Playing time

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This has probably been discussed to death but currently U14 team with 18 rostered, everyone is committed so pretty much 18 at every game. Except for a few positions where player stays on full time, rest of kids splitting half time. Is this normal, should we be satisfied with this? Came from a team where roster was not as big so most played 75% except maybe some low performers. Just feels like half a game a week isn't worth it but also see other teams all have a lot of players too so wonder what is the norm.

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This has probably been discussed to death but currently U14 team with 18 rostered, everyone is committed so pretty much 18 at every game. Except for a few positions where player stays on full time, rest of kids splitting half time. Is this normal, should we be satisfied with this? Came from a team where roster was not as big so most played 75% except maybe some low performers. Just feels like half a game a week isn't worth it but also see other teams all have a lot of players too so wonder what is the norm.

My D u13 ECRL team has 16. 6 stay on the entire game and 5 share time. Starters get 20 mins or slightly more and subs get 10-15 per half. Not ideal for the subs coming in.

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See this long thread about this:

https://talking-soccer.com/TS4/forum...-playing-games

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The ECNL, RL and GA leagues have rules for subbing which make it really hard to be fair. Sucks for developing the entire team. The starters are the only ones benefitting with these rules and maybe the first two subs in.

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This has probably been discussed to death but currently U14 team with 18 rostered, everyone is committed so pretty much 18 at every game. Except for a few positions where player stays on full time, rest of kids splitting half time. Is this normal, should we be satisfied with this? Came from a team where roster was not as big so most played 75% except maybe some low performers. Just feels like half a game a week isn't worth it but also see other teams all have a lot of players too so wonder what is the norm.

just wait until HS years when clubs roster 20-22 kids

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This has probably been discussed to death but currently U14 team with 18 rostered, everyone is committed so pretty much 18 at every game. Except for a few positions where player stays on full time, rest of kids splitting half time. Is this normal, should we be satisfied with this? Came from a team where roster was not as big so most played 75% except maybe some low performers. Just feels like half a game a week isn't worth it but also see other teams all have a lot of players too so wonder what is the norm.

IMHO if over the course of a season your player is getting 66-75% of the minutes, that is totally fine. Less than that, you might want to think about alternatives.

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This has probably been discussed to death but currently U14 team with 18 rostered, everyone is committed so pretty much 18 at every game. Except for a few positions where player stays on full time, rest of kids splitting half time. Is this normal, should we be satisfied with this? Came from a team where roster was not as big so most played 75% except maybe some low performers. Just feels like half a game a week isn't worth it but also see other teams all have a lot of players too so wonder what is the norm.

I’d say 50% is the limit and I’m pleased to see most kids playing half. That’s not all that common to have any fairness in time on the field at U14. As long as training is decent, I have no issue with half of the minutes in games. And I’d say chances are in U14 you will end up with at least one injury on a team of 18 - so many injuries at this age.

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Our U16 team has 20. Last year we had 18. Last season, the CBs played entire game and the remainder of team got anywhere from 50-75% per game and that carried. My kid was in the 50-75%. Some games she got 50%, others 75% and maybe 1-2 played the entire game. Our coach is pretty good with subbing. Will see what this year brings.

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No playee no payee , 50 % isn’t enough

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Coach decided to be a DICK and play my kid less than 10 min in a half. She went to Porto John at the half and he never saw her again. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

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Realistically for many clubs that don’t have a pipeline of players banging to come, you have a choice as a coach to play the “best” and deal with attrition later on. It’s a crap shoot. Not play everyone a decent time and they leave without players coming to the club regularly. Likewise if you don’t play the best all of the time, those players leave. PDA Blue has people lined up ready to give a check as soon as a spot opens. But for +90% of clubs especially at older age groups, the pipeline drys up and you are forced to juggle between playing and competing. It’s a different animal to tackle across al age groups and genders.

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Realistically for many clubs that don’t have a pipeline of players banging to come, you have a choice as a coach to play the “best” and deal with attrition later on. It’s a crap shoot. Not play everyone a decent time and they leave without players coming to the club regularly. Likewise if you don’t play the best all of the time, those players leave. PDA Blue has people lined up ready to give a check as soon as a spot opens. But for +90% of clubs especially at older age groups, the pipeline drys up and you are forced to juggle between playing and competing. It’s a different animal to tackle across al age groups and genders.

Play the best and deal with the rest only way to ever achieve legitimacy

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This has probably been discussed to death but currently U14 team with 18 rostered, everyone is committed so pretty much 18 at every game. Except for a few positions where player stays on full time, rest of kids splitting half time. Is this normal, should we be satisfied with this? Came from a team where roster was not as big so most played 75% except maybe some low performers. Just feels like half a game a week isn't worth it but also see other teams all have a lot of players too so wonder what is the norm.

Boys or girls? Actually matters at this age. LOTS of injuries of girls at this age with their bodies changing. We have 18 on a very committed team, but only had 13 at our last game because we had 4 injuries (and 1 was at her cousin's wedding). As long as you are averaging 50%-60%, AND you are developing in practices, then I think it is fine. My D is the first sub in, and gets a lot of playing time. People on the low end might only get 20 minutes out of 60 in a tournament final, but might get 45 out of 70 in a easier game.

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Boys or girls? Actually matters at this age. LOTS of injuries of girls at this age with their bodies changing. We have 18 on a very committed team, but only had 13 at our last game because we had 4 injuries (and 1 was at her cousin's wedding). As long as you are averaging 50%-60%, AND you are developing in practices, then I think it is fine. My D is the first sub in, and gets a lot of playing time. People on the low end might only get 20 minutes out of 60 in a tournament final, but might get 45 out of 70 in a easier game.

My daughter is the first sub in and only plays 25-30 mins max no matter the game. We will be leaving.

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My daughter is the first sub in and only plays 25-30 mins max no matter the game. We will be leaving.

This is out of 70 mins