competitive little kid sports

[steve dave]

3-0 boys. Shut out a 2-0 team 23-0 on their home field. We’re bringing home hardware this season. Not a doubt in my mind.

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[wetwillie]

Is 88 like 6 feet tall?

[nicname]

Looking good, coach! Defense wins championships!

[steve dave]

Is 88 like 6 feet tall?

He’s one of our taller kids but probably 5’ 8” in 6th grade. We have another kid who’s like 6’ who plays WR. Matchup nightmare.


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[steve dave]

88 is our HB and 12 on the far left is FB. Early puberty is a hell of a drug. Lil SD is 2nd string FB at 4’ 11” and 88 lbs lmao


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[michigancat]

Does #12 like formula 1? He should!

[steve dave]

Does #12 like formula 1? He should!

Not that I’m aware of but he’s related to a starting CF in the MLB who promised to come to our practices and games and hype the kids up but his team is VERY elite and is always making late runs in the playoffs so he hasn’t been able to :-(


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[steve dave]

Team is Astros! Wow!


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[steve dave]

also we kicked our first extra point. got the first two 2pt conversions and just said let's try one. kid got all amped up and would have been good from 25 yards probably. he's a soccer goalie. gonna try to get a 3pt try at some point. maybe next week because we play a council bluffs team that is sadly very bad. we will pick our score and get all of the kids that rarely play into the game. so that's good.

[Cartierfor3]

steve dave feast your eyes:

My "week" ahead:

Monday: CF3 Jr Football practice til 5, Mrs CF3 Jr. cross country til 530- then soccer from 7-830. 3 of my 4 have a piano lesson squeezed in. On top of it I ref 3 volleyball matches so all the driving is on Mrs CF3 and grandparents (Nana and Papa)
Tuesday: FB/Cross Country practice again, 8 year old soccer practice, I'm reffing VB again
Wednesday: CC meet, FB practice, CC kid goes from meet to soccer practice
Thurs: CC practice, Freshman football game
Fri: Soccer game for Mrs CF3 Jr, rest of fam parties at varsity FB game (homecoming)
Saturday: Soccer game 2 of weekend for Mrs CF3 Jr, 5 year old has soccer game/practice (it's 30 min prac, 30 min game)
Sunday Soccer game 3 for Mrs CF3 jr, 8 year old has soccer game

[steve dave]

steve dave feast your eyes:

My "week" ahead:

Monday: CF3 Jr Football practice til 5, Mrs CF3 Jr. cross country til 530- then soccer from 7-830. 3 of my 4 have a piano lesson squeezed in. On top of it I ref 3 volleyball matches so all the driving is on Mrs CF3 and grandparents (Nana and Papa)
Tuesday: FB/Cross Country practice again, 8 year old soccer practice, I'm reffing VB again
Wednesday: CC meet, FB practice, CC kid goes from meet to soccer practice
Thurs: CC practice, Freshman football game
Fri: Soccer game for Mrs CF3 Jr, rest of fam parties at varsity FB game (homecoming)
Saturday: Soccer game 2 of weekend for Mrs CF3 Jr, 5 year old has soccer game/practice (it's 30 min prac, 30 min game)
Sunday Soccer game 3 for Mrs CF3 jr, 8 year old has soccer game

haha, we live the same life brother. this is just my son. my daughter has dance mon, wed and basketball tue, thu but that's my wife's job.

monday: baseball 5-6:30, basketball 8-9:30 (!)
tuesday: football practice 5:30-7:15
wednesday: baseball 5-6:30
thursday: football 5:30-7:15 (can't make baseball or basketball practice)
friday: NOTHING!!!!!!!!!
saturday: football 9-10:30, baseball 12-1:30
sunday: football game some time too far in the future to contemplate when

[Cartierfor3]

CF3 jr's football career has been tough so far.

Week 1 the freshmen had their game shortened to 8 min quarters after a 1 hour lightning delay and they got demolished so the 2nd half was a running clock- he didn't get into the game and was pretty sad. They were going to do a 5th quarter but because of the delay they didn't.

