So how can we start talking about the best club/ organization for your girl? What do you look for in a club? What makes you stay away?
I will say that the pros for a club are competitiveness, coaching QUALITY (not just warm bodies thrown in ), access to specialty coaching at regular practices and not an add-on clinic, workouts, winter training of quality, responsiveness to general parent concerns or questions Ability for your girls to play other sports
Some of the cons would be: overstocking teams (obvious money grab), Worries about cutting girls from a team because of upsetting parents, Overall complacency in coaching and admin because you know there are not other options for the players in your area. Non-responsiveness to parental concerns or questions. No general emails from coaches about how the season is going.
All of these have happened! We are living through this right now. |