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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question:  There are so many posts and articles that indicate that development is much more important than winning. While I agree, but isn’t wins (or team record) a way to gauge how a team or player develops?  Similarly, public schools teach/develop kids but they also have quizzes/tests so gauge a student’s progress. Am I wrong with this assessment?

(I understand some will indicate the strong/fast kids and kick/run tactics, but isn’t learning how to deal with this type of teams part of development?)[/quote]

Winning at earlier ages likely reflects the size of the player pool for the club.  Period.  Beyond that, you need to know soccer well to see how your individual child is developing within the context of the team.  I think the most practical benchmark if you don't know soccer well is to look at a team's progress against the same teams year over year.  It is imperfect -- the rosters change over time -- but it can give you a sense of how your team and coaches are doing relative to other teams.  But no, I don't believe winning alone tells you much about development, especially at earlier ages.  We moved to a club and team that my child had beaten three times over the course of the year because the other team was part of a club where the coaching was absolutely superb and a nice corrective to some of the tendencies my kid and other younger kids can develop.  Even the year over year comparisons vs. the same teams can fall short because of the randomness and variability within soccer games.[/quote]

Why is that some clubs’ methodology and tendency is to develop only a few players?  Only one learns to do the corner kicks, only one does the direct kicks, only one or two play 100% of the game? Does it have to do with the clubs development and playing style method or it has to do with coachs level of knowledge about soccer?   Imagine when the rest of the players iget to the recruiting age without ever experienced doing a corner kick under pressure because they never had the opportunity to experience it.  [/quote]

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