Sometimes my niche of youth soccer blogging can seem awfully lonely! So I was happy to find another soccer parent has joined the fray to try and share some of their soccer parent experiences and advice. The aptly named Soccer Parents blog came online this month hoping to help soccer parents avoid common mistakes.
We’ve been a soccer family since Dec. 2003 – boy, I wish I could have found a “Soccer for Dummy Parents"? book way back then. It took us forever to learn all the ends and outs. We didn’t even know the rules of the game other than you were supposed to get the ball into the other goal. So I’m going to try and remember all the things that we learned along the way and share them with you. I hope this will help other soccer parents.
So far they have a number of useful articles about hydration, equipment, and cold weather attire. Welcome to the SoccerSphere E! (HatTip FlatHeadSoccer)
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October 24th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
I really enjoy this blog. I’m a second-generation soccer mom, having watched my son grow from soccer player to coach or my grandkids’ teams. I occasionally write articles for my blog, including articles on soccer. Here’s a link:
http://duckalogue.blogspot.com/2006/01/ouch-managing-injuries-in-youth-sports.html
October 25th, 2006 at 8:57 am
Thanks Dee! I’ve added your blog to the blogroll – some very interesting articles. I like the first aid kit list. It’s a good one.
October 26th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
My blog centers around my feeble attempts at sports photography, which of course includes tons of photos of my U7 DD playing in the local rec league and my U11 DS playing on a Division 1 premier league team.
Here’s a link if you want to check it out: http://www.haveyoubeentogubat.com.
October 26th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
Great pictures there Titans Mom!
June 12th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
our soccer program will be developing an a, b, and c team within each age division. the lineups will be by skill level. here is the dilemma, many parents have formed friendships with each other and if the children are put on separate teams, they are likely to pull their child out of the soccer program all together! how do we as coaches get the parents to understand that this will be good for the children and that these soccer games are not a social event for the parents? any advice is greatly appreciated.