Anonymous wrote:We have toyed with the idea of moving our kid to a different club for spring. When I brought it up to a couple veteran soccer parents (we are new in travel soccer) we were told the club won't release the player cards for them to play on another team. We are now hesitant on asking the coach or tell them we are thinking about leaving because they will most likely take it out on the kid.

Does anyone have any words of wisdom on doing something like this?

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Anonymous wrote:We have toyed with the idea of moving our kid to a different club for spring. When I brought it up to a couple veteran soccer parents (we are new in travel soccer) we were told the club won't release the player cards for them to play on another team. We are now hesitant on asking the coach or tell them we are thinking about leaving because they will most likely take it out on the kid.

Does anyone have any words of wisdom on doing something like this?

Finish your commitment unless its an environment that is flat out dangerous for your child. Use it as a lesson for your search in a new club.

If you do choose to switch clubs, there can be issues with carding and you'll end up having to fulfill your financial commitment to the current club in order to transfer that to the new one.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have toyed with the idea of moving our kid to a different club for spring. When I brought it up to a couple veteran soccer parents (we are new in travel soccer) we were told the club won't release the player cards for them to play on another team. We are now hesitant on asking the coach or tell them we are thinking about leaving because they will most likely take it out on the kid.

Does anyone have any words of wisdom on doing something like this?

Finish your commitment unless its an environment that is flat out dangerous for your child. Use it as a lesson for your search in a new club.

If you do choose to switch clubs, there can be issues with carding and you'll end up having to fulfill your financial commitment to the current club in order to transfer that to the new one.

We do not mind forfeiting the money we have already paid.

We aren't changing because of a dangerous environment. Zero winter season, parents are expected to pay the coaches privately for lessons, we have not communicated or seen our coach in months, we have tournaments coming up in march we aren't ready for, it seems they have set up the team to do their worst. Fall season started to show some red flags but we powered through and now my kid is bored and hasn't even touched a field with teamates in months We try and take them to the field a couple times a week. Finding a free goal to use after school is hard work sometimes and we drive to several fields. My kid does their own drills in our side yard most days. I would hope moving them to a team that has a present coach would get them excited again. They personally have asked to look at new clubs because they want to get field time with someone giving them direction. While we can look up drills and have apps we are not professional coaches.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have toyed with the idea of moving our kid to a different club for spring. When I brought it up to a couple veteran soccer parents (we are new in travel soccer) we were told the club won't release the player cards for them to play on another team. We are now hesitant on asking the coach or tell them we are thinking about leaving because they will most likely take it out on the kid.

Does anyone have any words of wisdom on doing something like this?

Finish your commitment unless its an environment that is flat out dangerous for your child. Use it as a lesson for your search in a new club.

If you do choose to switch clubs, there can be issues with carding and you'll end up having to fulfill your financial commitment to the current club in order to transfer that to the new one.

We do not mind forfeiting the money we have already paid.

We aren't changing because of a dangerous environment. Zero winter season, parents are expected to pay the coaches privately for lessons, we have not communicated or seen our coach in months, we have tournaments coming up in march we aren't ready for, it seems they have set up the team to do their worst. Fall season started to show some red flags but we powered through and now my kid is bored and hasn't even touched a field with teamates in months We try and take them to the field a couple times a week. Finding a free goal to use after school is hard work sometimes and we drive to several fields. My kid does their own drills in our side yard most days. I would hope moving them to a team that has a present coach would get them excited again. They personally have asked to look at new clubs because they want to get field time with someone giving them direction. While we can look up drills and have apps we are not professional coaches.

Anonymous wrote:

We do not mind forfeiting the money we have already paid.

We aren't changing because of a dangerous environment. Zero winter season, parents are expected to pay the coaches privately for lessons, we have not communicated or seen our coach in months, we have tournaments coming up in march we aren't ready for, it seems they have set up the team to do their worst. Fall season started to show some red flags but we powered through and now my kid is bored and hasn't even touched a field with teamates in months We try and take them to the field a couple times a week. Finding a free goal to use after school is hard work sometimes and we drive to several fields. My kid does their own drills in our side yard most days. I would hope moving them to a team that has a present coach would get them excited again. They personally have asked to look at new clubs because they want to get field time with someone giving them direction. While we can look up drills and have apps we are not professional coaches.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have toyed with the idea of moving our kid to a different club for spring. When I brought it up to a couple veteran soccer parents (we are new in travel soccer) we were told the club won't release the player cards for them to play on another team. We are now hesitant on asking the coach or tell them we are thinking about leaving because they will most likely take it out on the kid.

Does anyone have any words of wisdom on doing something like this?

Finish your commitment unless its an environment that is flat out dangerous for your child. Use it as a lesson for your search in a new club.

If you do choose to switch clubs, there can be issues with carding and you'll end up having to fulfill your financial commitment to the current club in order to transfer that to the new one.

We do not mind forfeiting the money we have already paid.

We aren't changing because of a dangerous environment. Zero winter season, parents are expected to pay the coaches privately for lessons, we have not communicated or seen our coach in months, we have tournaments coming up in march we aren't ready for, it seems they have set up the team to do their worst. Fall season started to show some red flags but we powered through and now my kid is bored and hasn't even touched a field with teamates in months We try and take them to the field a couple times a week. Finding a free goal to use after school is hard work sometimes and we drive to several fields. My kid does their own drills in our side yard most days. I would hope moving them to a team that has a present coach would get them excited again. They personally have asked to look at new clubs because they want to get field time with someone giving them direction. While we can look up drills and have apps we are not professional coaches.

Anonymous wrote:A club cannot hold your player card if you are fully paid with them. You'll hear it as a scare tactic; but they get in trouble if reported and are forced to then release the card, which most clubs aren't going to go that far. Try out a few clubs now going to practices. honestly it's so late in the off season you're better off finishing the season while having a new club) team lined up. The chance of getting a uniform before March tournaments start is low

Coveted secret no one wants to share on here is if a coach/team wants your kid tryouts aren't even necessary. We've gotten offers after ID sessions for mid year changes or for the next year if we didn't want to switch yet. Coaches regularly recruit outside of tryouts. So, don't listen to anyone that says they don't because they are gate keeping for less competition or found out the hard way their player isn't as good as they thought for the teams they were trying to swap to and didn't get real offers.

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Anonymous wrote:A club cannot hold your player card if you are fully paid with them. You'll hear it as a scare tactic; but they get in trouble if reported and are forced to then release the card, which most clubs aren't going to go that far. Try out a few clubs now going to practices. honestly it's so late in the off season you're better off finishing the season while having a new club) team lined up. The chance of getting a uniform before March tournaments start is low

Coveted secret no one wants to share on here is if a coach/team wants your kid tryouts aren't even necessary. We've gotten offers after ID sessions for mid year changes or for the next year if we didn't want to switch yet. Coaches regularly recruit outside of tryouts. So, don't listen to anyone that says they don't because they are gate keeping for less competition or found out the hard way their player isn't as good as they thought for the teams they were trying to swap to and didn't get real offers.

Yeah, we’ve been asked to consider switching mid-year after practicing we’ve a few clubs over the winter. We did not bc it would have been a huge logistical adjustment but we did join in the fall.