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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think coaches don’t realize (or don’t care) how tiresome the “player pool” concept is for parents and players. It always sounds great at the beginning but then when your player is trying hard and still not getting time with the top team due to whatever reason (a lot can be political) it gets frustrating and tiring. Better to have a set team IMO even if it is the B team.[/quote]

And I think parents and players fail to accept that the kid simply might not be good enough (i.e. when it's not political), but that is the way in this area and these days: more and more issues get politicized when that's not the motivation.  The pool concept and consistent curriculum definitely benefits the coaches.  But on the flip side it doesn't benefit the coaches when the customers have so many options and can shop around.

Aren't you contradicting yourself a bit with the last sentence?  Or are you saying, it would be better now to tell parents and players their kid is only ever going to be a B team player? If you say yse, then then aren't you more likely to go shop around and look for some place where the grass appears greener until you stop onto it?  Is your kid enjoying their experience?
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I've had a kid be part of a player pool that floated between B and A teams. They absolutely hated it and it almost made the quit soccer- they ended up just leaving the club. It makes practice stressful because they constantly have to preform and fear having off days even if they can see their peers who are more set in their roles relaxing. It makes game minutes even more stressful because any mistake can mean they don't play for the team next week, this gets compounded if they see players not preforming well, but still being on the A team. Socially (I know this board doesn't care about this aspect, but your kids probably do), they aren't part of either team so any of the outside of practice/game meetups likely don't include them. For parents, it makes scheduling weekends that much harder when you don't find out when your kid will be playing until Thursday. I think it's much better for everyone to give offers based on teams and then either permanently (for the rest of the year) move a kid up or down so that they can at least have some certainty about where they stand and what team they are on [/quote]

I could ge on board with that from season to season. Exceptions could be pulling a kid up once or twice or rotating all kids up for at least one match during a season (but not the reverse).[/quote]

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