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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is our kid’s first year in travel so we’re still learning how things work so I could use some insight here.  We got word this weekend that our kid is going to get an invitation soon to move up a team within their club (not to the top team).  While this would be flattering, we’re reluctant to have them change teams because the coach of their current team is very good for our kid’s particular position, and the coach of the other team does not have this particular expertise.  If my kid says no, my guess is they’ll look at a player who plays this position for the next team down from our current one.

Our only reservation about not accepting an invitation (if it comes) is whether it will affect our kid’s chances at moving up next year if another player has leap frogged them for this season because our kid declined to move up (which we would explain is only because of the unique coaching opportunity the current team provides for this year, not that our kid doesn’t want to play at the highest level they can).  Any thoughts?  With everything being so weird with covid and the chance that there might not be regular tryouts this spring, we don’t want to mess things up for our kid long-term.[/quote]

Sounds like you’re open to the idea of moving up (as you should be, IMO) but that you really like the current coach and so does your player. If the invite comes, I would express that to the club - maybe they can find some way to continue to work in some training with the current coach even after you switch to the new team, at least during some transitional period.[/quote]

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