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Carlsbad7 said:
Knew some parents that would say "we don't pay to play", woke their kid up at 6am to run cone drills, and would talk about scholarships at u10. Their kid played on 5 different Socal teams by u13 and they moved to Socal because clubs where they were from originally weren't good enough when their kid was u6. Biggest club hoppers I've ever seen and would literally brag about being on scholarship. The icing on the cake was that they would pay the coach $100 a session once a week for private training and minutes. It's interesting watching them because everywhere they go there's a trail of wreckage and burned bridges with clubs, coaches, and other parents.

Clubs sell a vision of something that for 99.9% of players is not going to happen. But then you have parents like what I described that know how to push every button grifting themselves into what they want for their kid. You end up with an arms race for which group can outdo the other.

Unfortunately, new parents often have no idea what they're getting into and because of the way other parents have acted get taken advantage of.
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The "grass is always greener" syndrome is alive and well in club soccer. The prominent clubs are all effectively the same in most respects, just a different color kit.
 
Fieldsofgold said:
well, if the player is good enough and they play varsity for both sports it can work. Or a kid can play high level club soccer and high school basketball, it absolutely can work. why do both teams have to be of "quality" to play. Cross-training is very beneficial for kids.
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My original comment that you argued against said "in high school"
 
Yak said:
highschool.si.com

California two-sport star wins high school soccer and basketball titles in less than 24 hours

Louisville High School senior Miye Kodama won a CIF title in soccer on Friday night and won a CIF basketball championship on Saturday afternoon
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I played Varsity basketball as a 10th grader back in the day and I was asked by the varsity soccer coach to be back GK and only had to come to the games. I was a good GK. Not sure of CIF rules today, but in my day all things were possible for the multi-sport athlete. One of my old classmates played QB in football, PG in hoops and was the setter in volleyball. He was All CIF in all three sports and just stud all around.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
Knew some parents that would say "we don't pay to play", woke their kid up at 6am to run cone drills, and would talk about scholarships at u10. Their kid played on 5 different Socal teams by u13 and they moved to Socal because clubs where they were from originally weren't good enough when their kid was u6. Biggest club hoppers I've ever seen and would literally brag about being on scholarship. The icing on the cake was that they would pay the coach $100 a session once a week for private training and minutes. It's interesting watching them because everywhere they go there's a trail of wreckage and burned bridges with clubs, coaches, and other parents.

Clubs sell a vision of something that for 99.9% of players is not going to happen. But then you have parents like what I described that know how to push every button grifting themselves into what they want for their kid. You end up with an arms race for which group can outdo the other.

Unfortunately, new parents often have no idea what they're getting into and because of the way other parents have acted get taken advantage of.
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You could argue that youth soccer club's are like casinos, they prey on people that don't understand the odds. At least casinos are heavily regulated :D.
 
watfly said:
You could argue that youth soccer club's are like casinos, they prey on people that don't understand the odds. At least casinos are heavily regulated :D.
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You could argue that top youth soccer club's are like the movie, "The Firm." They buy your kid with free soccer, free travel, free gear and then prey on people that didn't understand you can't hop to another club without God Father retaliating against you and your kid:mad:
 
Fieldsofgold said:
Right, it can be done. Kids can play both soccer and baskteball in high school. It happens more than you might realize. I teach high school in Orange County so I’ve personally seen it done for the last 20 years. High level Multi sport athletes are still around
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ok, its not physically impossible. If you have the support of all the coaches and the school and the teammates you could yes make it work. You could probably even do 3 winter sports. I don't see if happening when the teams are D1A though. I'm glad schools are supporting athletes and their dreams though so good for them.
 
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