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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter currently plays on a team that is the second level team in her current age group, she has loved this team, really impressive make up of girls and per the coach she is middle to top of the team (even though she is youngest by far).  She is only teammate that qualifies for the re-age, I believe her coach would like to keep her, but she really wants to go to the top team in the lower age group where all of her friends/classmates are.  Her current team has played this top team a lot in practice (they practice at the same time) and her team has always beat them or tied- it is very comparable, my daughter is better than many girls on the current team and feel she could hold her own.  Can I reach out to the coach/age group director and ask their thoughts/plans for my daughter? The second level team in age group down is a hot mess, and my daughters team beats them 10-0 every time and she would not want to play with them. What would you do? What is okay to do? If she wouldn't make it onto the top team in her new age group, she would want to try out for other clubs before playing with the second level team in that age group.  I truly am not sure what etiquette is here- I don't think my daughter is a future D1 athlete or anything crazy like that, but she is good and really excited to finally be able to play with her best friends, and with as much time and travel they do, think it is not an unreasonable request, if I should lay my cards out to the age group director, but am not sure so hoping for some feedback![/quote]

Tough spot. I think you have 2 options and both are good.

1st option. Try for a 1st team spot on the younger (same grade team).  The thing is you are likely to not get a spot on the older team as so many girls will be moving down into that spot from the 2013 group.

The second option is to switch clubs and try for a team you want. In my limited experience, switching clubs will get you better leverage.  Kids that stay within their clubs have less leverage and the coaching staff already have a well formed opinion on them...and they are looking at all the potential new (older) kids that can drop down or could defect from rival clubs.  Your kid will likely not get a fair shake in the current reshuffle.  [/quote]

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