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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless your kid is over-the-top fantastic, I would skip the top clubs that will consider your kid part of a revenue team and never give them the opportunity to move up. Go to a club that works to develop all players, moves kids up to play and sometimes practice with the top team if they are on the second team, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg[/quote]

How do we know which club is developing players?
What does that look like?[/quote]

Bingo. You don't.  The above poster would not know either. No one could know ahead of time, because it is primarily coaching dependent and coaching assignments change a lot and unless you have been on a specific coaches team before, there is no way to know.

Let's say you leave Big Club A in favor of Medium Club B, there is no way to know ahead of time what team level you will land on and or what coach will actually show-up and coach in the fall time.  Clubs will announce the Coaching Slate in April, but a lot changes by August.  And even if you do know who the coach is at the new club, there is know way to know how much they will develop your player. It is simply impossible to know.

We have had 5 coaches in 5 years, none of them focused on individual-development.  They all focused on team-development.  My kid, for example, only knows how to play R Wing.  They could care less if she can pay central-mid or defense.  All they want her to know is her position and how to play on a team.  There is a total lack of individual development, but she is a heck of a right winger.  Also, all coaches have their favorites, they naturally ignore the lesser skilled/ quiet kids.    So, we have a few parents who love our coach, but half the parents notice the natural bias....so it's extra development for some, but not all.

..You Can't know ahead of time.[/quote] my kid had a different experience. Five coaches and each one played her in a different position. So maybe your kid found the position at a younger age. [/quote]

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