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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The U12 teams do not function as DA teams.  DA teams draw from a much, much broader area with a significantly higher level of talent reflecting substantially more competition during tryouts.  These U12 teams are mostly U11 teams from these clubs that are one year older.  Some are good, just like their U10 and U11 top teams.  Some are not.  None will be nearly as good as DA teams at U13, and nobody but top players on these U12 teams should assume they are likely to get selected for U13 DA.  Can we please stop misleading people about these teams?  [/quote]

Let's put it this way: your best chance to make any DA team is to be a good player already with that club. But even so, there is more year-to-year turnover at younger ages. They might replace half the team U12->U13, then maybe 30% the next year, then just 4-5 guys the next year, and so on. So if you think you want to play on Bethesda's U13 DA team in 18 months, your best bet is to play for their U12 pre-academy next year; you have the inside track--if you actually perform.[/quote]

What is missing from all of this is 'where will your kid develop the best'?  Just because it is "DA" does not mean it is great at player development and all of them vary a great degree on how well they do this.

I do not like the idea that others subscribe to...get the kids into a Club at the youngest ages so they will be a 'feeder'.  A lot of these kids end up stunted players down the road and get cut at U15 and above by kids that cared less about DA in the younger years and more on what worked for them.  It could be a really great coach strong Club team near home and a great outside trainer.  Also, there isn't much time to practice hours on your own (which most great players do) when you are at DA practice almost every night.

That is just food for thought. It's like the private school forum---the perception of what you will get out of a 'name school' may not be better instruction that you would get out of a very good public school. But--that's this area.  It's easy to get people to flock to something.[/quote]

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