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[quote=DCUdad]I would argue strongly for staying with the "better" team on the bigger club. The most important driver of progress for young players is *who you train with* not how much playing time you get in games. Training with better players makes you better, and makes you want to get better still -- a virtuous cycle. Training is better and more focused with better players; so everyone gets better faster.

All of these cycles work in reverse with lesser players. It's not that fun to be the best player on a not-as-good team. You get frustrated with your teammates -- should I pass that guy the ball, or will he fumble it out of bounds? So you develop bad habits like over-dribbling that won't fly on better teams later on.

This advice is even more true for younger players (like U10/11) because they can improve so much so quickly. At these ages the point is to get better, not play the most minutes. So I say play on the best team that will have you and then work to keep up with and maybe eventually pass your teammates.[/quote]

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