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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]We've been with Alexandria for several years, but are going to look elsewhere for next year. It has nothing to do with Tommy Park, really. My child's coach is super grouchy and mean, and he doesn't do the types of drills at practice that the red and white teams do. Yeah, he's on blue, but if he doesn't work on these skills, he is not ever going to move up.

If he wants to move up, it's not going to happen because of a few drills run at practice. He needs to practise at home by himself. That said - if the coach is a grouch who isn't doing a good job then you should probably leave anyway.

He does practice by himself, and does conditioning stuff too. We are aware of what is required. He does not, however, at present, have local friends or teammates interested in doing drills together outside practice.[/quote]

I guess to be more clear, my larger issue is that I feel like the club just cares about the top two teams (and mostly the top) and that the remaining teams they field are a money grab.  But, in my view, if you are paying 2K, the club should invest in developing your kid, even if the kid will [u]never[/u] reach the top team.  The club should be trying to help the kids be better than their former selves.  Everyone has potential to improve, even if they don't have potential to reach red or white.
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It's the same at every Club, starting at the youngest of ages.  The bigger the Club the more often they never even reach down or consider young kids that start out on the lowest teams.  You have to leave to move up.[/quote]

the funny thing is, if you are at Alexandria and do a year at LMVSC/Gunston/Annandale/SYC... and then try out the year after, you're more likely to get a look by people deciding who belongs on what team than if you're on the third team year after year. I think the same holds for most large clubs and in some ways, it makes sense- a top team coach just doesn't have the bandwidth to coach their teams and know enough about kids does two or three levels to know who to move up [/quote]

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