Anyone who has participated in EPD knows how bs and political the process is from
State team selections to camp invites. Coaches definitely show favoritism towards their o club players but also towards outside players they want to recruit into their club. The rivalry between clubs is real and clubs love when top players from other clubs join their clubs. All the big clubs are guilty of this. The only exception to this is when an EPD team is coached by a college (not coaching club) coach. They typically coach high school aged teams and use EPD has a paid recruiting channel.
If this purpose of EPD is to ID players for the highest level of play, how many EPD players in the past 3 years has this program identified to a national team camp?
However, plenty of players from smaller clubs get poached from EPD to the big clubs or GDA.
EPD benefits nearly everyone involved except for the players themselves at the expense of their parents financing the program. But at least the players get to flex a WA State EPD sweatshirt.
State team selections to camp invites. Coaches definitely show favoritism towards their o club players but also towards outside players they want to recruit into their club. The rivalry between clubs is real and clubs love when top players from other clubs join their clubs. All the big clubs are guilty of this. The only exception to this is when an EPD team is coached by a college (not coaching club) coach. They typically coach high school aged teams and use EPD has a paid recruiting channel.
If this purpose of EPD is to ID players for the highest level of play, how many EPD players in the past 3 years has this program identified to a national team camp?
However, plenty of players from smaller clubs get poached from EPD to the big clubs or GDA.
EPD benefits nearly everyone involved except for the players themselves at the expense of their parents financing the program. But at least the players get to flex a WA State EPD sweatshirt.
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