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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did your child's coach sit many of the players out or did they rotate? DC on a team where most everyone shows up to every game and I'm not sure how it's going to work with 18 kids and only 11 on the field. Last year we had many kids on the bench and it was really unpleasant for everyone.[/quote]

Last season ds was a U14 and played right and left back for 65-75 minutes a game. It was NPL and he was one of the stronger players on the team. He moved up to ECNL so I’m a bit anxious to see how he transitions.

Our club believes that play time should be close to evenly distributed until u15 and up [/quote]

The only team I’ve known like that is PAC. they truly do develop players. When a bottom level U11/12 team benches kids, it’s ridiculous. The bottom team is for development. [/quote]

I'm a big fan of PAC. Two of my sons played there. That being said, even at PAC on the bottom teams, playing time was earned. I remember the club director (EDR, not Sully) getting confronted by a large group of parents after practice (spring 2017, I believe) about this issue, and he held very firm on the idea that no one was owed playing time. It's not just about winning--rewarding effort and skill with playing time is a developmental tool.

For all the parents upset about this, I have two questions:
1) Are YOU upset about your kid not playing, or is your kid upset?
2) Is your kid working to improve? Really working?

If your kid is upset AND working to improve and STILL not getting game time, then it's time to find a new club/coach. It happens sometimes. [/quote]

If the kid is held to accountability, so should the coach.  If the kid isn't developing, there goes a lot into it.  If the coach continues to play same formation, why not expand to other shapes to see what the kids can do?

If you're going to hold a KID to high expectations, coaches should as well.[/quote]

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