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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question about U11 kid (10-year old).

What would you do/think is better of these two options? :

A) Very strong training, consistent program.  Coaches fantastic, development path strong.  Current players weak-average, only a few strong ones.  Probably could train up though.
B) Very strong players/competitive. Training good-nowhere near as good as A), coaches will vary over the years.

At this age is it more important to continue to work with a highly knowledgabel coaching staff with better training or a group of strong players where training ok, but not fantastic?

I know there is a development theory where league/competition doesn't matter until after U12, but this is about kids on the team and at practice.  Another theory I've heard, confidence grows when you get to be team leader and take on more respsonibility.

Going back and forth.  In first scenario, player is highly valued/wanted strongly by coaching staff.  Second scenario, one of many good players.

Another factor, parent intensity probably much more in B).  I really hate that environment, but would do my best to avoid--drop off, leave practice, sit farther away at games.  A) does not allow sidelines to coach and very strict about parent behavior.

I am torn.  I'd love to hear thoughts and what you would do in this situation.[/quote]

I would pick Team A for that age in a heartbeat, but I'm curious about how a team can have great coaches and training and a great development path yet mostly weak to average players?  Why aren't there more top players flocking there if the training is so good?   In any case, while it is ideal to have strong competition in practice plus the positives Team A seems to offer, it is more important that a kid that age do a lot of individual work at home.  If he is talented and continues to improve in a good environment, there will be plenty of more competitive options down the road.[/quote]

I think sometimes there are just glitches in age groups.  I'm the PP, and while I believe the club overall is strong, my kid's age group is just weak. I think it may be stronger this coming year, as they've released some players and picked up some new ones, but at any given time in this club across a gender, I feel like there have been 2-3 really strong teams, a handful of 'decent' teams, and one or two that just don't compete at the same level in their league. That can change over time, but it's tough to keep/attract strong players when a team is last in its league, never wins tournaments, etc.   Also, the coaching hasn't always been strong for this age group - it just happens to be so for the coming year. [/quote]

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