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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DS plays in the top tier team of his club, but we have grown increasingly unhappy with the level of development him and his team achieved over the course of playing there. We tried out for another club, which is doing significantly better in local leagues than our current team. Their top team is extremely competitive, but they offered him a spot in their B team (which our team actually managed to beat last year). We liked the coaches and location wise things would be reasonably convenient for us. We mostly hope that in the new club he will develop more as a player, but of course there is the hope to move up to the top team eventually. What is the best decision here? Stay in the current team, which he enjoys and where he is part of the starting line-up in every game and maybe supplement technical skills privately and tryout again for the top team next year? Or make the move to the B team and hope he proves himself and manages to move up? I have zero clue on how these things work here, as we are foreigners, and reading this forum gives me the impression that being a top team player elsewhere might put someone in a better position than coming from a lower tier of the same club. We are currently leaning toward staying, but I would be curious about views and experiences of other travel soccer parents.[/quote]

What are your goals or your DS's goals? That's probably going to lead to specific advice.

I went through the same decision process with my player. They were always the best player on their club's first team and generally the best player no matter who we played. They needed a bigger challenge so we moved to the second team at a larger club. The increased level of play at practice was in and of itself a good reason to move. They had to learn to work hard to be on level or better than everyone else. Again, depending on your goals, I generally believe find that next level for your kid whether it's a bigger environment, better practices, etc. When they are the best there, find the next level and so on. Also, maybe 90% of the time playing soccer is at practice, so it makes sense to have your player on the best possible team (controlling for other important factors for your specific situation) so they can spend that time competing against the best players possible at their level.

Also, FWIW at U11. The rosters are getting ready to expand at U13. So better to be in that system at a larger club before that expansion of the rosters takes place if your goal is to be on the first team.

One thing I would say about second teams. A second team which shares the same coach as the first team is a better environment for guest playing up and eventually moving up. The opportunities for your player and the incentives for the coach/club are better aligned in that kind of environment. My player benefited from that twice. I only have one player and sort of stumbled into this, but I would strongly offer this advice to anyone with younger players just beginning to navigate travel soccer. [/quote]

I have rarely seen the same coach for the same age A and B team. Thats pretty unusual.[/quote]

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