Spoke to a friend of mine the other day. His daughter made a developmental team (always an interesting term for me...aren't all youth teams suppose to be "developmental"?). His daughter made the "B" team (for the record, he agreed that she should have been on the "B" team). But he also observed that his kid got the "B" team coaches.
How does your program assign coaches? Do the "lesser" kids get the "lesser" coaches? Do the "better" kids get the "better" coaches? If so, how do you think your "lesser" kids will develop as compared to your "better" kids? I'll take a stab at that one! My guess is that the "lesser" develops slower than the "better"! But it will have NOTHING to do with the "lesser's" effort or focus.
Have you ever thought about giving your "lesser" kids the "better" coaches? Hopefully you are in a position to give BOTH teams the best coaches but, if you can't, how about giving those lesser kids the better coaches... just once!?!
Child development on the field (court, etc) is no different than parenting and teaching. It's not a coincidence that the best "parented", "taught" or coached kids USUALLY become the "A" team young adults (on the field and off).
Keep smiling.
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