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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sucks that my kids experience on a team is so dependent on the whims of the coach and other players.  Is there a club that maintains a constant experience across all their teams? Coaches all follow the same consistent pattern so if the coach leaves the new one maintains the same approach? Also the system is same from team to team within the club? System doesn’t change based on players but rather players adapt to the system? Which clubs operate like this?[/quote]

LOL these clubs are all made up of ex players and coach rising to their level of incompetence. It the Peter principle in action. The only better example is athlete directors at colleges. [/quote]

Their level of incompetence; so true.  Besides, clubs aren't loyal.  They will readily pick up a player mid-season and bench another long time member of the team, if it suited them.  Seen it happen.  So why maintain a one directional loyalty?  Ask yourself.  Would your club cut your child?  If the answer is yes, don't be afraid to cut the club.  Travel soccer is pretty expensive anyways.

Actually I would prefer a club not pick up my child as a player, rather than either have my DC not be at the right level for the level of play or not be viewed as a good enough player to see a decent amount of time.  The initial heartbreak of not making the team is better than the year long slow bleed of being the bottom player.  [/quote]

I agree.

I would also love to know if any club would actually honestly turn away a player who wasn't a good fit for any team in the club? Like OP, I've had a kid that was on the bubble for the A team, but was assigned to a B team largely made up of soccer newbies.  For a competitive kid, that situation is not a good fit.  It is all well and good to say work hard and play your way back onto the A team, but it is hard to learn and play the right way if the team is far below the player's level, no matter how hard a kid works.  This is particularly as the kid gets older.  The "play your way back to the A team" situation really only works if someone leaves the A team for another club or the club trains as a full age group. With coach specific training, there isn't going to be much movement between teams unless a really big fast kid who slipped through the cracks at tryouts gets spotted and claimed by the A team coach.  In practice, I  haven't seen many B or C team coaches advocating for their strongest players to get opportunities with the A team.

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In my 10-year experience with my kids, they fill open A team spots most often with players new to the Club.  They don't bother to promote kids from lower teams.  It's easier this way and they don't have to deal with all the parents questioning why Jimmy got moved up over Timmy, etc.  If a new kid shows up on equal par with a B team player and there's a spot for one on A---it goes to the new kids.  They also like to attract and keep kids from other Clubs.[/quote]

That's certainly the Bethesda model. [/quote]

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