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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is entitled Playing Time Expectations. So IMO, a key question might be, when do these genetics assert themselves? Should an 8 or 9 YO see significantly less time than a larger peer even if the child has a great soccer pedigree? Honestly, most coaches have NO idea which kids have soccer-playing parents. So what determines field time? First impression of talent, right? Which perpetuates itself because more field time leads to greater improvement. This is not to say that travel teams should be totally equal. But this IS to say that potential cannot be assumed at these early ages, and there should be at least a 50 percent game minimum, along with position switching, until age 12 or so. [/quote]

The kids do practice together several times a week, where they scrimmage and do other drills.  Practice is where a player will get on the coach's radar, and then when he gets put into the game and is given a chance to show what he can do, then he's got to play well.  I don't think that unequal playing time during a game -- say, one player gets 1/3 of the game while a another player gets 2/3 of the game -- is going to be the difference in the development of the players; the kid playing 1/3 and practicing several times per week has ample opportunity to show why the team would benefit from him moving up in the ranks and playing more game time. [/quote]

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