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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]So what I have heard most of the clubs are looking at a 20- 30% decrease in returning players. Reach out to the clubs [/quote]

That's what I heard too, yet not one kid on my son's team got an offer to move up to the next level team.  I guess maybe they plan to fill from the outside, and then reach out to current players to move up if that doesn't work.[/quote]

There is usually a reason why they are on the 2nd team. Its not because of numbers its more because of talent. I coached at 2 different clubs for over 13 years. The truth is that the 2nd team is a money maker and not looked at too serious for development.[/quote]

Yikes. Well, this explains why several area clubs get a bad rap for focusing solely on the top team. The top team coach simply doesn’t care about the other teams in the age group as the are just revenue makers/money grabs. This candor is hard for 2nd, 3rd, 4th team parents to hear.[/quote]

Look at Arlington at the u littles. They have one coach for 2 teams and they practice together. The second team is lucky if the coach talks to them once every month. Truth be total the coach only works with top 4 players at practice. The rest of the first team and the second team are just paying for the privilege to be ignored.[/quote]

This happens in other clubs as well. The mediocre coaching mentality that forgets that soccer is a “team” sport.   They also forget what coaching means.
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AND THAT THE YOUNGER YEARS ARE ABOUT [b]DEVELOPMENT[/b].

Coaches really should watch documentaries on great players  My sons and I have been watching many during the outbreak.  The over-riding theme is kids rejected and it also being painful for the parent to see them rejected for YEARS.  It's the ones that ignored it, searched long and hard and never gave up--that end up making it in the long term.  And, yes, even in Europe it was usually do to the player being less physically evolved/late developer at the time.

US coaches don't have time for this.  Most US players end their careers after Senior year of High School---so why commit to developing players when how they attract $$ is by winning games and tournaments in the younger years. There is much more incentive to RECRUIT, cut and get new talent than invest any time in players they have.

It's a fact.  Once you understand that, you will do better.  For us, it meant really searching the area and moving our kids to get the type of coaching they needed to develop while waiting for their late growth (family trait).[/quote]

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