Originally Posted by Anonymous

Sounds typical for the Duke's Nationals -Depth Chart, the depth chart is never followed as it is explained to parents and players, who are supposed to be accountable to attend each mini camp and tournament to stay in good standing and keep the players spot on the depth chart but as you explained it is never followed by Dukes management who produce the depth chart with no input from the coaches. The depth chart is just a hammerhead to keep the players interested in attending the next mini camp and the mini camps are just money makers for Dukes nationals management to keep the program afloat. It is a complete scam and the end is near.


Here's the thing. The depth chart is crap - I don't think anyone disagrees with that. But the mini camps (the Loyola snow storm excluded) are actually pretty good. They do a lot of positional training with fantastic coaches and then move to 2 on 2s, 3 on 3s, etc. where they can apply some of the lessons they learned during positional training.

If your son is looking for extra training, this is a pretty good option as long as you understand and accept some of the downsides of the rest of the program.