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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best is when the age group coordinator or TD tells parents [quote]they will reward loyalty as a precaution to be proactive with parents.[/quote] Don't fall for it. Smile, be polite, know they are full of shit and email the other club's coach well in advance of tryouts, take your kid to the practice. You won't regret it.[/quote]

+100

Oh I love that line! "We like to promote within our club" is also cute, then we see all of the top teams filled with outside players :D Loyalty my arse. It does not exist. [/quote]

I'll another +100 to your +100! Ha!

Our team and coach is such a weasel. Lot of kids fell for the "homegrown" loyalty line and are very much regretting not accepting other offers. Live and learn I guess. Fool me once...[/quote]

Loyalty doesn’t make your kid earn a spot on a better team though. Why would your kid be promoted to a better team if there is another outside player that is better?

I read all these posts complaining that outside players turn out not to be that great. But if your player was good or improved, they would have been promoted.

I don’t know, our team has a few kids promoted from the second team and they’ve earned those spots with hard work but I can’t say they’re better than the new kids that have come in.

Frankly just showing up is not enough to earn a spot. And for kids and parents to expect that for any sport means they’re not meant for competitive sport. 
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Outside players aren't moving over for a lateral team level. Clubs that want more people paying dues are more likely to keep a current played on a B or C team and bring in an equally skilled player to the higher team than to move up the internal player and offer the outside player the same level they are at their current club.  [/quote]

It doesn’t change the fact that no kid should expect to make a higher team if they’re not performing at that level, regardless of the fact that may have shown up at all practices and have been at the club longer.

If parents genuinely believes their kid should be at a higher level team, they would move the kid. So yes, for the top kids on a B team, they should move if they’re not promoted and there is a high chance that they can land somewhere better.

But the reality for many of those bottom b and c kids is that it’ll be harder to find a higher placement. 
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