Is it better to play with a elite AA team and get 2 or 3mins play time in a game or play for A program and play most of the time
Playing time trumps everything.
I would argue with this statement 85% of the time. If you are the best player on a low A or B team you will be asked to just run around double teams and take bad shots. The practice time with a AA team is worth as much as the game time on a A team. My son is in high school now and he was on the lower end of a top AA team for years he also played on the A team the other years. Yes he did not play as much on the AA team but the practice time with D1 talent forced him to improve his weaknesses. Being really good or great on a lower team gives the kid a false sense of how good he is. This playing time trumps everything is the problem with sports today. Sports will become hard for your son one day and he will have to work for or earn playing time. Playing down to insure this playing time will only make him weaker for when he is forced to earn his spot in High School.
