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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VDA better than all of you[/quote]

At recruiting, not developing [/quote]

Both BSC and VDA are very good at developing. Truth.[/quote]

BSC discourages kids from playing up regardless of their talent and size[/quote]

Probably driven by parental and player jealousy and wanting to avoid the drama[/quote]

That's tricky, playing up might be better for a younger player but that kid is taking the spot/time of another player in that age group.[/quote]

If they're playing up, it's their spot and time

They're not guesting [/quote]

Tell that to the last kid cut from the top team, the club doesn't know what 10 year old will be in the top 5 in five years.[/quote]

So, the current top year team in each age group should be exclusively for kids in that age?  So, if that kid a year below is in the top 1/3 even when playing up, he should stay in his age group, dominate, and not improve thus stalling his development?  Simply because he earned the right to the spot but you want preferential access to 1st team?  Do I have this right?

Anything wrong with playing 2nd team and earning your way to 1st team?
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Anything wrong with playing in your age group? It’s why they have age groups.[/quote]

Yes there’s something wrong with playing on your first team if you aren’t being challenged. If younger kid plays up and can still be in top 3rd, it helps development. It’s not like the team drops a top third player, they drop one of the last kids take who is in many cases a bubble player going to or from second team anyway.

You need to look at rec if you don’t think kids should have to compete for roster spots. Age groups are there to prevent older kids from playing down. The “U” in U9-U19 stands for under x by certain date. It’s ok to be well under if good enough to compete. [/quote]

I don't know any kid on a top team at BSC who is so far above his team that he's not being challenged. Are there kids who could play up, definitely. Would it help them, maybe. There 's a 2015 playing for SYC's 2014 team and they're playing up 11v11 against 2013s. Is that in his interest? Maybe, I would argue that he'd be better off playing 9v9, getting more touches, focusing on his development, not getting to 11v11 ASAP.[/quote]

Not here recommending anything. That’s for coaches/clubs.  My point is that if club recommends playing up and family decides it’s right for them, it’s on the kid that is dropped or losing minutes to compete and earn back spot and minutes. [/quote]

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