Do you know Mike Davitt? Until a few weeks ago, I didn’t, either. He’s a longtime soccer coach who, like many longtime soccer coaches do, also became a soccer parent. He’s originally from Kearny, N.J., hallowed ground for U.S. soccer.
After listening to a few of my rants, he emailed me and said he didn’t think youth soccer was doomed. It might even be a good thing.
I’ve been hoping to find people like that for the podcast, and so we chatted. Our conversation (starting around the 15:00 mark) ends up with an interesting idea on educating coaches, which is an issue that popped up in the big election. We talk about the positives of having an alphabet soup of leagues and organizations, how to help parents make educated decisions (23:00, including a suggestion that we should stop using the word “academy” unless you’re in the DA), how to watch out for players
Intro: Why the US Men Will Never Win the World Cup
RSD 2-7-19: Dan Loney drops by and doesn't talk about pro/rel
RSD short: A meditation on losing and coaching
RSD 10-9-18: We need refs! Not just me!
RSD short: Funny youth stories, USSF arrogance and NASL spin
RSD short Aug 10 2018: On Twitter and Cordeiro
RSD Short: New US Youth chairman, WoSo and aspirations
RSD38: A productive promotion/relegation chat
RSD37 (pt 2): Shoeless Soccer's Nathan Richardson
RSD37 (pt 1): Drills? Travel? PLAY! Guest: Nathan Richardson
RSD36: Player pathways, college and elite leagues, with Lesle Gallimore
RSD35: Dennis Crowley on putting together a soccer pyramid
RSD34: The USL/youth hybrid Richmond Kickers, with Daryl Grove
RSD33: Soccer played in Germany, with Ian Plenderleith
RSD32: Christian Lavers on ECNL/DA, U.S. Club/U.S. Youth competition
RSD31: Grassroots and futsal, with Leslie Hamer and Jason Longshore
RSD30: Announcement time
RSD28: SAY Soccer’s Doug Wood
RSD27: Julie Foudy finds reasons to be optimistic about youth soccer
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