Recent content by JDFMike

sounds like most of you are on the same page which is very nice to see and i just wanted to add my own little rant here mostly in response to the idea that teaching kids soccer with a focus on fun has gotten our nation nowhere. ha! i certainly don't have all the answers and it's more complicated...

haha, i get it, and i know exactly the feeling and what it's like to be around parents that don't quite get it. as a coach i am accustomed to having to call out, but this last year i pulled away from coaching my oldest to focus on my youngest, as the level of coaching he now gets is excellent...

southsloper, thanks for the actual LOL...that shirt is hilarious

came across this article ( Whatever happened to the teenage dream? – Whitecaps need to ask some searching questions around their youth development – AFTN ) last comment has some relevance and is very troubling if accurate: "From a parent who’s child was chosen by and played for one year in the...

you need to either go back and read what i said or check your reading comprehension because i never actually made any implication that caps coaches were 'responsible for this incident'. in no way shape or form have i implied that any WC coach was responsible whatsoever. this is the 2nd time i'm...

wha? did you read my post? i am not talking about 'the coaches as if they were the offender', where did i say or imply that in any way? i said 'they should be easing concerns further w/ protocols...' meaning they had an opportunity to get out in front of this. define proactive? really? my...

my thoughts is that they handled it extremely poor. you don't try to hide this type of thing or handle it 'internally'. what they should have done is got the police involved immediately, then they should have been pro-active w/ the entire community, especially academy members, and detailed what...

Hey TKBC, thanks for the link. It's...interesting o_O

Hello, was hoping to get perspectives on the BCSPL from any parents that have gone through with it and have direct experience. Mostly interested in island Wave if anyone has insights. I have a 11yr old boy that's been invited to assessments. I am attending an info session tonite but that will...

the main coaches, from my understanding, are B license minimum. our academy is U12 and below, so nobody is being signed and even higher age groups i highly doubt would be signed from a tournament they put on...generally those players would be scouted at the HPL level for residency. if the...

hey right on, thx for the link, i read the book over this past summer so this is a nice find

probably way past being pertinent...this is just my 2cents but the whitecaps academy is excellent. that said, i am fully aware of the psychology involved in such an academy. it's also expensive especially if you have more than one kid involved in it. further, i do have some cynical feelings of...