It’s time to switch teams when ??

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Or starts whining about going or makes excuses not to go. But you need to figure out if it's a fit issue or perhaps dwindling interest.

Kids should not be crying or whining and should be excited to play.

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When you realize MatchFit and PDA are no more than organizations that allow the very wealthy to hide money under the cloak of not for profit.

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Kids should not be crying or whining and should be excited to play.

Exactly. If they're not excited you better figure out why. Could be the team, coach, playing time, just generally not enjoying it. Lots of kids drop out of the sport well before high school because they like doing other activities more. Kids change, even the ones who used to love it and couldn't seem to get enough not that long-ago.

Also if you hear about players trying out elsewhere, parents getting very tight lipped/ secretive something is probably a foot. On many teams all it takes is a few top players and things can unravel fast. Once they leave other families start to worry it will fall apart (or that they're missing out on something also) and they leave, starting a spiral down

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As I said in another post, soccer is a team sport but individual development varies within the team. The bottom 5 players can love the sport as much as the top 5 players but because of the difference in development all these players have a different experience. Its natural as these young players get older that the differences in their athleticism, speed, quickness and physical play becomes the deciding factors of player movement. That’s why players move in the years between middle school to high school.

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When the head coach’s coaching history is a mystery. When he screams at teenage girls but can’t look an adult in the eye.