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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's not much upside to talking to your current coach/club about changing teams, especially before you're 100% sure about your next step. Our experience is that sometimes coaches to think that they're the ones in the driver's seat regarding out kids' futures, i.e. we should let them know about trying out somewhere else.

That being said, there's no reason to burn bridges. Just try to keep it a positive experience. [/quote]

Plus--some are real pr*cks about anyone looking around, even out of curiosity.  My kid wanted to check out other Clubs just to see what they were like after two year.  All these mo-fos talk to one another, some have scouts at other tryouts or scroll the Clubs tryout pics on Social Media to see if any of their players are there.  Then, they take it out on the kid and freeze him/her out for being a 'traitor'.  Like they have any sense of loyalty and may have royally screwed the kid over in the past---but it's only for them to do, not another Club.

It is so ridiculous.  Any Club confidant in what they deliver and how they treat players and their families would welcome them shopping around.   It's no small expenditure and parents making a $1500-3900k investment should reassess every year.  And by reassess see if their kids is having fun and learning.  Watch some training sessions, etc.[/quote]

PP here. I've also heard of coaches doing this kind of thing--from our coach! "I'm not like this, but OTHER coaches would kick you out (or cut minutes) as soon as they find out you're trying out at other teams." I'm not sure what to make of the veiled threat. If my kid is good and helping you win, you really think that putting him on the bench is your answer?

It's a BS response that tells you all you need to know about a coach or club. [/quote]

This behavior definitely happens...  We saw it twice with our kids.  Older one got an offer at an DA club and we went and had a personal meeting with his coach to share the news, etc.  Although we were told how great it was that he was moving on/up, he then found himself playing very limited minutes or the remainder of that season despite being arguably the best/one of the best on his team.  Even when players on the field were barely moving in the heat and he was fresh on the bench.  A few years later, the younger one did what PP mentioned -- just went looking around and attended the actual tryout for ONE other club (much closer to us).  When offers went out to her existing team, she didn't get one.  We contacted the coaches to follow up and were told that they'd "heard" she was looking elsewhere and didn't want to make an offer to someone not committed to the club. If we were to commit before receiving the offer, they would have then given us one, apparently....  we left.... 
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Wow. I'm left without words. I think that this type of sh!t deserves a PSA on this board so people know to avoid. Would you mind posting the name of the club? Seriously, that type of behavior has to be outed and discouraged. [/quote]

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