Reply to Can you tell me the pros and cons of playing “up”?

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "Can you tell me the pros and cons of playing “up”?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids club is proposing this. Kid is new to the club and we picked because of the coach which makes me lean towards no, but maybe there is some advantage I don’t know about that would at least convince me to go watch the other coach? [/quote]

We are going through something similar.  Our son's entire team played up a year and they are going back to their actual age group this year, but the coach wants him to stay playing up a year again.  There are a lot of pros and cons.  I will tell you that after an adjustment period of dealing with bigger and faster kids it has been overall really positive for him playing up.  When he plays against his age group there is a noticeable difference in his play compared to before.  A major con is that a lot of kids struggle (physically and psychologically) and it can hurt their confidence.  I was nervous the first couple of weeks he was playing up thinking it was a bad idea.

The hard part for you is the different coach.  We have 3 kids and it's amazing how much the coach really matters in the overall experience.  If you came over for a coach it means you like them and that's important.  Does your kid know or get along with the year up coach?  What does the current coach think?  I would have a conversation with both coaches and see how you feel with your kid's input being the driving factor.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics