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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Attending ID camps at a young age only provides cash for the programs.  A 12 year old players isn't going to be the same at 15 or 16.  The players who are that good at 12 top out and are passed by the ones who will be the top players at 15.  [/quote]

While I agree that attending ID camps at young age is cash and time foolish, the rest doesn't really make sense. While 12 year old players may not be the same 15, it does not mean that all good 12 year old players will fail when they reach 15 and be replaced by a new crop of top players.

I've spent far too much time on the sidelines at rec games, school games, club tournaments, college showcases, etc than what I would like, but here is my perspective. Some top 15 year olds were amazing @ 12 even if puberty was a little rough.  Some 15 year olds have shed their gangly selves and are amazing. And some 15 year olds who were tops at 12 are now flat. My DD was lightning at 10, considerably slower at 13, and regained speed at 15. She is not an amazing player, but she is smart, reliable, and always where she needs to be on the field - or at least that is what the coaches say.

My only advice for parents is to read and talk to folks outside your DC's soccer club.  Our DD is not planning to play in college, but girls on her team were hoping to play and the club strung them along until this fall when they finally admitted what the odds were for the girls on the team.  They can all play college, but maybe one, if lucky, will play division one.  Three families were banking - no pun intended - that their daughters would get scholarships.  One of these was convinced that her daughter would play for a California school.  If the club had been more honest about the odds, the parents may have made different choices.  But to have entrusted these coaches and club to only find out that this was not going to happen junior year was disappointing, even crushing, for many. [/quote]

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