LifeOfSoccer
SILVER
Hello! My daughter is just 9 and completed her first year of club. We came in 2nd and had only been together 5 months. Our team was quite big and so they split the team and created a silver and bronze. My daughter was put on the new bronze team. We were told it would be just like the silver and she would be the first to move up if he decided to take more then 10 players.
Fast forward, this bronze team has her and a team-mate that are very good and the rest of the team that they have gotten from "word of mouth" is not very skilled at all. The asst coach said as long as we don't come in last, that's a good thing! I almost fell over! The coach doesn't seem interested in being there and practices are being run like a rec team.
My daughter is losing interest and is slowly losing skills. I would love to stay with the club as we were so close before the 2 team split, but also hate seeing her unhappy. She wants to play with her old coach and does not want to go to the new coaches practices because they are boring.
We visited a practice of another local club yesterday and she did very well. She loved the practice and the coach. She practiced with their silver team and the coach said she would fit in very well. She walked away so happy and asked if we could try it again.
Here is my dilemma. We paid for our current club already but feel misled by all they said it would be and it definitely isn't. Do we move to the new club and pay again? I just want to do what is right for my daughter. I miss seeing her enjoy soccer they way she used to. We are at a loss as to what to do.....
Fast forward, this bronze team has her and a team-mate that are very good and the rest of the team that they have gotten from "word of mouth" is not very skilled at all. The asst coach said as long as we don't come in last, that's a good thing! I almost fell over! The coach doesn't seem interested in being there and practices are being run like a rec team.
My daughter is losing interest and is slowly losing skills. I would love to stay with the club as we were so close before the 2 team split, but also hate seeing her unhappy. She wants to play with her old coach and does not want to go to the new coaches practices because they are boring.
We visited a practice of another local club yesterday and she did very well. She loved the practice and the coach. She practiced with their silver team and the coach said she would fit in very well. She walked away so happy and asked if we could try it again.
Here is my dilemma. We paid for our current club already but feel misled by all they said it would be and it definitely isn't. Do we move to the new club and pay again? I just want to do what is right for my daughter. I miss seeing her enjoy soccer they way she used to. We are at a loss as to what to do.....