I finished the book while on vacation last week. Not much there that we all don't already know.....most of us on these boards have been living this life for many years now.
The author talks about standing up to the club coach or DOC and saying "Enough....we're not doing all of those tournaments!" Easier said than done. I haven't seen too many highly-competitive teams who have managed to say "no". Nobody wants to put their own kid in a bad spot. As she states in one of her chapters.....the coach has all the power (even though the parents shell out the dollars).
Interesting quotes from Lehigh men's coach Dean Koski. Apparently he's keeping his three young boys out of competitive soccer for as long as he can. He doesn't want them burned out and he wants them to experience different sports. As a coach he has seen very good, high-level club players fail at his school. He's seen them quit because this is all they have done for ten years, since they were eight years old, and they've lost the desire. He also mentions that some of the best players to ever play for him have been multiple-sport athletes all through high school. He likes what they bring to the table.
Not a bad read but the book seems to get a little redundant after a while.
