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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with most everything you put, and the scrimmages and also PT status are ways they make sure players play.  However I wonder if any club has ever refunded anyone because of playing time issues (or any other issues for that matter).  That would be interesting if they did. [/quote]

Sure. Good clubs make team placement mistakes regularly.  If they cannot work a deal where the kid gets moved to a different team within the club they will refund money. As a said a while back in this thread, one of my kid’s had a teammate for a couple of weeks who was pretty obviously a much weaker player than the rest of the team. The parents did not want to move him within the club because of embarrassment issues. The club helped get him on a team at a neighboring club that was more appropriate for his then level of play and athleticism.  As I found out much later, the Club refunded his money obviously, bought back his uniform and paid $1000 towards the new club’s fees.  The parents weren’t happy the club misjudged the kid at tryouts, but were happy with how the club handled the issue.

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That's impressive.  Which club?  I've seen the opposite happen.  A parent speaks up and then the kid sees even less playing time and the club backs the coach with saying play time is up to the coach's discretion.  [/quote]

This is my first contribution to this thread but I thought I should pipe in. I had a U10 DD many years ago who was playing 30-50% in league games and 5-10 minutes in tournaments. She wasn't the only one. The team had a HUGE roster so the favorites played about 70% and the others 30%. No one was happy. The parents of the favorites wanted their little ones on the field the whole game. Multiple parents approached the coach expressing unhappiness so a team meeting was held. Coach told us players get better in practice and games are meaningless at the young age. And that they actually get better from "watching" the game being played. We are no longer with the club. I will leave it here for all to speculate as to the coach and club and to whether watching other kids play in games is more helpful than actually playing in them.[/quote]

Thank you for sharing.  [/quote]

I've noticed play time increases when the favorites no longer produce results. Agree that improving in practice and games isn't a factor.
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