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Old 10-15-2023, 10:03 PM   #18
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That's one thing that works in football for me.

Our evaluations start in July with a weeklong camp just to test the physical attributes of the players and some skills testing just to figure out positions.

Then at the start of August we literally have a 3 week camp leading up to a jamboree, then right after the jamboree we pick our roster, pick 3 or 4 kids as developmental players.

You can usually tell as soon as kids get into gear and hitting starts who's going to be the top tier at each positions, and who else can be productive at each position. And we move kids around based on what we see to other positions. A running back could become a lber or defensive back.


but it also becomes clear at the bantam level and at spring who's just not suited to play at this level. But yeah, heart desire and work ethic and coachability has a big part of it.

It also helps that the coaches don't have family skin in the game.

We don't let parents directly coach at their kids positions.
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