Looking for advice. sorry for the long post. My daughter is on a U11 Division 1 team. The team is good and right now undefeated. She’s one of the top 3 players on the team. Last season she played most of the game, but this season she’s playing about half (coach is trying to go for equal playing time). She’s not developing much because her training is against weaker players. They have a large roster of 16 girls and there is a large range of ability. A big gap between starters and bench.
To compensate, she’s started practicing with a U12 team. The team isn’t as good, but practicing the older girls has been helpful with speed and aggressiveness. The coach of the u12 team asked her to play up next year on his U13 team.
Should we keep her on her current team next year. It’s doing great, she’s one of the top players, but isn’t getting a lot out of training against weaker players and now has less playing time. But I do like the competitive teams we play. Or do we move her up to a team that’s not as good, but she’ll get to experience 11v11, guaranteed playing time, and play against older kids.
Both coaches are excellent. Just trying to decide which will help her develop more.
To compensate, she’s started practicing with a U12 team. The team isn’t as good, but practicing the older girls has been helpful with speed and aggressiveness. The coach of the u12 team asked her to play up next year on his U13 team.
Should we keep her on her current team next year. It’s doing great, she’s one of the top players, but isn’t getting a lot out of training against weaker players and now has less playing time. But I do like the competitive teams we play. Or do we move her up to a team that’s not as good, but she’ll get to experience 11v11, guaranteed playing time, and play against older kids.
Both coaches are excellent. Just trying to decide which will help her develop more.