This time of year in competitive youth soccer really stinks.
Organizing and holding tryouts, and all that goes along with it, is my least favorite thing to have to go through as a coach, and I know I'm not alone. June should be named National Youth Soccer Drama Month, and we should all get a one-week government holiday just to hold tryouts and visit our therapist.
The ingredients that create the 'stress stew' we all eat in June might be different depending on the level of team, but no team has a full roster of perfectly happy players and parents, and every competitive coach is always open to evaluating new players who show an interest in their program.
Every season, competitive teams change. Players leave that coaches don’t want to leave and coaches release players who don’t want to leave. Feelings get hurt, egos bruised, friendships stretched, and blame assigned. It’s the natural process of dealing with stress that human beings go through.
To read the entire article on Potomac Soccer Wire.....
