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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kid will always have more fun playing on a team where he/she is in the top third of the kids on the team. Look for a team where that happens. No he should not be way better than everyone else. But, top third level is about correct for fun and development.

Remember [b]though that 90% of a player's development happens outside of games and formal club practices.[/b]  [/quote]

The bolded is key point for OP.   If your kid wants to "move up" from a lower team to a higher team he/she will have to work harder and practice more than the other kids -- which means spending time on soccer skills outside of team practices, during days or weekends off from games and practice,  during breaks in the season.

My kid moved from the C team at U9-U10 to the B team at U11-U13 and then to the A team at U14 because he wanted to put in the extra time to make it happen.  Kid (not parents) must have promotion to higher team as a goal, and be willing to work at it over a long period of time outside of team practices to make it happen.  
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A lot of that movement is inherent due to the increase in roster size at the older age group (merging of teams), many kids burning out and dropping out by middle school, and for the DA pulling kids out of the A-C teams.

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Now these movements are happy even more frequently and dramatically since you are pulling 20-26 kids out of the A-D team pool.  Lots of shifting upwards even without additional time practicing on their own.[/quote]

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