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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid is a bench warmer on A team you should have them work harder for playing time. Dont lower the expectations by moving down to a B team. For god sakes thats the problem today parents want to make the children appear to be successful instead of taking pride in hard work and accomplishing something. Cmon people dont cheat the process or your child have more faith in them to get better.[/quote]

This is not good advice, depending on the coach. Don't fall into the trap. As a PP said, in most clubs, there is little difference between the bottom of the A team and the top of the B team.

One reason to stay on the A team might be that the quality of practice is better and it can be incentive to work hard to get better. In reality, though, that rarely happens. What  happens is that the bottom players it, and are not given any attention by coaches. When a top player from another team comes along, the bench warmers are dropped, and find themselves in a worse position from being on the A team if they haven't been given the opportunity to play.

If a kid wants to move up, whether that is at a current club or to move in the future, the kid needs game experience, hard work in practice all the time, and extra practice at home in the yard, against a wall, or just juggling. If your kid wants a better spot, that's attainable, but not always at the same club.

Not playing does not help any kid.[/quote]

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