I just heard a presentation from a very famous speaker who said the current generation is known as the "soccer practice generation." Has anyone else heard that phrase before? I couldn't find it in Google.

I never heard of it. What does "current generation" mean? Twelve-year-olds?

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soccer practice generation

Maybe it means that they're the first ever generation of Americans to realise that football means a game where the ball is kicked with the feet - as opposed to being picked up by massive men in spacesuits who then run into one another.

Sounds more like the first generation to learn that soccer means a game in which the ball is kicked with the (primarily adolescent female) feet.

I think she meant the generation Xers; those who were raised being programmed and playing soccer.

While off the subject, I found the speaker, for being very famous in her field, rather bland and not nearly as "innovative" in her approach to mentoring as we had been led to believe. Therefore, I asked a few people what they thought of her. "She was wonderful," was each response. Then when I sais, "Really? I was a bit disappointed," they'd say, "Oh yes, she wasn't that good at all!" I suspect they felt they'd better praise her since she was so famous, but when they were given "permission" not to, they were more truthful.

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Sounds more like the first generation to learn that soccer means a game in which the ball is kicked with the (primarily adolescent female) feet.

In which country does this happen? I might even be tempted to watch a game - if only for the bit at the end where the players swap shirts.

I liked soccer for a while in college, when the college men practiced right outside my dorm window. Yummy afternoon snack for the eyes.

The current generation comprises Gens X and Y, covering '60's thru '90's. Both are part of Gen M, which stands for Me, Myself, I, Marketing, etc

Those qualifying as young Muslims are called Gen Jihad

I thought Gen X was late 80s-early 90s; Gen Y was late 90s and have heard the current generation called Generation Next, but never the Soccer Generation. But I googled it and found 15,000 ghits for SG.

This Wikipedia page has a list of all the generations that ever were, since generations began to collect nicknames:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X

And Kalleh, you are not going to tell us whether your famous speaker was named Margaret or Sarah or Hillary or Claire or [your best guess here], are you???

Wordmatic

word: THank you for that. Yes, but

Generation X is a term for a cohort of people born following the peak of the post-World War II baby boom....While all sources agree the group includes at least some people born in the 1960s....--Wikipedia

Otherwise, I'm amenable to an expr for those born from the '60's to the'80s

This is very serious stuff

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And Kalleh, you are not going to tell us whether your famous speaker was named Margaret or Sarah or Hillary or Claire or [your best guess here], are you???

Oh, wordmatic, in thinking about it, I was definitely embellishing (which is a fault of mine!). She is famous in legal circles, I am told, but not being a lawyer, I don't even recall her name right now. I will have to look it up when I get to work. Sorry!

[Hillary did fly the American flag over the White House in celebration of our meeting, if that's a consolation ...at least that's what we were told.]

Dale, while my theory isn't much respected in professional circles (in fact I am laughed at!), I theorize that none of the generations are that different. We have all had the me-generation type or the anals or the workaholics or women who wanted to stay home with their children or those who wanted flexible hours, etc. I get annoyed hearing the intricate analyses of all the generations. I just don't find it all that reliable, but I suppose there's no proving my theory and too many people make lots of money from writing about those "generation theories."