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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a good question and as with anything depends on the situation.  Is DC getting good minutes on the current top team? Is the coaching good? Are the families good? Does your DC want to challenge himself/herself and take a crack at achieving more? If he/she is developing well then maybe ok to stay.

[b]With that being said, breaking into top teams at bigger clubs is hard and seems to get harder as the years go by.  People always say if they are good they will get noticed.  But it's not always easy to get noticed at the big tryouts unless you are super fast or super strong.[/b]

It might help to go be on the second or third team at a bigger club so that the coaches there are aware of your DC.  It's not guaranteed he/she will get moved up but a better pathway than attending a large tryout later?  Maybe you can talk to parents and see if that bigger club has a history of promoting from within.

Personally, if your kid is one that needs to be challenged I think a new environment always helps them learn something.  In my opinion, you can probably always go back to the smaller club if you leave on good terms... [/quote]

Actually, I'd disagree with this.  Once you get "slotted" at a bigger club, you have very little chance of moving up, in our experience.  We've been at a bigger club on the 2nd team for 5 years and haven't seen a single kid moved up to the top team.  If you like your coach and think the kid is improving, I'd stay until U14/U15 and then look for a top team at a bigger club.  Cynically, it seems like they're always looking for "new money".[/quote]

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