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What happened to West Pines U10 ‘Elite’ Team?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWhat is your excuse for managing a club that used to have FOUR to five teams in each U8, U9, U10, but now hardly manages to convince enough parents to fill 1-2 teams in the same categories?
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clueless board of directors more concerned about what to do to get more playing time for their little pogbas
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postlol. there were NO letters. I can GUARANTEE that. Maybe 1 letter. From you and only you.
Let me guess, your team of 10 year olds is losing and now you're looking for someone to blame.
It's the same story every year at every club. Parents of 9 year old super teams start to panic when the competition begins to catch up. Guess what? It gets even tougher as they get older.
Make sure they keep training and stop blaming everyone else. The excuse machine gets old.
But yeah, no one really thought that team was going to stick together. At best maybe a year and then they would scatter. Looks like the break up happened a little sooner but it wasn't unexpected.
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For what it is worth Weston 06 Pre-DA vs West Pines Almighty Elite Program 4-0 for Weston and WP just won Wellington 😂😂
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I think many of the parents with kids on those very talented U9 teams believe, or at least have high hopes, that the team will stick together until U16/17. My kid was on such a U9 team, and there was constant sideline chatter about how strong they were going to be 3 or 4 years down the road.
Well, come only two years down the road as U11s this year, 4 are playing on the club's U12 DA team (mixed in with 18 other players), 2 are playing on the club's Premier level team, 2 switched to another club, and 3 ended up back in travel soccer programs in order to have time for other sports. Give it one more year and I guarantee that by U12, even that core of 4 on the DA will no longer be playing together.
Often, the best players on those exceptional U9 teams will end up seeking higher levels of play (either playing up, or moving clubs), taking the air out of the remaining players, who end up frustrated when the level of play plummets. At that point, unfortunately for some kids, their parents feel it's not worth it anymore, and put them back in travel. Others may try to get on a slightly better team at another club. It's very rare for a U9 club team to stay together for long; town teams seem to do a better job of sticking together with loyalty to friends and coaches coming into play.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI think many of the parents with kids on those very talented U9 teams believe, or at least have high hopes, that the team will stick together until U16/17. My kid was on such a U9 team, and there was constant sideline chatter about how strong they were going to be 3 or 4 years down the road.
Well, come only two years down the road as U11s this year, 4 are playing on the club's U12 DA team (mixed in with 18 other players), 2 are playing on the club's Premier level team, 2 switched to another club, and 3 ended up back in travel soccer programs in order to have time for other sports. Give it one more year and I guarantee that by U12, even that core of 4 on the DA will no longer be playing together.
Often, the best players on those exceptional U9 teams will end up seeking higher levels of play (either playing up, or moving clubs), taking the air out of the remaining players, who end up frustrated when the level of play plummets. At that point, unfortunately for some kids, their parents feel it's not worth it anymore, and put them back in travel. Others may try to get on a slightly better team at another club. It's very rare for a U9 club team to stay together for long; town teams seem to do a better job of sticking together with loyalty to friends and coaches coming into play.
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oh i know
Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWhat happened to West Pines U10 ‘Elite’ Team?
They had a great U9 team last year. They lost most of their talent.
What did the coach, president and BOD did this time?
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