha! You totally get my pain (in particular wrt washing out practices...I HATE that)! And I completely agree that part of my role as a Div 4 coach is to have kids move up. As yes, it hurts, and prevents us from moving up as a team, but ideally all players should find the level to which they...
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    5 District Schedules for 2016-2017?

    I completely agree. However we phrase it, we do want teams to be competitive week-over-week. The problem is when a "house" team becomes better than a "selected" team...parents of the selected team don't like if their team has to move down.
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    5 District Schedules for 2016-2017?

    Keep in mind that I do not know any of the teams at U18, I coach U13. But if you want me to take a run at it, I will (also note that I did not disagree with your suggestion, just with your categorization of Div 4 as somehow different than Div1-3 vis-a-vis their level of seriousness). In...
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    5 District Schedules for 2016-2017?

    I disagree with your categorization of the 4 levels you describe as something other than "fun". And I coach a div 4 team and we hate byes and off-weeks.
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    Playing time, at younger ages where no scores or standings are kept.

    I have always thought that sort of mentoring is very worthwhile. Great idea. And like you, I simply won't put up with a player complaining about a teammate in that way. I like your approach very much.
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    Playing time, at younger ages where no scores or standings are kept.

    Winning is marginally important, but not critically so. It isn't what keeps kids playing, but it is, after all, the point of the game. But we focus on the process, not the result (if we do the right thing consistently, we will get the results we want). My goal every year is to make sure all...
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    Playing time, at younger ages where no scores or standings are kept.

    Definitely 50%, at all levels. I am a house coach, but I always try to balance playing time evenly and would do so even at higher levels. The ONLY possible exception to that from my perspective would be at HPL after U16 or so, but even then, no player should get less than 35% or so. I don't...
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    Youth Soccer - Tryouts/Rosters/Minimum Playing Time etc

    I'm jumping in at the end of this discussion guys, but I will say that I think there could be different rules for different levels of play. I coach a U12 house team....I do not see any way, other than for disiplinary reasons, I could, or should, play any one player more or less than the others...
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    2015/2016 Hosted Schedules

    Ha! So very true. It is always a bit chaotic at the beginning of the year, but this seems worse than usual.
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    2015/2016 Hosted Schedules

    U12Boys teams (Division 1) should recheck their schedule for this weekend. Earlier this week we were scheduled to play an SFC team...now we are playing a CCB team. And we are on both the SFC and CCB schedules! I am used to time and field changes...never actually seen a change in my opponent!
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    2015/2016 Hosted Schedules

    Unfortunately, in my experience, this is not unusual. For U12Boys, we have to go to the hosting club to look at their schedule to see where/when we play. Depending on the club and the week, that might not be until Thursday. And if the fields get closed, then we will have to check back late on...
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