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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At first team at big club.  Our roster is 15 for U14 boys.  Thrilled.

We left a Club at U13 that was up to 18-19 players by end of Spring.  My kid still played 2/3s of game at center mid, but could see some kids getting very little time.  Lots of dissatisfaction which bled into everything because of it on sidelines.

I’d rather be short a player and kids play whole game then have 8 sitting full time on the bench.

Kids get better the more game time they have.  A good player should be game fit for 90 min—but because travel soccer is now such a $$$ business, most clubs pack rosters way too big and few get the 90 min.[/quote]

I've seen this problem too. When coaches have grossly unequal playing time for some players -I'm not talking about some kids getting 90 to 100 percent and some getting 50 percent I'm talking about kids who are benched almost the entire game - it can really impact the entire time's performance at this age. They need to build some team spirit and it's hard to do that when everyone fears being those kids and those kids upset and resentful.

The thing is in all the teams DD has been on the benched kids are actually equal in talent and stamina to some of the kids getting the mid range of playing time. They just don't happen to be the coach's favorites for one reason or another.

I've seen it time and time again the ones that leave the club to go somewhere else and you see them at games later and they have gotten really good because they have more playing time and coaches who actually pay attention. DD is one of those middle players who gets okay playing time but not the whole game and she and other teammates are constantly stressed out that they'll lose the coach's favor and it distracts from development and the game.

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