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akindc wrote:The simple answer... yes, this is the norm, especially in the bigger clubs.
Thank you. What if it’s a small/newer club? In bigger clubs, there seems to be more stability and resources, so even if it’s the norm, it seems like there is some consistency or at least other coaches. This is a small club so I fear it could be a frustrating.
OMG! This sounds like my exact situation last year. We ended up leaving for another team mid-year. We were invited to join a team, drive about an hour away for games, with literally 5-10 minutes of playing time. It was so frustrating. You can speak to the coach, but in our situation, things didn’t change much, so we moved on.
GKmom wrote:We have seen this often. At u9, our coach covered 2 teams. It was ok for practices and some games but if there was a conflict he always went with the A team. At u14, DC had a coach who did this but he seemed to do a better job splitting time between A and B and they avoided having both teams scheduled for tournaments in the same weekends. At u15, we are once again in the same boat but at a different club. This time around the coach has 2 teams in my son’s age group and 1 younger team. He seems absolutely exhausted but he works hard to never shortchange any team. What I have liked is it allows kids to move up if they are showing improvement. What I dislike is that the teams often practice together and the needs of the A team can be different from the B team. When my son was on the B team it seemed to raise the level. When he’s been on the A team, it does the opposite.
Thank you for this insight. This is exactly what I think could happen. Practices will be all together, but if there is conflict with the game schedule, my assumption is that the coach would choose the older team because they have been with that team longer (so I consider it the A team vs the B team). Not sure who would fill in for B team. It's something I think about when choosing a team for next year. Thanks for your response.
We are on a competitive soccer team and are being told that our current coach will manage two competitive teams in the fall. I am concerned that it'll stretch this coach too thin. Is this the norm? Are there pros/cons to this? We are fairly new to soccer, so not sure if this is common among other competitive teams. Thank you.