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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is this a debate.  For some, Vista works, for others it may be FCBE.  Does it really matter if the kids are developing and having fun?  Fun???? That word ring a bell with anyone?  It's a damn game and I don't care how good you are, if you aren't having fun you aren't going to get better.[/quote]

Completely agree. Just stating what red flags I would consider with a small club over the price. It still always comes down to the overall value of the experience. It is to simplistic to say "we won a scrimmage and our fees are only $800 so we are better".[/quote]

I don't think anybody was saying that, you probably made that connection after making an assumption about what the parent was thinking.  Particularly, soccer should be a sport that allows you to move in an out depending on the season.  The annual signup is a boon to the clubs.

I would see as a red flag any club that doesn't value their players enough to let every 8-9 year old know good at soccer the club thinks they are by ranking their athletic ability in a color-coded fashion.  Then saying to the parents you will pay as much for your less-talented/athletically-gifted child as the other parent of the talented/coordinated child and will be assigned a coach that is less inclined to teach those kids as well as a coach that has a lower credential than the coach assigned to the talented/coordinated children AND you will show gratitude for being allowed to play in our club teams by doing as much volunteering as we ask you to do.  Of BTW, for a few select clubs, an addendum is that if the parent of the less-talented child wishes to receive training they already paid for from the coaches who train the talented children, they will be expected to pay MORE.[/quote]

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