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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I keep in touch with a friend who has children at Barca.  Seems the year hasn't been going well, with floundering teams in EDP and lots of dissatisfaction amongst the parents in their age group. Also complaints about play-ups who don't actually help in the older age groups in a few cases.  Basically a lot of the complaints we've heard about with other local clubs. Thought this was relevant to post here.[/quote]

Interesting, and it is relevant.  Play ups when that player is average on the play up team never makes sense - even when it pleases the parents.  [/quote]

I thought the whole idea of a play-up was to take a kid that excels in his age group and therefore sees fewer challenges, and play him up so he plays at the level of his teammates. [/quote]

Well, if the playups aren’t actually helping, as quoted is happening, that would imply that said playups are not playing at the higher age group level.  [/quote]

I think the idea is to present the best challenge to each and every player, especially the gifted ones, even if the team does not benefit as a whole. I don't think they are as concerned about team performance as they are developing the players individually. [/quote]

Sounds to me like they are catering to a few parents' egos, based on the feedback from the member there.[/quote]

Playing up is not an exact science.  A player could be dominant in his age group, but when playing up some players struggle, while others excel against players who are older and more physically mature.   Both scenarios could be helpful for long term player development because kids need to experience both success and adversity.   It has nothing to do with parents' egos.  I know at least one parent at Barca, whose son is on a team that is 2 years older than his age group, but the parent prefers for him to play in his natural age group and not to play up.   My kid plays in his own age group, but he and some of his teammates also guest-played in a couple of games with other teams against competition that was two years older.  Never had to lobby for a play up opportunity.

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