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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your player does not mesh with the Coach?  Would you go?  Would you wait and see if the Coach changes the following year?

If your player is slated only for a position they are unhappy with is it time to move on?  2nd year and still unhappy playing in the back, but told by Coach that he can't trust anyone else back there.  Team has few kids that can play defense so your kid gets put there even though the kid is a much better player elsewhere on the field.  Kid is a starter and plays majority of the game.  Everywhere else they have ever played (special teams, indoor/futsal, former club, camps, international play) they were always automatically seen as a forward or attacking mid, great finisher--many assists and goals. Welcomed learning defense, but not at the cost of never playing anywhere else going into the end of 2nd year with team.  Team has few kids that can play defense so your kid gets put there even though he is a much better player elsewhere.  Team has forwards that have only scored  4 goals since September (11-12 games) and 2 of those goals were not scored by the forwards (defender goals) so it's not like they have forwards that are doing the job.  But, team/coach/parents blame defense for everything and their lack of success.  This is incredibly frustrating for the defense and seriously eroding self-confidence in the player and the other backs as well.

2 years is enough time to call it a day, correct?   If Coach makes zero attempt to ever change 'attack' when the team has lost every game  (12 games) and scored 4 goals total.  It's not a case of the backs losing possession or keeping from advancing or being out of position---but the forwards can never do anything each time possession is moved into the upper 1/3. Some can't be bothered to chase back and are never blamed for that or taking way too many touches and continually losing possession.  They miss over-lapping runs made by the backs when there is clear opportunity.

It's like the twilight zone.  They keep getting 'bigger' backs, but do nothing to address the forward line. And, if they think 'size' is going to solve the problem in the Back--why don't they address it with the teeny tiny forwards that can't do anything against any team and are constantly shut down?  We have a striker who has never scored a goal.  Scoring is a striker's primary job.  The after game talks by the Coach are always an attack on the defense while you watched the forwards miss every chance, dribble the ball into the ground multiple times, miss easy opportunities and rarely come back on defense/try to win ball back when losing it-- exposing the defenders.

Is there some grand development stage that I am missing with this approach?  Is this a normal thing?  I have honestly not seen any Coach not make a change in a forward starting line-up with this type of record---much less even take the forwards out of a game.  At what point are you developing forwards vs keeping in forwards that can't get the job done?  [b]Is it really a defensive problem if they have no problem advancing the ball up field/keep possession, know positioning (and use it to cover one another, go wide to outside line when keeper has the ball---but get hammered every game because the team can't keep ball beyond mid-line?[/b][/quote]

Without watching can't tell if defenders are doing anything wrong, but a group of forwards that is scoring basically zero goals per game an entire season is definitely an offensive/attacking problem.  When learning possession-style, which it sounds like, you expect defensive mistakes in younger years.  But, if your team can't finish at all by age 13, you need some new forwards or a different approach.  If it is a 'possession-style club', I'd question why nothing is being done at that age by forwards taking too many touches/dribbling into the ground repeatedly and especially not chasing back and trying to win possession IMMEDIATELY after losing the ball. Sounds like a lazy group.[/quote]

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