On The Pitch

Thoughts on Youth Soccer from a Soccer Dad, Fan, Coach and Administrator

Entries Tagged ‘schedules’

Thinking I Need To Learn The Word No

This past season was definitely one of the busiest ever for me, because I couldn’t learn to say no. Was worth every second.

An Early Start to Spring

Thanks to where Easter and Memorial Day fall this year, it seems like our Spring soccer seasons are starting a lot earlier this Spring. Our Classic teams start play February 7th! Challenge teams aren’t far behind (Feb 21st) and I expect our Recreation season to start the same weekend or a weekend later. Sheesh! It’s [...]

If It’s Raining, It Must Be The Weekend

Sometimes you have to wonder why rain always seems to come when you have lots of soccer matches scheduled.

And On The 7th Day…

Dozens of people responsible for youth soccer schedules across North Carolina starting screaming in unison. Why you ask? Because we just had another weekend of soccer rained out – the third weekend this season… so far. Travel teams are looking at 1-2 weeks before the end of season tournaments/seedings begin and many still have 3-4 [...]

Proof That Soccer Dad Is Certifiable…

I’ll never forget the feeling I had before my first practice coaching a U6 soccer team. I was scared to death and these were just 5 year olds. What would I do, how would I handle them as young as they were, what drills, activities, and games should I do? The first match I was [...]

April Showers Bring May Headaches

Ah yes. Another April weekend, another bunch of postponed matches. Normally I wouldn’t mind because the grass on the fields was coming up and the more water the better. But our recent cold snap knocked it back to brown pretty quick! So we start over again. Here’s hoping we avoid the washout on the last [...]