re: Can someone explain to me why our youth system is bad?

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Hell, I would even require that every parent volunteer helping out at the young child level should have to have at least the F license, and those should be provided for free. We need a better pipeline to get former players directly involved in coaching.

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Ten years ago, when I was coaching at Lafreniere as a parent, we received F or E licenses from the club. I'll have to go back and find the card, I don't think it was a USSF card, just a Lafreniere and Louisiana SF card. But we got it, of course it wasn't a long thing, just a Sunday afternoon.

LSA tried to get us to not count wins and losses, but try to train all the kids to play the right way. I did this, too, but it's tough when everyone wants to win, as that's our culture.

I would give them goals to achieve each game, and many tried like hell. So many "pull backs," so many completed passes, so many "Cruyff" moves, call for the ball in space...and what have you, and I'd do my best to try and track them.