Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
So did the Mesa 27 team break up as predicted here? Seems fool that strong teams like Mesa 27 and NXT 29 are losing kids.

Only because there is a group that lets Mesa, NXT develop the players only to steal them in middle school. It will be ugly later on.

Steal is a bit of a strong word, don't you think? At the end of every season, families are allowed to reevaluate their current club as well as all the other clubs in the market. They are allowed to switch clubs.

Every club states that they develop players. But do they really? One practice per week clocking in at probably 90 minutes. Versus how many hours are the kids putting in outside of practice working on the wall, dodging, shooting, and all the other little things? I think parents are giving way too much credit to the club teams for player development and not enough credit to their own kids and the rec teams and coaches in the spring season who are actually teaching the game.

We know where the players gravitate to in High School (and for obvious reason that program should be avoided for youth). Where are they gravitating to in Middle School?