- Jan 22, 2011
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DD's team had their 3rd game tonight. She's chomping at the bit.... she sprained her ankle the second to last week of soccer.
I know it is all subjective, but to me having a good mix of veterans, rookies, and even newbies is a good thing for a program. Unfortunately, too many coaches (hopefully not you @CoachJD !) focus only on the veterans (i.e., varsity) and not enough on the others, causing the others to eventually leave the game.
That's too bad that so many freshmen bailed before tryouts. Maybe it is just the organizational development side of me, but I would be poking into that to find out the reasons. On the same note, I'd be asking the newbies what encouraged them to come out now. Are they athletes from other sports?