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[quote=Anonymous][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]

This is tough but I have found that usually all the kids on a top team take their training seriously, where only about half on a second team do. If you want the level of training to be higher, stick with a first team[/quote]

+1 another reason it’s hard to break into the first team is that those kids do take it seriously and want to maintain their competitiveness. Pretty much all starters on DS MLSNext team train seriously outside of team practices.

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Parents blame coaches for lack of development. The reality is that the best kids are doing drills and practicing on their own outside of practice because they love the game, love to win, and want to get better. Once it is age appropriate they embrace physical training and nutrition recommendations. OP if this isn't your kid, have realistic expectations. People here are too quick to pay for "travel soccer". The vast majority of kids would be perfectly happy playing rec (or house league) where the expectations for outside training are minimal.[/quote]

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