We had a bit of a scare at an ODP tryout a few months ago.  Johnny was in the middle of a tryout, it was very warm out when suddenly in the middle of the field he just stops and grabs his chest.  From the sideline it didn’t look like much.  He didn’t go down, he was hit during play.  He just stood there pretty still.  One of the players put his arm around him…

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I am furious! I guess the public schools don’t have any room for student athletes that have to go outside of the school property. If you a reader or this blog you know Johnny is young athlete currently in middle school. He plays soccer at a very high level. In the US school soccer basically means nothing. Excelling means club soccer, ODP, and getting into the USSF Academy program. Johnny has all of these going…

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When little Johnny was born I asked myself the question – “I wonder if little Johnny will be a young athlete like I was?” I think every parent asks themselves something similar. Will he be smart and go to Harvard like I did? Will he love motorcycles like me? God I hope we have something in common. Now it goes without saying, he’s my baby, I love him like nothing else in the world. Whatever…

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