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<blockquote data-quote="bigv" data-source="post: 255148" data-attributes="member: 835">One more point I'd add is that many youth coaches are great.&nbsp; But many are out for the win only.&nbsp; Winning is a goal in youth sports but not the focus.&nbsp; Focus should be development.&nbsp; We want to win and you want to teach them to be competitive but at young ages development of skill is the most important.&nbsp; Heck, more often than not you see those &quot;stud&quot; 6th grade teams end up being average at best when in HS.&nbsp; If they that happens its because of too much focus on the win when younger, not enough challenge and not enough development.&nbsp; Too much pigeon hole-ing.Just because a kid is 5'8 in 5th grade he is put at Center all year.&nbsp; Then he ends up topping out at 5'11 and now won't make the team because he has no guard skills in HS.&nbsp; Same with football etc.&nbsp; Good youth.. 3-9th grade coaches DEVELOP all positions -all kids.&nbsp; It's the HS coach's job to wean out and push for winning.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bigv, post: 255148, member: 835"] One more point I'd add is that many youth coaches are great. But many are out for the win only. Winning is a goal in youth sports but not the focus. Focus should be development. We want to win and you want to teach them to be competitive but at young ages development of skill is the most important. Heck, more often than not you see those "stud" 6th grade teams end up being average at best when in HS. If they that happens its because of too much focus on the win when younger, not enough challenge and not enough development. Too much pigeon hole-ing. Just because a kid is 5'8 in 5th grade he is put at Center all year. Then he ends up topping out at 5'11 and now won't make the team because he has no guard skills in HS. Same with football etc. Good youth.. 3-9th grade coaches DEVELOP all positions -all kids. It's the HS coach's job to wean out and push for winning. [/QUOTE]

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