By the looks of this, I’m thinking a whole lot of matches across Region III won’t be played this weekend
Entries Tagged ‘weather’
Why Fields Are Closed When The Sun Shines
Soccer fields always seem to be closed longer than they should be when it rains and many parents and coaches don’t understand why. Here’s some info we shared with our league to try and help them understand instead of thinking we’re Bill Murray in CaddyShack.
You Know It’s Too Cold For Practice
You know it’s too cold for soccer practice when you put cones out for an activity and when you pick them up 30 minutes later they’re covered in frost
Having Fun In The Rain
I’ve always gotten a kick out of the reaction of parents new to soccer when the weather gets bad. Most expect when it rains that everything gets canceled. But unless there is lightning or the field is underwater – you usually play. But you rarely see pictures of these matches because people don’t want their cameras to get wet. So when you come across some, you just have to share.
How Bizarre…
It’s not even November yet here in North Carolina, where the average high temparature this time of year is 68F. Looking out my window (on a day my team practices), it’s 45F and big ice pellets are falling out of the sky. Yesterday my team played a match in sunny weather with temps in the [...]
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 [...]
Do You Feel Lucky? Huh? Do Ya?
Probably the most stressful thing about being a league administrator is making the decision to play or postpone. We’ve had a crazy amount of rain this season (compared to almost none last season) We’ve gone from drought to soaked in short order. Even more fun is when you know the rain is coming, in torrents, [...]
Earth, Wind, but no Fire…
All soccer coaches have their stories of extreme playing conditions, usually related to rain, snow, or extreme heat or cold. Well my U11 Girls played in what arguably could be the worst conditions they’ll face as youth soccer players this past weekend. It was surreal.
Mother Nature Is Such A Tease
Ever since tryouts, the girls on my U11G Challenge team have been looking forward to the start of practice. Too bad Mother Nature isn’t cooperating.
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 [...]
How Cold Is Too Cold?
Man has it been cold outside! I know for those of you up North, this seems funny. But we start our Spring soccer seasons in February here in NC, for practice anyway. For mid February the average temperature range is usually 32°F to 53°F or so. But this year we’ve had an extended cold snap [...]
Dealing With Your Inner Soccer Mom
I have to admit that one of the more enjoyable parts of being so involved in youth soccer is watching parents deal with this thing called youth soccer for the first time. They arrive at the complex for the first time to see a parking lot of wall to wall mini-vans and huge flat fields [...]
So Much For In Like A Lamb
We kicked off our Spring season yesterday in howling wind and temps below 40F – not fun!
Well That Was FUN – Now To Thaw Out
You have to play soccer in the snow at least once to say you’ve done it. Well, now I’ve done it. Brrrrrrr.
