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Sandman - right there with you. If the kids just get comfortable with their position for the season, what's going to give them the motivation to work harder and try to be the best player possible??


You know what, I just don't buy this argument. I feel that kids who want to play at the highest level are for the most part motivated. I think an environment of break-neck competition for playing time and opportunity is counter productive for development. Good coaches can show kids how far they still have to go, how much they still have to learn in order for them to play at the highest level without threatening to drop them at the end of every season. I think such extreme measures should only be implemented on kids who don't care and are willingfully not responding to instruction or correction.