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This is the major issue with most clubs. Dissatisfaction with being moved down a team isn't about crazy parents or kids who don't want to work. The problem is that clubs either can't field quality lower teams or they don't invest the attention to developing lower teams. It's fine to be an a B team made up of players who would be on the bubble of making the A team. It's not fun or worth the money, to pay the same amount for those bubble players to play on a B team that mostly made up of unskilled kids who should probably be playing rec.  It's hard to get better on these teams, no matter how hard you work.[/quote]

Completely agree with this. What advice would you give someone in this position?[/quote]

leave [/quote]

[b]Or, meet the B team coach and get a sense (or just ask) about his/her coaching and training philosophy. Maybe also check out a session, or two, to verify what coach says is what coach does. Bonus, your player can experience the team's atmosphere, first hand.
Also, consider the league (and division) in which the B team participates, and how their performance rates against their competition. [/b]

It's completely asinine to assert the C team at any club is better than the B team at another without actually looking at the respective teams. But then, this is DCUM, so it's to be expected.[/quote]

All good advice. Also ask is the B team newly formed, and how many players from that team are returning. You might also consider watching the existing team play to see the coach in action and get a sense of the style and level of play.

The other thing to consider is what your child wants out of the experience and what his or her temperament is. One season, one of my kids was dropped from A to B team and we sold it as a chance to be a leader on the B team and get plenty of playing time. Unfortunately, it was a disaster, in part due to his personality, but also his style of play. The team had no skill and no concept of spacing, so no one was ever where he thought they should be when he tried to make play. Most of the time, everyone was bunched in the middle of the field, making it hard to do anything but kick and run.

I can tell you one thing you should not do, which is accept a B team offer with the hope that your kid will be promoted to the A team or get opportunities to play with the A team. I'm not saying it won't happen, but it's a bit of an ordeal to go into it with that expectation. Those A team invitations often come at the last minute, and are hard to turn down, even if it messes with your family schedule. [/quote]

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