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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How often do kids who are slow at ages 10-11 speed up later?[/quote]

I can't answer in general but my older son was chubby and slow at 10-11 and then between 7th/8th grade grew 8 inches, slimmed out and now is markedly faster. He made the team he didn't make the year before when he was chubby and slow. We didn't bother to try out again for the one that told him he would never be a travel soccer player at U9. These kids can change so much when they hit puberty, for better or worse. Puberty happened to be kind to my son. [/quote]

Yep.  My kid was an enormous chubby baby/toddler and a husky (but fast) first/2nd grader.

Theyboegged him as slow his first year of tryouts---mainly by first sight.  He excelled greatly and his. Is h kept telling RD and those above they made a placement mistake but to deaf ears.

He is now 11.5 and one of the younger U12s and now dwarfed by the middle schoolers on his team.  Now as one of the smaller kids on his current team--he plays whole game and is a clutch player.

The first club left such a sore taste in my mouth.  Ironically, all of the kids they praised and said were unbelievable at 8--none of them are on the Ateam 3 years later.  Many are in the lowest team going into U13 and their parents are pissed.[/quote]

We are experiencing the great irony as well.  The smug parents that walked around at U9/U10 saying anyone that complained about placement was delusional and their kid was no good.  Now at U13, every single one of those players was dropped down, some as far as the bottom team.  Guess which parents are running around crying now?  Our kids have now moved up and they are crying it's so unfair to their children.  It can only be an error if it's their child.[/quote]

The funny thing about youth soccer, is that kids develop at different paces. A star at U9 isn't necessarily a star at U13, and a dud at U12 can be a star by U16, hence the whole "demotion/promotion" thing. They are placed where they belong according to their development. I know that is not a popular mindset, but it is just how it is, delusions of grandeur notwithstanding.

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Except in the instances that the kid was a standout on the team and at tryouts at U9 and placed very poorly.  Then, is still a standout down the road and moved up (and Club takes credit for the miraculous development :roll: ).  No, you f*ckfaces, he was the same younger and you just about destroyed all confidence completely when you kept repeatedly overlooking the kid--even when coaches tried to tell you this and the results were tangible.[/quote]

Ah yes, the coach is out to get lil johnny.  MOVE CLUBS if you aren't happy, there are a million clubs in the area and bitching about it here does nothing.  Maybe he was overlooked because he just wasn't a good fit, just because a kid can do a step over does not mean he should be on the team.  Wish parents would stop bitching.  Skills, fit, and politics are all a part of travel soccer....accept it.[/quote]

I know right.  If the kid is clearly better and was already one of the strongest on the team then the coach will want him on the team.  If they were previously on the team and he was a good player, the coach knows that and also knows that a try-out playing 4v4 or 5v5 doesn't always translate to a good showing.  If they kid was OK on team but someone at try-outs is clearly better, they are likely to take a chance with the better player.  That's just how it works.  They are not going to turn away a talented player that could make the team and those around them better.[/quote]

You all are completely missing the point.  Scenario: Coaches from lower teams repeatedly telling upper team coaches and TD a player needs to be moved up.  TD and age group head never bothering to even look at the player or take lower coaches recommendations.

Kid being the strongest on mixed indoor futsal league team with upper team players and still not getting moved.

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OK, if you think your kid is THAT GOOD, and he/she is being ignored, then change clubs! It's just not a good fit!
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