My DD is an 8u player on one of the best A class teams in our area. Playing time has never been a major concern for her as she does a lot of side work and keeps improving drastically which keeps her on the field
My concern is that the development of the team as a whole (and even some girls) seems to have hit a plateau. Assistant coaches and some other parents also have the same concern. Practices are getting stale. I can pretty much tell you what they’re going to do every practice before i even get there. Down to the minute. DD doesnt want to leave the team that shes played with for the past 2 seasons, and neither do i because i think they have a bright future ahead of them as a team, although she has asked if she can play for other organizations (not sure she fully understands how it all works sometimes). But something has to change
I am contemplating on bringing her to a few other high level organizations tryouts this fall but have no intention on leaving her current team. My thought is to bring her to these tryouts to get more eyes on her just incase nothing changes with the current team
So my question is this…
I know theyre only 8, but is it too early for me to be concerned with the lack of development on the current team and getting her name out to other organizations?
My concern is that the development of the team as a whole (and even some girls) seems to have hit a plateau. Assistant coaches and some other parents also have the same concern. Practices are getting stale. I can pretty much tell you what they’re going to do every practice before i even get there. Down to the minute. DD doesnt want to leave the team that shes played with for the past 2 seasons, and neither do i because i think they have a bright future ahead of them as a team, although she has asked if she can play for other organizations (not sure she fully understands how it all works sometimes). But something has to change
I am contemplating on bringing her to a few other high level organizations tryouts this fall but have no intention on leaving her current team. My thought is to bring her to these tryouts to get more eyes on her just incase nothing changes with the current team
So my question is this…
I know theyre only 8, but is it too early for me to be concerned with the lack of development on the current team and getting her name out to other organizations?