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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Minutes in a game are important as well, but if a player is playing 1/2 a game or more, I believe they are good IF the training is at the absolute elite level.  Playing an entire game, a player may get 20-40 touches a game. While being able to learn tactically some, a player would get the exact same exposure during a high level practice if the team scrimmages.

For a practice, a player may get as much as 5,000 touches. Much more important.[/quote]

At the end of the day the game is more fun when it is being played. Sorry, but unless you are practicing with the the first team at Man City and not playing there is little joy to be gained by high level training if it is not met with meaningful game time. It is even worse if there are no set goals from the coach that the bench player can train to achieve in order to get more minutes without an injury happening.

This is still youth soccer and to think that there are kids out there who will spend the best part of four years being a sub on a youth soccer club because the team wins and the "training" is great, they will most likely look back on their time as a waste. When at some point the realization sets in that the training is not great enough to move themselves up the roster it is usually to late. [/quote]

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