Anonymous
05/30/2024 04:59
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
BSC U9 is the same, every kid gets very close to 50% of play time (unless very extenuating circumstances)
Anonymous
05/29/2024 14:21
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
Anonymous wrote:In our experience (Vienna and Alexandria) at that age every kid on the team generally gets to play about 50% of the game; some of the better kids may play more than that but most kids play about half the game.
Agree 100 percent
Anonymous
05/28/2024 08:52
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
In our experience (Vienna and Alexandria) at that age every kid on the team generally gets to play about 50% of the game; some of the better kids may play more than that but most kids play about half the game.
Anonymous
05/27/2024 13:45
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
Ask the coach what the expectation is for your son. Ask if he's expected to play 1/2 a game. If your son isn't on the bottom team, ask if your son doesn't get as much playing time as other boys, is the club flexible to move him down a team which better matches his level.
Hoping you're not on a team where some boys are only playing a few minutes a half or not playing some halves.
Hoping you're not on a team where some boys are only playing a few minutes a half or not playing some halves.
Anonymous
05/26/2024 14:43
Subject: Re:U9 Travel Playing Time
At what age does it move to not practice by most to do 1/2 game? U13 or 13?
Anonymous
05/26/2024 14:14
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
Unfortunately I've witnessed coaches giving very little playing time to players that young. I look at it as if the player isn't able to perform at the level you want them at, don't roster them to begin with. There is flexibility in rostering guest players on an as-needed basis that coaches shouldn't be stringing along players that they aren't willing to put on the field when it matters.
Anonymous
05/26/2024 13:46
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
Anonymous wrote:My son is U9 at Arlington.
They have clear starters, but all kids rotate in and out. I would say they have fairly equal playing time overall.
This is the way all clubs should operate. Unfortunately they don’t all do it this way .
Anonymous
05/26/2024 07:17
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
My son is U9 at Arlington.
They have clear starters, but all kids rotate in and out. I would say they have fairly equal playing time overall.
They have clear starters, but all kids rotate in and out. I would say they have fairly equal playing time overall.
Anonymous
05/25/2024 21:50
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
This is coach specific. Some games they may play to win and others not. Some coaches divvy out field time equally and others don’t. Ask the coach.
Anonymous
05/25/2024 17:21
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
Most clubs I've coached in have an unwritten policy that kids at this age will play at least half of each game.
Anonymous
05/25/2024 15:07
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
Every kid should play close to half the game if not more. It's developmental soccer and I would not play for a club that benches kids at 7v7. Kids should also play numerous positions because, once again, it's developmental age.
Anonymous
05/25/2024 13:18
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
Anonymous wrote:Depends on team level, even at U9 in travel. However, in general all kids should play half the game. Starters should expect to play most of the game and bench players subbing in for at least half the game.
On the top team and depending on the coach, guest players and subs sometimes only get 10 min per half.
Believe it or not, at u11, I’ve seen kids only get 5 min per game on the top teams some games.
I’ve even seen that at u9 and 10, albeit rarely and cutthroat clubs. However, I believe most or all guarantee 50% in league games and no guarantee in tourneys. Tourneys are where I’ve seen barely any PT even that young.
Kids need to play to develop and also for confidence. It doesn’t help an 8-year old to play 5 mins.
Anonymous
05/25/2024 12:36
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
Depends on team level, even at U9 in travel. However, in general all kids should play half the game. Starters should expect to play most of the game and bench players subbing in for at least half the game.
On the top team and depending on the coach, guest players and subs sometimes only get 10 min per half.
Believe it or not, at u11, I’ve seen kids only get 5 min per game on the top teams some games.
On the top team and depending on the coach, guest players and subs sometimes only get 10 min per half.
Believe it or not, at u11, I’ve seen kids only get 5 min per game on the top teams some games.
Anonymous
05/25/2024 12:29
Subject: U9 Travel Playing Time
Hey everyone. New to the forum and have a son who will be going into his first season of travel this fall. For U9 from what you all have seen, how is playing time divided up? Have you seen that every kid at this age gets a fair shot/playing time? Or is it performance based (which I am ok with)? He will be playing at a smaller club so hopefully that helps.