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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have a player who would be a bench player at a strong DA or ECNL team or a starter with a weaker DA or ECNL team, which option should you choose? Assume there's quality coaching at both. Clearly it's good to train with top level players day to day but if you only see 10 minutes a game, that's not good.  Thoughts?[/quote]

I would go where my DD would be a starter. There is no substitution for getting minutes in games. Also being on the weaker team means the games will be more challenging for my DD. If you are only getting 10 minutes a game are you really growing much as a player? Who cares about winning a game if you did not play much. There is no substitution for minutes in actual games. None of these clubs run anything close to games in practice.

You could argue that training with top level players is important but quality coaching can do things to ensure your DD will be challenged in practice, playing vs older kids, etc. So IMHO, I would go based on minutes in games.[/quote]

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