Franz Bakingpowder
New Member
I just got back from our club training tonight to find out there is another "National Training Center Weekend" upcoming. I don't have a problem with the camps it's just that they aren't carried out in a professional manner.
My issue is that the CSA coaches have never called us being the club, or coaches to see if it's ok to invite our players to this camp. The reason I believe they should inform us is because we have important league games on these weekends and feel that they should inform us out of courtesy as to where our players are.
The other issue is that these camps run for 3 days straight! It starts on Friday night at 5:00 PM for 3 hours. Then they are to be back at the field the following morning at 7:00 AM for a full day session on the Saturday followed by another all morning fitness session on the Sunday. These kids are then expected to go play a league game Sunday afternoon with us? Are they kidding?! These CSA coaches are supposed to be professionals and know about pre-game preparation?? I wonder how they would feel if they had selected one of our players to play in a U-16 World cup qualifying match and we told them the player couldn't attend the pre-game meal due to our club having a fitness session! I do realize that club games aren't as important as World Cup qualifiers but shouldn't you approach every game the same?
Could you imagine if the England squad had a training camp weekend and expected all their players to show up for a Sunday morning fitness session a few hours before their league games? It's unheard of!
No wonder soccer in Canada is a complete "GONG SHOW!"
Better yet, the reason for the NTC weekend is so Ian Bridge can come and look at the players. Why does he need to see them train? He coaches the womens team! What a complete joke!
When will this circus ever leave town.....
Franz
My issue is that the CSA coaches have never called us being the club, or coaches to see if it's ok to invite our players to this camp. The reason I believe they should inform us is because we have important league games on these weekends and feel that they should inform us out of courtesy as to where our players are.
The other issue is that these camps run for 3 days straight! It starts on Friday night at 5:00 PM for 3 hours. Then they are to be back at the field the following morning at 7:00 AM for a full day session on the Saturday followed by another all morning fitness session on the Sunday. These kids are then expected to go play a league game Sunday afternoon with us? Are they kidding?! These CSA coaches are supposed to be professionals and know about pre-game preparation?? I wonder how they would feel if they had selected one of our players to play in a U-16 World cup qualifying match and we told them the player couldn't attend the pre-game meal due to our club having a fitness session! I do realize that club games aren't as important as World Cup qualifiers but shouldn't you approach every game the same?
Could you imagine if the England squad had a training camp weekend and expected all their players to show up for a Sunday morning fitness session a few hours before their league games? It's unheard of!
No wonder soccer in Canada is a complete "GONG SHOW!"
Better yet, the reason for the NTC weekend is so Ian Bridge can come and look at the players. Why does he need to see them train? He coaches the womens team! What a complete joke!
When will this circus ever leave town.....
Franz