U12 Thoughts on a higher team at a big club or lower team at a smaller club with school friends?
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Anonymous
| Coaching being more or less equal, any advice? For a boy who enjoys the game and is committed but does not have a goal of playing soccer in college. He is torn. |
Anonymous
| If he loves the game and is committed, he should go to a higher level team. He can see his school friends outside the soccer field. |
Anonymous
| Will the smaller club with friends make your life easier with carpooling? |
Anonymous
| Honestly, I feel if you are asking the board then you can go either way. if you can go either way, leave it up the kid. |
Anonymous
| My personal decision would be to go with the team with friends because it's easier for me. But DS seems legitimately undecided. |
Anonymous
| Well if the coaching is equally as good AND he gets to play with friends, I’d say go with the friends. As long as the friends or at least most of them are committed too. You don’t want to end up with not enough players at games. Good coaching (technical) is what’s most important at this age, not the team level. Keeping it fun bc he’s with friends will also help prevent him from quitting. At the very least, try it for a year and see what happens. |
Anonymous
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I'd stick with the friends --- if he feels held back or isn't happy with the coaching, team, environment, he'll figure it out.
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Anonymous
| Are his friends the same level? |