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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just don't expect that your DC will improve drastically playing at BSC. [/quote]

Perhaps this is true at the most novice/weaker of the teams, but for the high- and mid-level teams, a big part of kids' improvement is not just coaching but also the day-to-day competition spurred by the other players on the teams, in drills and scrimmages.  Bethesda attracts a lot of higher skilled players across all age groups, and those higher skilled players will help elevate the skills of your DC (and vice versa).  In other words, when evaluating potential for improvement, the existing talent base is an important (and often overlooked) factor.
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I agree with this, and I'd add that in the years we've been at Bethesda the club has also benefited from having a lot of families from other countries that are very serious about soccer.  You don't realize how much difference knowledgeable parents make until you are stuck on a team where the parents are a bunch of highly-paid professionals who know nothing about the game and are trying to push their kids to the top via networking and scheming.

I have son on a B team there now who has improved dramatically over the last couple of years.  We've been at Bethesda for close to a decade, and I wouldn't tell you that the club has ever had amazing leadership or fields or is super-well organized, but there are at least some good coaches at every age group and they take skill development very seriously at the younger ages.  If your kid has failed to improve in their youth system, you and your kid are not taking full advantage of what's on offer. [/quote]

You've been there close to a decade paying 3-4k a year and your kid is still on the B team?  I genuinely don't understand that.[/quote]

What don't you understand?  If a kid is improving, why would you want to leave a club? [/quote]

Because the price range and time commitment is insane if the kid isn't that good at soccer.[/quote]

The point is that at BSC the B team is actually pretty good and kids can be really, really good and play on the Bethesda B team, which likely is better (and more enjoyable) than most other clubs' A teams.[/quote]

According to who?[/quote]

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