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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous]I would assume that means your child is not as good a player as their child and the presence of your child at their extra training session would bring down the overall quality. [/quote]

I'm going to suggest it could just as easily be the opposite, and the defensive reactions in this thread lend credence to my hypothesis.

These parents may view your kid as competition. If their own DCs can go off to this secretive private training, maybe they can stay ahead of your kid and anyone else who tries out.

The idea that your kid is going to "drag down" an extra training session seems ridiculous. Why would your kid even be at the SAME extra training session? Do private trainers just do one session each week, no matter how many kids are interested?

So the most likely scenarios to me would be:

1. They're trying to keep your kids from catching up to or surpassing their own kids.

2. They're just jerks.

In an ideal world, your child will go to a different club next year at a higher level with more supportive parents who share information. The "do your own research" idea is garbage -- soooo many parents think they've "done their own research," and they've been misled by a couple of people. Or they think their own experience applies to everyone else. (I read an entire Kindle mini-book on that subject last night -- it was pretty good in terms of sharing the author's experience, but there was little attempt to account for anyone ELSE's experience.)

Share information, folks. There are so many coaches out there spreading a lot of crap. The more parents talk, the less these coaches can con you.
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But OP already said that someone gave her an answer.

She is one of those crazy competitive parents who make everything stressful, so the other mom does not want to deal with her on their off time from the team.

That is pretty cut and dry and has nothing to do with whether or not OPs kid is good or dragging down the team.[/quote]

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