I think practices are the MOST important part of club lax. Your kid improves at practices, not tourneys. Practice is where they are coached and learn skills. Tourneys are the gravy. I don't need another championship t shirt for my kid, I need him to be the best he can be at lax.
Disagree, respectfully.
On competitive travel teams, not every player is necessarily going to play the same amount, but part of your job as a coach is to develop every player on your team.
“It is a tenet of good coaching that you get kids into games,” writes Jim Thompson, founder and CEO of the Positive Coaching Alliance, a US Lacrosse national partner. “Most of the benefits of playing a sport are tied to competing in games.” www.uslacrosse.org/blog/good-coaches-get-players-into-games
Coach does have to develop a player. that development happens during practice, not in a game.
I agree games are important but practice and repetitions develop and improve players.
