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How many players left solid 2nd teams for so called ‘Elite’ Teams?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostBoys do as well - it isn't a uniquely female phenomenon. The funnel to the top gets exponentially smaller, so from a pure numbers standpoint very few go from U11 "stud" to top college player or even higher. Most will have been in the funnel all along, but not all.
Late bloomers are possible with height and man shoulders.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThese “little engine” stories are uplifting and exactly the message we should be delivering to our children. With a few occaissional outliers noted, they are indeed outliers. Reality of what I have seen with 2 daughters through the process is that it is far more common to see girls fall off than rise up.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAnd they do. Here is an example , last year's NEFC graduating class. At u11 & 12 their top team, the Pride, won the Maple state cups - the Andre and Irwin. 21 players in two years, only 4 went onto D1 (one of which got cut after 11), 2 or 3 play D3, 2 play other sports in college and the rest simply faded away. Yes, a consolidation of teams occurred at 13 when the stakes were raised, but the point remains the same.
I’ll also add that - in following those families/players through HS - the pushy/undermining families kids do not end up as successful recruits. Fact. The jumping ship to ‘so called 1st teams’ does not make a B player an A - it may elevate recruiting but not eventual success - follow the players to college and you will see.
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