Week 2 the freshmen had an absolute barnburner of a game and won in OT! But.... he didn't get in the game  . Coach told him if it had been not as close either way he would've got some snaps but it didn't happen. It really was a hell of a game and I know the coach wanted to get the kids a win to build for their growth so I'm good and so is my kid.

Overall he was good but I know it's been tough since he's done so much work. I'm friends with the varsity coach and he found me after the game and told me my kid is a great worker and should keep going. I'm incredibly proud of his hard work and resilience, and I'm trying to raise a man, so the playing time is small potatoes. But that drive home after week 1 was pretty sad. 

Sports man. So much to learn. Let's all keep crap in perspective this fall as our kids play sports. This is kid stuff. What's important is being healthy and active, learning to work as a team, learning to be resilient, seeing improvement work over time. 

[Cartierfor3]

steve dave feast your eyes:

My "week" ahead:

Monday: CF3 Jr Football practice til 5, Mrs CF3 Jr. cross country til 530- then soccer from 7-830. 3 of my 4 have a piano lesson squeezed in. On top of it I ref 3 volleyball matches so all the driving is on Mrs CF3 and grandparents (Nana and Papa)
Tuesday: FB/Cross Country practice again, 8 year old soccer practice, I'm reffing VB again
Wednesday: CC meet, FB practice, CC kid goes from meet to soccer practice
Thurs: CC practice, Freshman football game
Fri: Soccer game for Mrs CF3 Jr, rest of fam parties at varsity FB game (homecoming)
Saturday: Soccer game 2 of weekend for Mrs CF3 Jr, 5 year old has soccer game/practice (it's 30 min prac, 30 min game)
Sunday Soccer game 3 for Mrs CF3 jr, 8 year old has soccer game

haha, we live the same life brother. this is just my son. my daughter has dance mon, wed and basketball tue, thu but that's my wife's job.

monday: baseball 5-6:30, basketball 8-9:30 (!)
tuesday: football practice 5:30-7:15
wednesday: baseball 5-6:30
thursday: football 5:30-7:15 (can't make baseball or basketball practice)
friday: NOTHING!!!!!!!!!
saturday: football 9-10:30, baseball 12-1:30
sunday: football game some time too far in the future to contemplate when

Look at Friday, that hot piece of ass

[steve dave]

steve dave feast your eyes:

My "week" ahead:

Monday: CF3 Jr Football practice til 5, Mrs CF3 Jr. cross country til 530- then soccer from 7-830. 3 of my 4 have a piano lesson squeezed in. On top of it I ref 3 volleyball matches so all the driving is on Mrs CF3 and grandparents (Nana and Papa)
Tuesday: FB/Cross Country practice again, 8 year old soccer practice, I'm reffing VB again
Wednesday: CC meet, FB practice, CC kid goes from meet to soccer practice
Thurs: CC practice, Freshman football game
Fri: Soccer game for Mrs CF3 Jr, rest of fam parties at varsity FB game (homecoming)
Saturday: Soccer game 2 of weekend for Mrs CF3 Jr, 5 year old has soccer game/practice (it's 30 min prac, 30 min game)
Sunday Soccer game 3 for Mrs CF3 jr, 8 year old has soccer game

haha, we live the same life brother. this is just my son. my daughter has dance mon, wed and basketball tue, thu but that's my wife's job.

monday: baseball 5-6:30, basketball 8-9:30 (!)
tuesday: football practice 5:30-7:15
wednesday: baseball 5-6:30
thursday: football 5:30-7:15 (can't make baseball or basketball practice)
friday: NOTHING!!!!!!!!!
saturday: football 9-10:30, baseball 12-1:30
sunday: football game some time too far in the future to contemplate when

Look at Friday, that hot piece of ass

HOT!


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[Cartierfor3]

What kind of basketball practice starts at 8 pm? That is when we are reading and making sure elementary take home folder is ready for tomorrow and also making sure lunch is packed.

