I'm sure this has been beat to death but looking for honest assessments.
At what age is it better to have your child be a bench player on a stronger team (playing and contributing, but not having heavy minutes) Vs having heavy minutes on a weaker team?
Looking at clubs for my youngest and wondering which approach is better and when that approach should possibly shift, if ever.
We are looking at the usual suspects FC, NEFC etc. and just looking for general perspective not factoring in the whole ECNL Vs GA aspect of it.
I'm assuming until a certain age the more time playing better (even if they could make the better team - then again I can talk myself into thinking they're training against better talent so maybe the better team is better regardless of game time)
Appreciate any advice from folks who navigated this before.
If it helps the conversation - daughter will be turning 9 this summer.
At what age is it better to have your child be a bench player on a stronger team (playing and contributing, but not having heavy minutes) Vs having heavy minutes on a weaker team?
Looking at clubs for my youngest and wondering which approach is better and when that approach should possibly shift, if ever.
We are looking at the usual suspects FC, NEFC etc. and just looking for general perspective not factoring in the whole ECNL Vs GA aspect of it.
I'm assuming until a certain age the more time playing better (even if they could make the better team - then again I can talk myself into thinking they're training against better talent so maybe the better team is better regardless of game time)
Appreciate any advice from folks who navigated this before.
If it helps the conversation - daughter will be turning 9 this summer.
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