Happy New Year all!
In my experience working with our Arsenal club girls and some from South Aiken, it was a real mixed bag. The three girls from last year's U18/19 Arsenal club and SAHS who went D1 gave up SC ODP when they were 14 or 15 because of the politics and they just felt they did not get that much from it. However, this year's SAHS players that will probably go D1 next year all, I think, participate in ODP and have for years. For my daughter's D1 team, many of the players participated in ODP at the national and regional level, yet some did not, concentrating on advanced club ball. My observation is that it has to do more with market size and club involvement, both of which are directly related to the internal ODP politics.