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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]U9 DS currently plays on a a talented competitive team but only gets to play about 15 minutes per game on avg while a few play almost the entire game. Just tried out for a super small club, super close to home, and was offered a roster spot right after the first day. The coach and training on his current team is great but I feel his confidence has dipped over this last spring due to some of discouraging teammates and his dwindling playing time. Trying to figure out if switching is the right choice for my kid. I feel the training situation is great and competitive but is it worth it at the expense of his confidence?[/quote] I asked a very similar question on "the big thread" probably a year ago. The consensus was to stay with the better training and better team. Some points were that games are a very small part of development and training is the most important part, playing against better kids will make him better, etc.  My opinion is...every kid is different and you know your son best.  If his confidence is dropping because lack of playing time and kids on the team busting his ass/saying he sucks/etc. (well hopefully you talked to coach about it first) but my opinion is to get him out of there.  Confidence, enjoying practices and games and wanting to play is everything.  If a kid doesn't want to play anymore...the best training in the world is worthless.[/quote]

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