Ferdie's camp a big disapointment !!!!!!!!!

We attended Ferdie's winter camp, hoping to learn something new, on the last day out of the 2 hours, we only got 1 hour of action, the camp close with a big lesson on how to arrange finals third world style, shame on you, at this stage soccer is just to have fun and teach the kids how to be good sports, never again.

What does "arrange finals third world style" mean?

We've done Ferdies camps and trainings a lot & he has never left us disappointed. In the past they do work the mini camps from 3v3's, 2v2's and down to 1v1's on the final day. Hate that you were disappointed. I know his goal is always fun & individual development. He has brought a great deal of confidence and skills to the players we have taken. Didn't go this winter....maybe the format was different this year?

joshisa wrote: We attended Ferdie's winter camp, hoping to learn something new, on the last day out of the 2 hours, we only got 1 hour of action, the camp close with a big lesson on how to arrange finals third world style, shame on you, at this stage soccer is just to have fun and teach the kids how to be good sports, never again.

I've tried his camps twice and both times have been terrible experiences. I am glad city futsal offers strong skill sessions now so I don't have to deal with Ferdie and his arrogance and over priced drills. Although I do think his carpet is a complete waste.

Blank77 wrote:

joshisa wrote: We attended Ferdie's winter camp, hoping to learn something new, on the last day out of the 2 hours, we only got 1 hour of action, the camp close with a big lesson on how to arrange finals third world style, shame on you, at this stage soccer is just to have fun and teach the kids how to be good sports, never again.

I've tried his camps twice and both times have been terrible experiences. I am glad city futsal offers strong skill sessions now so I don't have to deal with Ferdie and his arrogance and over priced drills. Although I do think his carpet is a complete waste.

lol, still mad he told you to skedaddle instead of shouting instructions at your kid i imagine. i like ferdi and his camps are great.

My dds have attended several of his winter and summer camps and we have always felt like they were worthwhile. The focus is all foot skills and the girls have fun. Sorry you had a bad experience.

silentparent wrote:

Blank77 wrote:

joshisa wrote: We attended Ferdie's winter camp, hoping to learn something new, on the last day out of the 2 hours, we only got 1 hour of action, the camp close with a big lesson on how to arrange finals third world style, shame on you, at this stage soccer is just to have fun and teach the kids how to be good sports, never again.

I've tried his camps twice and both times have been terrible experiences. I am glad city futsal offers strong skill sessions now so I don't have to deal with Ferdie and his arrogance and over priced drills. Although I do think his carpet is a complete waste.

lol, still mad he told you to skedaddle instead of shouting instructions at your kid i imagine. i like ferdi and his camps are great.

He did take my money and I had a reservation, he admitted his mistaked and said come back next week and the moron forgot when we showed up. Not even enough retention to remember something that happened a week ago. I guess you don't need smarts if you just teach skills out of a book.

My DDs have had a good experience with Ferdie thru multiple camps. He connects with kids moreso than parents which is fine. His skills and drills are still recalled years later so he's had a positive impact.

we've also had good experience the last 3 years we have taken his camps. You only get better taking his camp, not one person will walk away without improving. So to me, that is a successful camp.

Ferdie, has been and will continue to be a money grab! I miss his attention he once gave to the individual player. He has great ability to train skills, but this seems to have been lost to commercial business side of it all.

Both of my daughters attended Ferdie's Camps in years past. My oldest was a natural "skills" player and pretty much picked up 100% of what was taught. As I recall, her assessement was that they were cute moves but that many were not particularly useful in real-life soccer situations. She felt they were more conducive to playing futsal. Nevertheless, the individual attention and "fun factor" were there, so it was well worth it to her.

Roughly 5 years later, my younger daughter and several others from my team attended his camp. The training had really taken a dive at that point: Way too many participants and barely enough room to move the ball. Ferdie himself took to standing away from everyone and barking out the next move (he spent the first 20 minutes taking in last-minute sign-ups rather than turning them away). Minimal interaction. Worse, though, were his assistants. They were quite young and highly unmotivated, even when there were participants that were clearly making consistent mistakes as they struggled to learn. The players spent most of their time standing in 3-deep lines doing foot-on skills over and over. Yawn.

As for his camps being a money grab, that's probably true. But such is the case for nearly all of select soccer, so I would lump him in the same group as most clubs that charge $2500+ per year, clubs holding their own mandatory tournaments, over priced uniforms, coaches with 3+ teams charging $17-$20K each but not being able to give adequate attention to any one of them, and on and on and on.

this coming from the person who wrote an infomercial on the terrible dallas soccer center as a great futsal place, buyer beware. ferdie does a good job and i would highly recommend him.

silentparent wrote:this coming from the person who wrote an infomercial on the terrible dallas soccer center as a great futsal place, buyer beware. ferdie does a good job and i would highly recommend him.

And this coming from the person calling himself "SilentParent" but being in the top three among active posters... again. It's always like that with people who can't see the big picture. Be sure to let me know how your thoughts on select soccer have changed after at least 10 years of being involved with it (and how wrong you eventually come to realize you are). It can be humbling when you learn all of this means very little in the scheme of things.

JustaSport wrote:

silentparent wrote:this coming from the person who wrote an infomercial on the terrible dallas soccer center as a great futsal place, buyer beware. ferdie does a good job and i would highly recommend him.

And this coming from the person calling himself "SilentParent" but being in the top three among active posters... again. It's always like that with people who can't see the big picture. Be sure to let me know how your thoughts on select soccer have changed after at least 10 years of being involved with it (and how wrong you eventually come to realize you are). It can be humbling when you learn all of this means very little in the scheme of things.

yawn, let us know when that humbling moment hits you, we're still waiting....

silentparent wrote:

JustaSport wrote:

silentparent wrote:this coming from the person who wrote an infomercial on the terrible dallas soccer center as a great futsal place, buyer beware. ferdie does a good job and i would highly recommend him.

And this coming from the person calling himself "SilentParent" but being in the top three among active posters... again. It's always like that with people who can't see the big picture. Be sure to let me know how your thoughts on select soccer have changed after at least 10 years of being involved with it (and how wrong you eventually come to realize you are). It can be humbling when you learn all of this means very little in the scheme of things.

yawn, let us know when that humbling moment hits you, we're still waiting....

Double yawn. Spoken like the typical first-timer soccer parent who thinks he knows everything but is well on his way to ruining the sport for his daughter. I've read just enough of your posts to know. Want to compare playing and coaching experience? I'm compelled to offer what would be the correct guess on such matters, but it would just be too easy.

JustaSport wrote:

silentparent wrote:

JustaSport wrote:

silentparent wrote:this coming from the person who wrote an infomercial on the terrible dallas soccer center as a great futsal place, buyer beware. ferdie does a good job and i would highly recommend him.

And this coming from the person calling himself "SilentParent" but being in the top three among active posters... again. It's always like that with people who can't see the big picture. Be sure to let me know how your thoughts on select soccer have changed after at least 10 years of being involved with it (and how wrong you eventually come to realize you are). It can be humbling when you learn all of this means very little in the scheme of things.

yawn, let us know when that humbling moment hits you, we're still waiting....

Double yawn. Spoken like the typical first-timer soccer parent who thinks he knows everything but is well on his way to ruining the sport for his daughter. I've read just enough of your posts to know. Want to compare playing and coaching experience? I'm compelled to offer what would be the correct guess on such matters, but it would just be too easy.

double yawn? lol, that's just sad.