If your kid is not one of the top 5-6 players on his team you should not be thinking about college looks yet, you should only be thinking about getting him better for next summer and the summer after that, very few 2018's will commit in the next 8 - 10 months probable less then 30 in the entire nation and the ones that do will be bigger and probably older 2018's. This summer really should not be about recruiting and it should NEVER be about winning - by being a middle of the road player on the best teams mean that you are practicing against the best and practice is where you are going to improve the most and I believe the best thing for any kid is to stay with a top team even if it means playing less then moving on to a lesser team to get more playing time. just IMHO
You get better by practicing and playing. You will ever get better until you challenge yourself against the best in a GAME. Not in practice. Btw if your on one of the top 2 teams your team will be getting looks this year. Point is if you're not playing this summer what makes you think you're all of a sudden going to be playing next year? I hate to tell you but you could not be more wrong. Get your son on a team where he plays.... Playing the best in GAMES makes you better. Wake up!
Finish your point. Playing in games doesn't make you a more skilled player. Playing in games rises the kids confidence and that makes them better. Getting one or two shifts in a game, vs none, just ruins a kid. Especially the younger ones, maybe less so at this age. But if you're a coach and you can't figure out how to get the bottom 3rd of the roster a few shifts in big games - YOU ARE NOT A COACH! You are just a lax instructor, who thinks winning is more important than development. Coaching is so much more. So many of you youth coaches do it and then figure out some dumb justification. Just set your game plans and lines and let every kid contribute. Why carry 22-24. And don't say that's what HS does. This is different these kids are still be shaped as athletes and students and coaches have a role in that.
