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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The difference in coaching is not as significant as the difference in talent that is readily visible at this age.  I am talking about U13-14 top players and top teams.  I do see significant differences in talent among players on and among top teams.  You are simply wrong.[/quote]

If you are tallking about whether the best 14 year old is likely to be the best 15 year old then I agree.  But that's not what you're talking abouit.  You're suggesting that SYC is going to attract a lot of the top kids at U12/U13 and send a large number of those kids  to DCU.  That's where I strongly disagree.  Over three years, the better coaching team will win out.

[quote]And you are also wrong that where you are coached 8-12 doesn't matter.[/quote]

Huh?  Of course it does.  I'm the one arguing that coaching matters.  You are the one suggesting that it doesn't.  It matters at every age.  Good coaching will help your kid improve.  Bad coaching won't.  Whether they are 8 or 14.

[quote]I don't think anybody ought to be selecting clubs and teams based on league.  It is idiotic.  But I can understand why some players want to (1) join teams with other top players, because practices are where most development occurs and higher caliber teammates increase the probability of better development[/quote]

This is true.  Kids may well want to do this.  But they are making a mistake because the quality of coaching is the most important variable - more important than the caliber of the team or the competition (and in any case the competition isn't especially different).

[quote] and (2) want to play in leagues where they think the best players will be in their conferences (even if you don't have pro aspirations).  I also think the coach is important, but the variability is significant across top teams and clubs and is unpredictable YOY.  [/quote]

It's not perfectly predictable but there are clubs where you chance of getting good coaching are much higher than others.  I'm not going to name names so we keep this discussion theoretical.  But there are multiple clubs in this area where you are almost guaranteed of getting an excellent coach for at least two of your four crucial years, and you may well get luckier than that.[/quote]

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