how does a 2019 or 2020 get into hockey
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Silly only because it was not your experience but the majority of college coaches do prefer multisport athletes as a general rule. Sounds like your son is an exception but that does not discount what the general consensus is. Both basketball and soccer are known for helping with defensive skills and also for developing the field sense of lacrosse players. Many lax coaches will tell boys to play basketball in the off season for this reason. There is absolutely no reason that elite players can not also play other sports in fall and winter if they chose and if they happen to be focused on a college program that the coach encourages and looks for this, then good for them. Often times the problem with the "elite" clubs is that they do not allow it which is a personal choice for a family to go with that club because there are many many elite clubs that have no issue with it. If you take a look at D1 commits, the majority (not all) are multi sport athletes.