Of course you are training skills and fundamentals all the way through high school. It’s the basis of any winning program. The best programs (and players) are already strong in those skill sets and build on them. My point is that a child that doesn’t have that core skill set by 9th grade with have a difficult time getting up to speed with those that already possess them.
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The last sentence of your post is a disappointing statement if you are a coach. If a kid isn't good by 9th grade, he/she won't ever be good? The point of development isn't to be good. It's to get better. Everybody can get better. The program I am currently a part of doesn't win because of our superstars. We win because our "other" kids are better than yours. We develop them by focusing on fundamentals.
There’s a huge difference between “good” and “learning the skills required to become good” which I assume is more what that poster is talking about.
As a small school, four sporter “other” kid back in the day, I can’t think of a single teammate I ever had, in any sport, that contributed that didn’t play growing up and had the fundamentals at least established.
I would equate it to the equivalent of playing little league versus USSSA baseball. Sure, you could get a little league kid thst is exceptional, but odds are, you need to play advanced baseball if you want to play at the higher high school level. It’s just a fact. The little league kid woujd certainly “develop “ but they have a lot longer ways to go than the U trip kid. Not saying I like it or not, but just how it is.
