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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - I was mostly asking the question here to get unbiased opinions on what might be fairest - i.e. who leaves the team.  It's a call no coach really wants to make, telling a kid they can't play with us anymore.  Generally kids leave rec on their own instead of being told to leave.

Making it more difficult is that I'm the coach and the ADP kid is mine.  I think we have a clearer case for staying, because my kid's select team is much closer in ability level to rec than a very good travel team.  But I am clearly biased, so I can't fairly make the decision, and the head coach is having trouble making it.

For the teams that are struggling to win games even in the lowest divisions, do you know why?  Because there are things you can do to try to improve.  For one, if the coach doesn't have an assistant coach who helps out at practice, he should.  Practices function better with 2-3 adults keeping the level of "silly" down.  If I can't make it to practice, I find a sub.  Two, if your kids are playing positions, spend some time in practice covering each position.  The coaching materials from ASA don't really cover that, so you have to veer from the plan for a couple of weeks before the season starts.  Three - goalie.  A lot of games are lost because kids have no experience playing goalie and it scares them.  ASA does have some goal-tending training opportunities - take advantage of those.  If your kid hates playing goalie, find some training for him.  I have a bunch of friends who play amateur soccer - I asked one of them to come to practice and work with my kids on just goal-tending.  We devoted one practice to this, and we identified a couple of kids (not "select" players) who were better at this and liked it more.  We know we can put them in goal in a tough game.

Last, [b]one reason travel/adp girls are stronger players is because they play/practice more.  The year my daughter spent in travel, she played or practiced 6 days a week.  She is a better player now because of that year.  Consider having your rec kids practice together twice a week and get some "touches" on the off days.  Have them play winter indoor league and show up for drop-in soccer all summer.[/b]  If you have a few players on a team that are serious about soccer, you can win even with a whole bunch of kids who don't care that much.  (Half of our girls are of average ability.)[/quote]

That is the whole reason they are doing rec! Because they [b]don't [/b]want to devote more time and attention to soccer. They have other interests. If they wanted to practice multiple times per week, and during the winter and summer then they would look for a more intense league! The point of rec is exactly that- it's recreational.

You clearly are missing the point of the league.
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+1. OP, people like you are a big part of why ASA rec has such a terrible reputation.[/quote]

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