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ok, jak, maybe i just need some clarification from you....why would a "highly skilled" player be on a team that plays at a lower level? and if he was on the team just so he could play in a more competitive league - but his teammates are at a lower level - how did that team make it into the more competitive league in the first place?

i do agree, though, that much of this is a grey area.

i will even agree with some of your statements as written. the only reason i "bastardized" them is because they didn't seem very realistic (to me, at least).

do you know of any cases in this state where a player is that much better than his teammates that driving some distance to practice is not really worth his time?

jak, you left off the "arse" part...

Bell.

The situation I thought I was originally discussing (maybe I was wrong about this), is the situation where people decide they would prefer not to play locally but, instead, only practice with a team once a week so their child can compete in R3PL (or equivalent) instead of playing in the state league.

If the player has the ability to make and play a significant amount of time on that R3PL team, I think there is a good chance they will develop more by practicing with the team once a week and also playing games at that higher level than playing in the in-state league. (Note that I think they should also attend local practices, not just practice once a week.)

But again, it is a case-by-case, situation-by-situation decision. It's not "this is always right and that is always wrong". In fact, I do know of some situations where kids would probably be better off playing on a local team in the in-state league rather than choosing to play on a team in R3PL because they only play 10-15 minutes each game. This is yet another factor that needs to be taken into consideration.

I thought that was just the acronym for the new CESA Training Program.

so, cu, what would that be the acronym for?

Previously on the boards it had been referred to as the TARP Program

Together
Andrew and Pearce
Recruit the
Piedmont

Now it has changed to:

Andrew and Pearce
Recruit
South Carolina
Everyday

I think parents pushing there kids to drive up to 6 hours in a day on Hwy 26 or 85 is nuts, both these are are nasty roads They are living on the edge for soccer.