99 Who wants to talk about tryouts ?

What do you think Marcio can do for my d3 kid? Is changing teams really worth it at this age? Do you really need to move up to a d2 or d1 team to improve?

Frankly I think going up is easy. I should say it is easy to tell: if you are in a d3 and you dominate you teammates and the games you probably already thinking of playing up a division. You then show the kid to upper division teams and  if he really needs to play up the coaches will see that right away and offer a spot.Now it is harder to do the opposite (going down a division), but I think it is way more important in order to insure development. I don't see the point of having a kid always play under physical and technical pressure and always in panic mode. First the kid probably knows or feels he is not at the level, which is not pleasant but on top of that he may never be able to think, play cool and play correctly with fluidity. It is hard call for the ego of the parents but I would bet it can be beneficial to switch to a lower division (the game is slower) allowing the kid time to think and to play better soccer. On top of that, that borderline D1 kid can now play with more confidence and try new things. 2 choices : the borderline kid stays in D1, always struggle, gets frustrated and ends up not liking soccer anymore or he plays a season in a lower division allowing him to really develop his own game, he gets better feels useful keep the love of the game and he can try to go back up the next season. 

CLUB31 wrote:What do you think Marcio can do for my d3 kid? Is changing teams really worth it at this age? Do you really need to move up to a d2 or d1 team to improve?

It's not about the division you play in, it's not about the club you play for, it's the Coach who makes the difference.
Too many parents are blinded by the glory of the club, by the record of the team. Your son needs to develop, that's what it all comes down to!!
Find the best coach for your bb and he will be fine!!

Axxman wrote:Man that's great news. We are on our way.

Axxman, is Josema leaving? If not which teams is he taking?

Josema is not leaving and will keep a couple of his existing older teams amongst other interests. He is the director of coaching and will focus more on that as well.

JB is here to stay.

that's what they said about the special one. I hear he is reuniting with an old friend over at FCD LOL

go99 wrote:that's what they said about the special one. I hear he is reuniting with an old friend over at FCD LOL

Go you seem to have a lot of inside on people. Are you saying someone from FCD will be joining the list of new coaches at Andro? I wish you people would just spit out what you are tyring to say. But then again I suppose that would ruin all the fun for you.

no, just read my post and it's a little cloudy. Was just giving axx a hard time about Josema. Although I did hear a popular coach of the older boys is leaving the club