I wouldn't feel right if I didn't leave a review for this "Soccer club". I honestly never leave reviews for anything or anyone.
Very sorry so long...
Now, just to be fair, we only experienced the tryout which only cost $25.00. The tryout was 4 days long 1.5 hours per day which sounds great for $25.00 right! I really didn't care if my kid got a nod to play for them or not, but we have been with the same club since he was 4 and I wanted to see how he would stack up against other kids in another club. He is currently in U9.
By the way, we are with Class Athlete, which is much better and more affordable if anyone is looking. They have their problems, but nothing like FKK.
Here's the rub....
For the first 3 days the coaches stood in the middle of the 2 fields the kids were playing on, barely paying attention. Based on interactions we saw and what kids were left after day #1, they had already chosen the kids on their top tier teams before the tryouts even started. The "Tryouts" if you want to call them that, were a free for all, no rules, hammer fest, none stop scrimmage. Several smaller kids got ran over by the much larger ones. It would take the coaches minutes to finally see that a kid was hurt. Based on what I saw, they are not looking for skills necessarily here, just who can take and give the most punishment and keep going. The "Coaches" would just keep saying Keep playing. The kids that were taught to be ball hogs or are just naturally that way, I'm sure loved it since the kids with passing skills would give it up and never see the ball again. The ones that "succeeded" right away were the kids that have played, are playing, or tried out for them in the past and knew what this was going to be like. Everyone else had to adjust, which took some kids a while (or not at all) that are used to, you know, rules and stuff like that.
They NEVER ran a drill or skill test to see who could do what.
I only kept going because we signed up and I don't want my kids to think they can quit just because it's different or hard.
After we signed up for tryouts, I never received any other communications from them. They kept saying tell the parents to check their email. Nothing. The tryout just ended, so I was waiting for a yes or even a sorry he didn't make it this time email. Nothing. They moved the fields on us the last 2 days to 2 different locations. Nothing. It did just end, so I'll give it some time before I call and give them a piece of my mind....But I'm sure they won't answer or I won't get in contact with someone that it will matter to.
In closing, based on my experience, a 1 star is pretty generous.
Not saying they won't step up and actually coach the kids that do make the teams. BUT, (big but here) the tryout, in my humble opinion, is inefficient, ineffective, and not worth the 4 days of our time. read more