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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Life isn’t fair. Life is survival of the fittest. Opportunity is awarded to the most prepared. Work hard, play hard. All of these and many other similar quotes needs to be shared with your kids. Don’t expect to just show up and expect what you deserve.

I understand that since you paid to be on the team, you think your DC deserve equal playing time. The unfortunate reality is that coaches/teams need to win to retain their players and to also recruit new players. Again, there are way too many teams/clubs in the DMV that compete to get/attract players. It’s the parents that focuses on wins and move their DC to the top winning teams thinking it’s best for their DC’s development and opportunity for D1 college.

I’m not supporting one view or another, my point is that some parents view that their DC is the top 1/3 of the team and deserve more playing time as this gets them the league or tournament trophy and attract more and better players. While the parents of the less talented players feel that they should get 50% of the playing time. I am not a coach, but I think a coach would have no choice but try to best balance this situation. [/quote]

I know from the real cases that coach would try to push out less talented players by giving them 10 minutes in away games after 5x2 hours driving by parents or on the team bus.
probably happening on u15/u16, So you got the message and then have your own decision for the next season.
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