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
RSD26: Charles Boehm on the U.S. Soccer election and youth soccer
RSD25: Phillypalooza election preview, the disappointing USSF coaching education overhaul, and being nice
RSD24: An election-related New Year’s resolution
RSD23: The convoluted U.S. Soccer presidential race and the educational Soccer Parenting Summit
RSD22: U.S. Soccer presidential candidate Paul Lapointe
RSD21: U.S. Soccer presidential candidate Eric Wynalda
RSD20: Mediating the NASL/USSF suit with Neil Morris
RSD19: U.S. Soccer presidential candidate Kyle Martino
RSD18: U.S. Soccer presidential candidate Mike Winograd
RSD17: Adding tiers to the U.S. soccer cake, with NPSL’s Jef Thiffault
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