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[quote=Anonymous]As a coach I always tell my parents/players that tryouts aren't really for them. I've seen them for 9-10 months, if I haven't figured out their abilities by then.... try outs for my existing players is mainly for me to know they are still interested in staying on the team/club and to allow me to have a baseline to compare the [i]other[/i] kids to.

On most younger teams, there is usually only 1-2 players on the bubble to get moved up or down, so unless you have a bunch of players bailing on your team (and that does happen...) most the time you aren't looking for that many players. It is MUCH easier to form additional teams at younger age groups and continue to sort them out as they get older then try to deal with the fallout of moving players around sadly. Trust when I say that most coaches would love to have complete flexibility to promote/demote players as their ability dictates, but at many clubs politics DOES get in the way.

It's a combination of too many parents not accepting when their child would be better off playing on a lower team, and threatens to leave and the grass is greener syndrome. A few clubs do a good job of making the best soccer decision, but far too many get caught up in the politics.[/quote]

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