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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My experience from watching my ECNL U15 DD over the years is top girls teams move girls down but hardly ever move them up to the pre-ECNL or ECNL team.  Clubs look to fill top team roster spots with outsiders.

I've seen great players who moved from ECRL/B team to another club's ECNL team and do great.  I always wondered why the original clubs looked for talent from outside rather than the great talents they already have on the 2nd team?[/quote]

My kid has played a first team and second team of a major club because the team has moved up and down divisions, and has also practiced with a couple of first teams. As a team, the second team was nowhere near the level of the first team and I don’t recall any standouts. Individually, they had solid skills but the mentality was pretty dismal. Easily phased by everything that did not go their way. I guess resilience was lacking.

At one other club, the second team was just not as technically skilled and at least two coaches have told me that they are more likely to have kids play up than take from their second team.

I think it’s hard to shine on a B team and be moved up when you’re being compared against other B team players. Thats why players have more success moving to other top teams at other clubs when they practice with those top teams, they’re being compared to other top players and are keeping up and more.

The advice on this board is if your kid is truly better than a B team, to move them to another club if they want to play on a top team.

Otherwise, kids on the B team who stay at the B level are there because they are still at B level and maybe don’t have the belief that they can be better. Gotta get out of your comfort zone (ie to a new club) to develop.

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