Originally Posted by Anonymous
You were watching two really well coached teams. So much of it comes down to each individual coach.

This is 100% right.

The "athletic talent" is not really any better at a certain age, it is the coaching.

The crush / coppermine coaching at 28 is great and they had those girls for a few years.

I saw this with my middle daughter's team, they were god awful in middle school, got a new coach, added some players and now top 25 team