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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depending on the club, if you are looking for kid to improve and teach the importance of getting better = moving up, go with club B.

We did this.  From top team at a losing club to mid-tier at a highly rated but large club.  My kid moved up.  She was unafraid of starting low and rising.  I gotta hand it to her - I really respect her for this attitude.

Way too many people just want to be on a top team - even if that team is a loser team - because they like to think of their kid as awesome.  The truth is, it's better to join a top organization and rise than it is to be with an organization that is irrelevant at the top.  Even if you never make it to the top of a top organization, you'll prob be still pretty damn good because in a large club, providing that they are respectable, has certain standards.

In any case, it's a good lesson for kids.  I agree with coaching better at top levels but at some point it's not about the coach - it's about the kid developing themselves.  That's a lesson that is more valuable than winning or losing a game.[/quote]

I understand this but it has not been our experience. Different clubs are different, and some "top clubs" just really do not believe in promotion from within. It happens, but is very very rare or only happens in the event of a mass departure (and even in some cases, they heavily recruit when this happens). We also have found that coaching really matters but our kid is a kid to whom school has generally come very easy, so the motivation and individual attention that a hands on coach provides is important and gives him something he doesn't really get elsewhere (but that's a personal preference, both in terms of what he needs and who the coach is). [/quote]

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