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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What age group?

In my experience, kid(s) who are standing out on 2nd team would generally get invited to practice or guest with the top team. If you kid isn't a super star on 2nd and about the same level as many other players on that team, chances are there are a lot of thing for her to work on. Maybe a more honest convo with her coach to see what she needs to work on. Than thinking of switching club. [/quote]

[b]It's hard to improve without playing time[/b]. If OP's kid is young, run far away from coaches not playing the whole roster. If OP's kid is older, then they need a team that will play them  [/quote]

The bolded above is essentially 100% incorrect, and is the prevalent thought of many uneducated soccer parents in this area.  You improve through practice, you improve through outside training, and you improve through individual time (running, ball-work, shooting, etc on your own).  This is where 99% of the improvement comes from (and I would argue that formal soccer practices is the least impactful one of the three on development).  Games are not for improvement - they are to apply what you've learned in a "real-life" setting.  If you're not getting those opportunities to do so, I agree that you should at least consider moving to a situation where you will get those opportunities.  Parents need to be realistic, however, on why their darling isn't getting the opportunity.  Politics/Favorites, or skills aren't at that level?  Be honest, get an independent evaluation, and then determine the proper next steps (lower team, new club, etc.).[/quote]

That's the party line from a club that rosters more kids than they're allowed to dress on game day. [/quote]

Nope. That's facts.

Take the kid putting in the quality training work 5/6 days a week compared to the kid showing up to subpar team practice maybe 2, 3X's a week.
The 30 to 40 minutes of game time hardly touching the ball on Saturday isn't where development takes place.
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What if both kids are putting in the time training but one gets 20-30 of game time every other game and the other plays a full 90 every game? The party line for these 25 player deep money grab clubs is that they do more training than clubs that will only take on 15-18 kids. This is not true. The training is so you perform in games. What’s the point if you never get rostered in games?[/quote]

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