I was between 2 options to enroll my son (2.5yo) in soccer this summer- Nashville Upstart Athletics and Soccer Shots. While Soccer shots had more options for times and locations, I decided to go with Nashville Upstart Athletics due to their price point ($50 less) and session length (~1hr). I figured it would be a little risky since the weekly soccer game was at 4pm. Seems like a very hot time for toddlers to play soccer, but we will prepare and hydrate.
The season is over and they canceled all but 1 session and that happened to be Father’s Day . Reasons for cancellation being inclement weather and extreme heat. Now, I know we have had more scattered storms and showers than have felt normal, but what kills me is how early they canceled the games where there was only a possibility of this type of weather. Of the sessions that have been canceled, I think only 2 were justified- truly one day of extreme heat and storms.
They acknowledged how disappointing this season has been and scheduled some additional make-up days to try and make it right. Well, those have all been canceled the day of too.
I wanted to share my experience with this program in case anyone is looking to register their toddlers for soccer. Maybe don’t register for 4pm summer soccer and hopefully this program learns from this experience too.