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Coach, point that im making is that better players that train together develope better due to the competition at practice.



True; competition for that starting spot is competition too, and the best players tend to challenge those around them to step up as well--as long as the culture of intense competition is established in practice. Still, there are match-situational elements, including emotional as well as physical requirements, that are hard to reproduce in a practice; in order to really develop SOME elements of competition, teams need to have some experience playing with intensity against outside opponents who have a real chance of beating them, with something at stake. This experience becomes harder to find when you have a "stacked" team playing against "the others."

To put it in a multi-sport perspective...often a team that is dominant in their region, conference, division, etc. due to an imbalance of available talent will surprise everyone by underachieving in playoffs, despite having a very talented, well-trained squad that SHOULD, theoretically, be a match for anyone out there.

Why?

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