10 year old perspective, is it too late?
Tldr... If a u10g is 4th 5th team is she too behind to catch up to premier in 2-3 years when exnl and high school starts?
Trying to get perspective on soccer development for girls. And when is it too late to catch up? Daughter played 1 year rec then 1 year academy. Team played d tier competition. Very bad team with no coaching on how to play. Plus side was she got lots of playing time and improved a lot. Spring half of season she blossomed and dominated at that tier. I can see a clear difference between the premier team kids but when she practiced with 2nd 3rd team she competed.
We decided to move to a better club with quality coaching and more than one team for a better chance to develop. Although she looked good in practice with the 2nd and 3rd team kids, at tryouts she looked bad. Partly from not being ready and unfortunately half just from being uncomfortable and timid in the new environment.
Anyway I'm worried she's going to get bottom team again or not even make it at all. Normally I would think oh well she's ten we will just work hard and get better and climb up. But I'm worried if that's how it works. If there's already kids at premier getting premier coaching and playing premier competition aren't they just going to keep improving faster while we get stuck? Is jumping 4 levels too much?
She's passionate and wants to practice and get better and work her way up to premier and make ECNL when she's older. So I want to encourage her and use this as fuel to work and improve. But If she's not already knocking on the door of premier is it unrealistic?