1) Does all the movement make kids BETTER? 2) Does one club have a monopoly on player development? 3) Is the grass REALLY greener?
Once folks realize that, for the VAST majority of kids, the answer to all 3 questions is "no," the weekly caravan on I-26 will be reduced to a trickle of terminally disgruntled parents and kids.
Once parents take a long hard look in the mirror and realize that their dissatisfaction level is THEIRS, and not the club's responsibility, and that it doesn't change from club to club ...
Over the years, I've seen kids jump all over the lot with no hard evidence that they were better for it. In fact, in athletic development, there's a lot to be said for continuity.
STOP THE MADNESS.
continuity is huge, our premier team actually was worse when the club went out of the area to get kids to come to our club, when we started doing that we didn't win state 2 years in a row, including losing to our own younger girls in the state championship game. my daughter would tell me the out of towners would only be at practice 1 day a week, so most practices were without the whole team. (not much of a team concept) doesn't make much sense does it?
I had this discussion with the CESA Directors and a Coach. They basically laughed in my face, at my suggestion that a TEAM is better off practicing TOGETHER as a TEAM at the SAME time and at the SAME location. They indicated it did not matter if some practice in Greenville, some in Columbia etc...
What really mattered to them was getting the Columbia and Charleston kids and their money.
