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Having a personal goal to achieve always brings out the best in the athlete who truly wants to do what it takes to succeed. Work hard, be coachable, have a great attitude, spend time with the ball away from practice, do more than is asked of you combined with some natural ability and you might get to play at the next level.




Combine these items with the right environment and you have the essence of the elite player development. You can have all of the personal attributes and be in the wrong environment, or be in the right environment without the personal attributes, and development is stifled.

In my opinion, ODP is not the avenue to "development", but rather exposure and validation of the players previous development.