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[quote=dcummins][quote=Novafam][quote=Dcum1300]We have a U10/11 DC that plays at one of the more competitive and successful clubs in the area for their age group. We were wondering what thoughts anyone had regarding staying with the current team next year and playing as a reserve with less playing time vs. playing on a top team for a smaller club and helping to lead that team with unlimited playing time. Practices and tournaments would be less competitive but gaining confidence and playing time are intriguing. [/quote]

Had to reply as my DC was in this same exact situation. After a year of moving from a top team in a top club to a smaller club for the purpose of more playing time and "leadership," I can confidently say it was a VERY bad move. Similar to some of the comments, the main difference was the quality of players on the small club team vs big club team. I can also say after seeing this first hand, it is 100% correct that your DC will only develop based on teammate ability during PRACTICE. More game time (Played almost every minute of every game) did absolutely nothing for development. Now at the end of season, it is clear that my DC's skills has tremendously suffered while teammates that were not as skilled at the beginning of the year significantly improved.  It was as if they absorbed my DC's skills and my DC was worse for it. To see my DC play at a level that is below what is was before the season started is very frustrating. It is like wasting a year and now having to redevelop over the summer and catch up with their new team for next year. Save yourself the frustration and use avoid the pitfall we went through.[/quote]

This is exactly what happened to my kid but he is on the top team.  New kids joined because the coach has a college soccer teammate that has a kid who was on VDAs b or c team and wanted to be on an ECNL team.  Then this parent identified some more players to the coach to join the team who were all on VDAs b and c teams.  They have no idea how to play soccer and they hold the the ball too long.  its been a whole year and those kids still don't know how to play in the system the coach wants them to play.  Its as if the coach is using my kid to show these kids how to play in his system.  My kid is pretty technical, knows when to dribble and knows when to release, knows how to fill space, etc.  Because my kid plays the way the coach wants he's regressed.  Yet he lets these new kids dribble away and force the ball up the field. There's definitely a double standard.  What a waste of a year.  The coach is not very good, some of the kids after two years still don't know how to play the style the coach wants.  And then the club decides my kid will be better off on the b team.  Good thing I had my son work out with another club and he will be moving over to their top team for next year.[/quote]

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