Girls playing soccerTryouts for travel soccer are fast approaching. This year most clubs are holding their tryouts the first week of June. If your child has played park district soccer, loves it and wants to improve his or her level of play, then you might want to consider trying out for a travel soccer team. Be warned, though. It’s a fairly substantial commitment that both you and your child will have to make (financially and time-wise).

These days most clubs start at U8. That doesn’t mean your child has to start that early. Many join at U9 or even U10. After that it gets tougher to make a travel team because the skill gap between club soccer and park district soccer widens as the kids get older.

When choosing a team to tryout for, here are some things to consider:

1. What is the team’s overall philosophy- is it more about winning at any cost or is it more about developing a love of the game? This will be hard to glean from reading the club’s website because all of the teams say pretty much the same thing. You’ll get more by talking to team parents and/or “interviewing” the club president or head coach.

2. How intense is the program? Some clubs assume that this is the ONLY sport the child will play and demand 100% commitment. They don’t have a lot of tolerance for missed practices or games because of conflicts with other activities. Others recognize that there’s more to life than soccer: school, church, Cub Scouts, family etc. They still demand a high level of commitment to the club, but they are more understanding about life’s other demands.

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Posted by Anne West on 05/22/2010 11:47 AM   Comments (0)   travel soccer, club soccer, youth sports  
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