[steve dave]

What kind of basketball practice starts at 8 pm? That is when we are reading and making sure elementary take home folder is ready for tomorrow and also making sure lunch is packed.

Yep, it’s nuts. We somehow “get” a full 1.5 hours between a baseball and basketball practice on a school night. Thu basketball is at 5 PM but we can’t make that one.


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[steve dave]

CF3 jr's football career has been tough so far.

Week 1 the freshmen had their game shortened to 8 min quarters after a 1 hour lightning delay and they got demolished so the 2nd half was a running clock- he didn't get into the game and was pretty sad. They were going to do a 5th quarter but because of the delay they didn't.

Week 2 the freshmen had an absolute barnburner of a game and won in OT! But.... he didn't get in the game  . Coach told him if it had been not as close either way he would've got some snaps but it didn't happen. It really was a hell of a game and I know the coach wanted to get the kids a win to build for their growth so I'm good and so is my kid.

Overall he was good but I know it's been tough since he's done so much work. I'm friends with the varsity coach and he found me after the game and told me my kid is a great worker and should keep going. I'm incredibly proud of his hard work and resilience, and I'm trying to raise a man, so the playing time is small potatoes. But that drive home after week 1 was pretty sad. 

Sports man. So much to learn. Let's all keep crap in perspective this fall as our kids play sports. This is kid stuff. What's important is being healthy and active, learning to work as a team, learning to be resilient, seeing improvement work over time.

That’s 100% right on. Proud of you and him.


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[nicname]

Nicname jr is out for the season (may get to practice a bit at the end, but not sure) with an Achilles tear  had him sidelined since April, so this has nothing to do with him or his playing time. That said I was really frustrated watching the freshman game last Monday.

We won a close game, and have about 33 freshmen out for the team. This number of guys is something the head coach is proud of and wants to see with the younger classes going forward. Loves the numbers. But as I’m watching the game I’m watching the same 9-10 guys play nearly every snap both ways. There was some minimal subbing on the DL and a couple of plays for one linebacker off the bench. the starters also made up the majority of the special teams, and they didn’t try to kick extra points despite having a kid who is true from 35-yds in. Also didn’t use punt formation. Just quick kicks.

That recipe will never build a real winner in big class football. You need depth, and you build depth and a team by showing guys you trust them to at least be in the rotation. That’s what freshman/jv is for. If you don’t those kids have no reason to keep working, keep lifting and eventually they quit. Practices aren’t competitive, and you never build the depth you actually need to win at the varsity level.

I asked my son about it and he said they dont even have a depth chart.

[steve dave]

a tough thing about football is how few games you play. it's not like baseball where you'll be out there 60 games over a summer and can really get weird with lineups and positions to see who can hang and get reps. we have playoff tiers and the top 8 will get into the top playoff, next 8 into the second tier playoff, and then the remainder of teams just play consolation games at the end of the season. dropping one game can have huge consequences for that. we play a pretty tight lineup for competitive games. but we had all kids in the second half yesterday when the game was out of reach. I also have every kid on special teams so they at least see the field. we will be able to pick our score next weekend because we play a very weak team and I'm looking forward to getting all the kids on the field first half and hopefully being able to rest the starters for the most part.

[michigancat]

CF3 jr's football career has been tough so far.

Week 1 the freshmen had their game shortened to 8 min quarters after a 1 hour lightning delay and they got demolished so the 2nd half was a running clock- he didn't get into the game and was pretty sad. They were going to do a 5th quarter but because of the delay they didn't.

Week 2 the freshmen had an absolute barnburner of a game and won in OT! But.... he didn't get in the game  . Coach told him if it had been not as close either way he would've got some snaps but it didn't happen. It really was a hell of a game and I know the coach wanted to get the kids a win to build for their growth so I'm good and so is my kid.

Overall he was good but I know it's been tough since he's done so much work. I'm friends with the varsity coach and he found me after the game and told me my kid is a great worker and should keep going. I'm incredibly proud of his hard work and resilience, and I'm trying to raise a man, so the playing time is small potatoes. But that drive home after week 1 was pretty sad. 

