Why can Darlington not have "B" teams to support its rep teams. It has been done before in years past. Other clubs of similar size can have up to 4 rep teams! Right now our rep program can only draw from all-star and under agers for a call up. Our teams are already struggling to get to the top tiers of the leagues. With a second team to draw from the quality of up coming players would be that much better. If the all-star teams were in a league where they could play together more and practice more then they would develop quicker. As it stands now they are lucky to get together once a week. Every year at try out times it is always they same kids out and the same team is roughly picked year after year as the rep team moves ahead quicker than the house league can keep up. When new players are picked up they usually come from other clubs and not from Darlington. Should the club be developing our own kids ahead of other clubs? I would say, yes.
In the past teams have had trouble where the B team gets ahead of the A team but that can be fixed by always making the A team pick first and the B coaching staff understanding that the purpose of their team is to feed the A team better players. Of course this would mean more $ for the club as well. There are plenty of kids looking for the opportunity to do so. Let them play here instead of following many other players and playing for the competition.
Pitch Parent
Friday, July 24, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Tournament
Darlington Soccer has started another season outdoors. Hopefully it will be able to use the new fields soon. With its annual tournament approaching at the end of the month it would have been nice to use them at that time. With new nets, fields and the indoor facility right there, it would have looked very good on television. It is too bad CBC could not have been quicker in informing the club about Soccer Day in Canada. It would have really helped get more quality teams involved. As it stands now, a number of age groups will need to be combined so they can play.
Why is it that Darlington can never seem to get enough teams to participate. Is it the promotion of the tournament? Well they have handed out the usual flyers, the tournament is on the OSA website and they even got CBC to put it on TV. Could it be the fields. Well the location can be hard to find for out of town teams and they are definitely out of the way. Though the quality of the fields are usually still okay in June they are well wore and often weedy. It looks like someone did a donut in the middle of Hydro 2(?). Will this be repaired?
Maybe it is the quality of the teams? Darlington teams. There are no powerhouse teams at the club except the U-21 team and of course they will not be in the tournament. How many Elite or Premier teams are there in Darlington? A handful? Doubt it.
I believe Darlington's first step would be to get the tournament closer to town. Hell there will soon be a new hotel down the road from the new fields soon. Better team results will help as well as teams will want to play the best. So knock a few bucks of the price of admission for clubs coming with more than one team, as times are hard now. Maybe being the cheap one until numbers improve is the way to go.
Best of luck to all the teams coming to enjoy the tournament.
Pitch Parent
Why is it that Darlington can never seem to get enough teams to participate. Is it the promotion of the tournament? Well they have handed out the usual flyers, the tournament is on the OSA website and they even got CBC to put it on TV. Could it be the fields. Well the location can be hard to find for out of town teams and they are definitely out of the way. Though the quality of the fields are usually still okay in June they are well wore and often weedy. It looks like someone did a donut in the middle of Hydro 2(?). Will this be repaired?
Maybe it is the quality of the teams? Darlington teams. There are no powerhouse teams at the club except the U-21 team and of course they will not be in the tournament. How many Elite or Premier teams are there in Darlington? A handful? Doubt it.
I believe Darlington's first step would be to get the tournament closer to town. Hell there will soon be a new hotel down the road from the new fields soon. Better team results will help as well as teams will want to play the best. So knock a few bucks of the price of admission for clubs coming with more than one team, as times are hard now. Maybe being the cheap one until numbers improve is the way to go.
Best of luck to all the teams coming to enjoy the tournament.
Pitch Parent
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