ECNL winter (off) season

[oh canada]

Dd is playing for her hs soccer team right now and enjoying the change of environment--different teammates, coaches, etc. (still loves her ecnl team too). But also talks about playing another sport she loves next winter---basketball. Has anyone's dd or ds not played soccer during the winter season in favor of another sport or just took the 4 months off with some private soccer training and strength/cross-training work? How's that working/worked out? I see this 4-month period as one of the BIGGEST advantages of ecnl over da. Thanks!

 

[momofgk]

My daughter always played basketball over the break. She loved it, but unfortunately, tore her ACL doing it. She really enjoyed the change and the challenge of playing a different sport.

 

[SoccerJones]

I can't remember the name of the kid to save my life....there was a player (I think she went to Kings academy in Norcal) who played club soccer for a national level soccer program and in the winter played basketball. She was all state in both sports and I think went to Stanford. I too think it's a great change of pace and different environment. soccer and basketball havre a lot of transitions..easy to pick up

 

[socalkdg]

Mine played Varsity Basketball during the soccer break as a Freshman. She is a goal keeper and she trained 4-5 times during that period. She was only off of soccer Dec Jan and first two weeks of Feb. basketball also runs a summer program but the coach knew soccer always comes first and she plays when she can.