Team training rules

I think if it's a business transaction - you're paying for the training - then it isn't in conflict with any rules of a club. We hired a coach at another club last year for some training and I flat out asked if it was OK with the club, the answer was yes - no problems at all.

I think they only way you'd run into any issues would be if your paid training conflicted with your regular club's training for the team.

As for being a form or recruiting - the best way to avoid that perception is don't hire the trainer/coach from your player's gender/age group. In our case, we hired a coach that was several age groups up to work with our daughter and evaluate whether or not she was ready to make the move. That coach evaluated her and relayed his thoughts to the current age group coaches but that was it. Nothing wrong with additional training and eyes -= we've done winter workouts at clubs that weren't ours, too just to get additional coaching perspectives.