Our experience last year with our 10YR from being on a lower-level team that was consistently losing was that although he was getting a lot of field time, we saw a regression in the game. The level of competition at practice coupled with the inability to compete made kids complacent. Moving him to a more competitive A with better players and coaching around him and having him compete for field time has already shown in improvement in his game. Agreed at this age winning is not important, but in their mind it is, and they need to know how to motivate them selves to play hard and work harder.