Didn't get to see there 4th game, but Team 91 Maryland looked much improved going 3-0 at the Jack-)-Lantern Classic with a 4th game to play. Had 3-4 players that were huge in size.
Good for them! Nice to get a few wins under their belt before getting grinded into a fine paste during HOCO because they refuse to move out of the Elite division. It still baffles me they put those kids through this every year.
You get better by playing better competition. Regardless of the outcome you have to respect a team or isnt ducking competition
Not sure kids learn much getting beat 16-0 or 15-3. Playing at the right level of competition teaches them more.
Coach here. Players...especially youth players...learn the most at high stress, high engagement, with the occasional dopamine hit. Whats a good metric for that?
A good club coach and director are laser focused on it....a PF-PA of close to zero. There are teams who are up 30+ goals and down 30+ goals this fall. Neither group of kids are improving. The team who's scored 35 and given up 39 is learning much faster.
