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[quote=Anonymous]I guess the arguments in the "it does matter" bucket would look something like:

Playing for a top club....

--Gets your child better coaching (seems arguable and minimally not a given)
--Gets your child playing with and amongst and against in practice a higher caliber of player (likely if there are strong teams at the younger levels; but some much much weaker clubs overall can have top young teams)
--Gets the club familiar with your kid and gives them a better chance to make future teams (unsure about this; I think it gets impersonal when you get to middle/high school levels but maybe at the young levels a good kid and good family that is familiar and connected with the club get the nod over similarly talented kids coming from the outside; they don't want to cut a kid that's been on the team at these young ages and may inflate the roster 1-2 to not make the cuts but then that may not really help the kid in the long run)
--Why not if you can start there do so (as in, what is to gain from not starting there if the kid can make it...maybe travel to practice and maybe playing with friends and maybe 2nd tier clubs have substantially cheaper fees?)

What do you think?  Does it matter for the young ones?  When would you say it matters and why?  Hard to think that it would not matter until middle/high school and then all the club kids descend upon the top clubs?  Maybe that is what happens.

Related question--what do you think of all of the DEVO programs?

It's impossible to know if the stars from 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades are going to remain stars.  Others' speed may catch up.  Size may change.  Burn out may fizzle kids' love and spark in others.  Right now, in my view, aggressive kids and speedy kids are dominating, with the occasional top stick skills kids in there (and those kids may fade if they have no real speed).[/quote]

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