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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 152166" data-attributes="member: 3373">I also see this where someone sees the need to "compete at a higher level." Couple of things I have always questioned is "At what age does that become appropriate and is it appropriate for all athletes." Never figured out the perfect answer and not sure if there is one. One negative is the amount of time required for these "All-Star" types of teams. Is too much emphasis placed on being a great athlete and a young person has no time to be a kid and mature at a normal pace?There are advantages to staying close to your teammates and developing a rapport with them. Teammates can be very good at making each other better. Over the years I also noticed that some coaches got so much more out of their athletes than others. Some common threads with successful coaches; players respect the coach and will do everything to be successful, players are treated with respect, players are disciplined for poor actions but never embarrassed, players develop a mentality in practice where working your butt off is fun. Someone will come up with more but I think you get the idea.Finally, I think if you want your child to be an NFL QB, it would benefit your child if you became a very successful coach. Why? Look at the number of NFL QB's whose dad was a coach. One reason, most of those kids went to every practice their dad was at. Coaches kids are usually, emphasis on usually and not always, good athletes because they grow up around the sport and not because they had to practice all the time. They just learn the game.</blockquote>

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