Greg Calder

Head Women's Soccer Coach
Pasco-Hernando State JUCO DII
Following the Way, the Truth, The Life

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@IJaSport Great post! So much can be taken from it!👊🏼👍🏼

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@GracenHil2028 @TheSoccerWire @TopDrawerSoccer @PrepSoccer @JREskilson Now for the season that really counts! Get after it!💪🏼

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@ImYouthSoccer For any with this type of story...come to Florida! Get serious play time as a freshman with NJCAA Pasco-Hernando State in the Tampa Bay area. Crush it on the pitch & in the classroom, then jump to a 4 year school that checks all your boxes! Message me and let's get this going.

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@_ToddBeane I hope you saw my response to your other post. This is absolutely the scenario in the USA. Players with the 3s's are at a huge advantage (pun intended)
Size
Speed
Strength
The 3s's will get you DI offers irrespective of your technical and tactical level. Athletes>soccer players

[College Soccer Path @CSoccerPath]

@Don_K_Williams NJCAA divisions aren't the same: JUCO D1 can fund full rides, D2 covers tuition/fees/books, D3 gives no athletic aid. Ask which division, then get the associate-degree transfer plan in writing before you spend two years.

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

While many 🇺🇸 players snub their noses at JC’s

The players (international & domestic) willing to make the investment in themselves, bet on themselves, at JC now, will gain 2yrs of playing experience & will be waiving & smiling in 2 years as they pass up the players who spent 2 years sitting on the bench at a 4yr school

It’s not where you start but where you finish!
& most players aren’t happy unless they actually get to play

Your final diploma won’t say you started at a JC, it will only say the name of the school you graduated from

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[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@_ToddBeane This is connected to another of your recent posts.
Our top youth leagues don't prioritize development of soccer intelligence. A college coach can't find enough high IQ, high tech ability players to build the roster. That's why they all "go big!"

[Puckhead48e @puckhead48e]

@Don_K_Williams With 5 for 5 and volume of international players, do you think option of a strong JUCO program and showing results for 2 years is more valuable now than before?

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

I am hearing people talk about FULL RIDES to college for ⚽️ players.

I am here to say, that is rare.

Perhaps the confusion comes when discussing what a FULL RIDE actually is?

A full ride means:
✅Tuition paid
✅books paid
✅fees paid
✅housing paid
✅food paid

Full rides are more common in NCAA DI
American football 🏈
Basketball 🏀
Women's Volleyball 🏐
Women’s gymnastics 🤸‍♀️
Women’s tennis 🎾

All other DI and DII Sports are “equivalency” sports which means that coaches usually give out partial scholarships to spread them around to more of the team.

Full rides based on athletics alone are rare.

Academic financial aid+athletic financial aid = larger scholarships. It’s called Stacking.

Not all schools can stack both but many can.
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[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@Don_K_Williams But there are SOME Rudys out there. Most often they develop in homes where moms and dads are moming and dading.

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@Don_K_Williams We no longer live in a culture that produces this kind of individual. The iPhone, iPad, I, I, I, is not an environment that produces Rudy.

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@AnnaAllen03 Your plan to trust His plan is the best plan! Not the easiest, but the best.👊🏼
When we can't understand what He is doing in our lives, we have to trust who He is. I pray He blesses you richly in the things He does in and through you, as you recover!

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@_ToddBeane In American psyche there is a propensity to want the win more than anything else, from U-8 on up. At that age the "solid run & hustle" teams beat the "developing intelligent soccer players" teams. For us, the most athletic team wins, not the best soccer team.

[College Soccer Truth ™ @ImCollegeSoccer]

Uncommitted 2027’s,

The recruiting process can still be exciting. Fantastic teams exist at the D2, D3, NAIA & JC levels. Keep your options open & consider any opportunity willing to offer you a scholarship.

But do NOT go into massive college debt for college ⚽️.

#CSTruth

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@GracenHil2028 "Scanning the field and watching how the play could develop!" That does not qualify for 1 of the 5 love languages, but for a soccer coach it's close! 😄 Well done!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👊🏼.
All 4 Him!✝️🛐

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@CoachEFaulconer Including the McPuke bags.

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@K_Trimiarsoccer @ImYouthSoccer @ImCollegeSoccer Congrats to you, Kendall. Reaping what you have been sowing ✝️🛐💪🏽

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@ImCollegeSoccer She is a recruit that has:
Soccer IQ=avg DIII player,
Tech skills=avg DII player,
but she is 5' 9" w/ above average speed.
Then she absolutely will be recruited by multiple DI programs.💯%

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@_ToddBeane @coachhockley NASL Shootouts!
From the 35 yard "off-sides" line, the attacker had 5 seconds to get off a shot as he went 1v1 with the keeper.
To be fair, it was an entertaining way to decide a match that was tied in regulation!😄

[Greg Calder @CalderCoach]

@Peyton4Soccer Amen!✝️🛐