Comments on: AYSO is hard core

By: JavaMom

JavaMom — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:44:26 +0000

OMG, LOL, this is hysterical! Clearly our soccer youth association is full of slackers as we have no deadly wounds in our games. In Northern Virginia we consider ourselves hard core, but I'll have to tell all the parents we're not up to Silicon Valley standards…

By: karrie

karrie — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:54:23 +0000

Isn't the idea of a note kind of outdated? Why not "snap a shot of injury with your iPhone & send to parent" or "see, injured player app."

:-)

Craziness!

By: Erika Jurney

Erika Jurney — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:26:43 +0000

Thanks Amanda ;)

By: Amanda B

Amanda B — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:28:47 +0000

I started out searching to find if TJ Bearytales was creepy to anyone else and came across your site………..then somehow ended up here. Let me tell you that between this post and the comments I nearl peed my pants, seriously. I have cried so hard from laughing tears are rolling down my neck………I've had a really rough week so this was perfect. I look forward to keeping up with your blog.

By: elaine

elaine — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:40:17 +0000

I find that EVERYTHING with kids these days is hard-core. Kids don't just simply go outside and find somebody to play with. Everything is organized, with rules and adults and uniforms…and if a kid steps out of line, all hell comes down on him! (My kid pushed another kid at camp and the counselors called the PARAMEDICS! They came and pronounced absolutely nothing wrong with the kid. Holy moley — talk about hard-core!)

This post is hysterical; makes me wonder what stressed-out adult wrote it and never finished it before it was copied and sent to parents. Surely there was some step to follow pinning a note to the "victim"!

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:25:42 +0000

Just found your site… love this post… not even anything about dialing 9- 1- 1? So, is he required to carry post-it's in his pocket or a small note pad and duct tape?

By: Shelli

Shelli — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:02:37 +0000

My husband almost wanted to coach this year, until he found out about all the online training and in-person training for AYSO.

My D. is not even on the big kids team yet (he's 6). But they go hard core starting age 6… !

By: Walter Underwood

Walter Underwood — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:17:36 +0000

Don't "attach a note". With a Sharpie, write a big "T" with the time. Don't bother with a date. If a tourniquet is on for more than a day, well, bye bye limb.

But, modern first aid doesn't teach tourniquets because they are so often misused.Those are for "when help is delayed", usually taught as Wilderness First Aid, but also handy for earthquakes.

In a city, by the time you figure out how to tie the danged thing, the firefighters are already there.

So, tell Craig to forget all that nonsense about tourniquets and focus on "fun, fair, and safe".

By: Robyn

Robyn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:42:59 +0000

This is why I only sign up to be the team parent. It’s all about getting people to bring their damn snack on the day they sign up (which you know is more complicated than rocket science). I now know that tourniquets are the coach’s responsibility.

Dude, what kind of soccer are they playing to have deadly wounds? Did you guys superglue razor blades to the ball?

By: Erika Jurney

Erika Jurney — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:19:30 +0000

Robyn, here in Silicon Valley we play to *win*!