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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So basically you’re both saying its not skills development for the Bs, it’s more physical and roster increase.

Sadly, i also think there is a ceiling in what foot skills can do without adequate speed/strength in development, especially for girls. I dont know how you overcome that, realistically.

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No, that is not what I implied at all. What I implied is that a B team starter is more likely to actually develop in soccer ways over the A team bench player. While training with the A team in theory should help the A team bench player the reality is there is likely very little that separates the A team kid form the B team kid. But, given a good environment and far more playing time the B team starter can easily pass the A team Bench player. Keep in mind that rosters are small at the young ages. If you look at a U9 A/B team as a eventual 11v11 player pool good training and playing is more important than which group of kids your kid is paired with.

The back end of A teams are filled with squeaky wheels who are no better than their B team counterparts. Most player pools are similar to a Bell Curve. Out of 20 kids you have your top 5, your bottom 5 and everyone else is packed in the middle, separated only by a coaches early hunch. The line that separates kid 10 from 11 is razor thin. [/quote]

At that age u9-u11, there should not be much difference in playing time. Most places are playing everyone the same amount and rotating all players through all positions. Now in the later years when everyone has a position and has to fight for playing time, it more important to get playing time. [/quote]

Oh Jesus Christ don’t be:
1. So literal
2. So naive

You take a pool of 20 players and the middle effing 10 kids are pretty much the same. So a A or B team doesn’t really matter for those ten kids. By the time of U12-13 you do have established starters and bench players. And by the end of U13 things get jumbled up for any number of reasons. [/quote]

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