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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are proud of your club's playing and not playing 9 year olds, say their name. Or else you aren't as proud as you pretend. [/quote]

Worry about training and the rest will take care of itself.

What will your excuse be in four years?[/quote]

No names?  Are you afraid to identify the clubs and coaches who you believe support limiting playing time at u9 and u10?  It’s simple.  If it is a good thing to do then everyone will certainly applaud and be happy to know these fine clubs and coaches.  Or, alternatively you can admit it is actually a really bad thing to do to 9 and 10 year olds.  There is no alternative.

I will pass along something the DofC of a club 2 of my kid’s played with for many years said that he learned over 25 years of youth coaching.  The best u9 players are never the best u12s, and it all changes again by u16.[b]  I would add to that by college it can all change again.  Take a look at any college team roster on line.  Count the seniors. Now go back 4 years and see how many were in the freshman entering class. [/b] If 50% are still playing as seniors that school is doing pretty good.  Many schools don’t keep more than a third.

So - again - coaches and club names please.

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You are seriously comparing College soccer to travel? There are hundreds of reasons why kids don’t stick it out at the college level and almost all have to do with the incredible amount of time commitment to the sport at the sacrifice of academics.

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That is simply not true. Almost all?  No, many don't realize where they are at as a player until they compete for those college roster spots.  They don't get the school they want, and most college players never actually play.  The rosters are quite big.  Once they realize all of this, then they drop out.

Time commitment is a factor, but blaming it on that is out of step.  And if all these clubs truly run travel the way you say, you shouldn't have any problem naming them. [/quote]

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