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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Which club ensures 50% of playing time?
 My kids got very little time (10 to 20 minutes total max) per game after long hours drive for away games, very frustrated. 
 I would like to know the club name and try out the club.

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Playing time should be earned, not just given because you showed up.  If your kid doesn't get the level of playing time you hope for, I would suggest you do look elsewhere (either level down, or another club), and I don't mean that to come across harshly.  Development occurs at practice and outside/additional training, not during official matches.[/quote]

[b]Playing time is earned when you pay the fees.[/b]  If the kid is not good enough to play more than ten minutes a game then the club should not have taken your money - and having taken your money the kid should be given more minutes.

And while development certainly occurs outside matches, it absolutely occurs in matches as well and match minutes are a very important part of development.

However I agree that you should look elsewhere if the club treats your kid this way.[/quote]

Absolutely true for Rec programs, and lower level travel.  Not true for ECNL.[/quote]

It's true of ECNL too.  The club should not make offers to players who will not get a reasonable amount of playing time.  Not necessarily completely equal playing time, [b]but 50% of the game is a perfectly reasonable expectation[/b].  10 minutes, or even 20 minutes, is not reasonable for a kid paying full price.  If the club takes money from kids they know aren't good enough to play that's just wrong.[/quote]

Why?  Just because you paid too?  Some of these ECNL rosters are more than 20 players, so you're math doesn't work even if the coach wants to.  And if the goal was just everybody gets to play (regardless of their capability, regardless of their skills, regardless of the effort they put it, regardless of their attitude, etc.), then what's the point of having a top tier league (which is what ECNL is supposed to be)?  If you want more playing time, go somewhere else (where presumably your kid would be in the top half of the team) or move to a lower level of travel.[/quote]

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