Sports man. So much to learn. Let's all keep crap in perspective this fall as our kids play sports. This is kid stuff. What's important is being healthy and active, learning to work as a team, learning to be resilient, seeing improvement work over time. 

I'm a bit of a progressive when it comes to youth sports but IMO in a goddam freshman high school game, everyone that has been showing up to practice and working should get snaps every game. If you lose, who gives a crap! Playing time keeps kids engaged, gets more kids more experience, and builds the program for varsity. Not playing everyone in a blowout is especially mumped up.

[meow meow]

we drove to omaha saturday for one (1) single game, then turned around and drove home.  13U regional league soccer.

[Cartierfor3]

CF3 jr's football career has been tough so far.

Week 1 the freshmen had their game shortened to 8 min quarters after a 1 hour lightning delay and they got demolished so the 2nd half was a running clock- he didn't get into the game and was pretty sad. They were going to do a 5th quarter but because of the delay they didn't.

Week 2 the freshmen had an absolute barnburner of a game and won in OT! But.... he didn't get in the game  . Coach told him if it had been not as close either way he would've got some snaps but it didn't happen. It really was a hell of a game and I know the coach wanted to get the kids a win to build for their growth so I'm good and so is my kid.

Overall he was good but I know it's been tough since he's done so much work. I'm friends with the varsity coach and he found me after the game and told me my kid is a great worker and should keep going. I'm incredibly proud of his hard work and resilience, and I'm trying to raise a man, so the playing time is small potatoes. But that drive home after week 1 was pretty sad. 

Sports man. So much to learn. Let's all keep crap in perspective this fall as our kids play sports. This is kid stuff. What's important is being healthy and active, learning to work as a team, learning to be resilient, seeing improvement work over time. 

I'm a bit of a progressive when it comes to youth sports but IMO in a goddam freshman high school game, everyone that has been showing up to practice and working should get snaps every game. If you lose, who gives a crap! Playing time keeps kids engaged, gets more kids more experience, and builds the program for varsity. Not playing everyone in a blowout is especially mumped up.

I agree overall. We'll see how it gets handled moving forward.

[Stupid Fitz]

we drove to omaha saturday for one (1) single game, then turned around and drove home.  13U regional league soccer.

I mean, at least your team has beat every other 13U soccer team within a 3 hour radius of KC right?

[meow meow]

we drove to omaha saturday for one (1) single game, then turned around and drove home.  13U regional league soccer.

I mean, at least your team has beat every other 13U soccer team within a 3 hour radius of KC right?

not exactly.  still learning about regional/national leagues in soccer, but starting with 13U, most/all? clubs play in either a national league (biggest clubs) or a regional league.  So we have some teams in that league from KC/Wichita/Omaha/St Louis/Iowa.  Some of her friends from her old club are playing in the ECNL (national league) and they play teams/games in Chicago, other further city's that you may/may not want to drive to vs flying.  Basically if you're in those clubs, soccer is your kids only sport because of the time/$$ commitment.

[Stupid Fitz]

we drove to omaha saturday for one (1) single game, then turned around and drove home.  13U regional league soccer.

I mean, at least your team has beat every other 13U soccer team within a 3 hour radius of KC right?

not exactly.  still learning about regional/national leagues in soccer, but starting with 13U, most/all? clubs play in either a national league (biggest clubs) or a regional league.  So we have some teams in that league from KC/Wichita/Omaha/St Louis/Iowa.  Some of her friends from her old club are playing in the ECNL (national league) and they play teams/games in Chicago, other further city's that you may/may not want to drive to vs flying.  Basically if you're in those clubs, soccer is your kids only sport because of the time/$$ commitment.

yeah, I was just joking. I always think it's hilarious and stupid to travel really far unless you are an elite level team that crushes it locally. Unless its just an annual fun trip or whatever. I know it happens.