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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moron, No one said it was a certainty. You must be in politics.

The argument remains that you do not need to get sucked into travel soccer at u8-u11. Find a strong classic/select coach. I found one last week while sledding with my kids. The guy had played college soccer was a youth travel coach who won state championships back when they meant something. Now that he has kids, he only coaches his kids. They play in travel tournaments. I will take a coach like that from u8-u11 and save my money over playing travel and driving up and down I95. I would then put my kid on a strong travel team at u12/u13 and from there, let them work to make elite travel at u14/u15.

Just another pathway folks. [/quote]

Those coaches that you speak of are also not completely in it for the kids. They are there to coach their kid and have control over their kid's process. Some teammates may benefit from the coaching but never forget that in the parent/coach's eyes the team is there in support of their child not the other way around. And that is why they do it. Sure they will tell you that they just love the game, the kids, they want to give back blah, blah blah. All of that is true to a point and that point is when the team has outlived its usefulness in the coach's eye. [/quote]

Sorry but I know players from these teams and have spoken to the coaches and the coaches want to improve every player.[/quote]

Sure they do, but it is not their primary motivation. It simply is not a pathway in the truest sense. If your player shows potential and promise but is not yet truly committed to soccer or is enjoying multiple sports and activities then sure, classic/select is low cost way to keep a player involved in the game in a reasonably developmental way.

But if you have a kid who is rather serious and shows promise then, unless money/time is an issue and barring any known unicorn coaches in a select environment I would not recommend select soccer or even sell it as a pathway.

Select soccer is what it is, a soccer halfway house. For some rec kids it is a developmental pathway to travel and for some travel kids it can be a way out of travel into a simple yet competitive environment.

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