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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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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I wish this was the case in youth hockey. I ran into the old coach today, and asked him what my son could have improved on. Gave some good feedback, but it sounded like there was lot of flex and bias amongst all the coaches during the draft.
It just majorly sucks seeing your child so hurt. My son is a sensitive one too. I thought today was a better day, but he had bottled it all up and I had to hold him to sleep while he cried. I know things will be better for him. Just breaks my damned heart.
My wife and I are so emotionally drained from this weekend's news and having to see our son go through this. It's not even comparable to what he is feeling.