Watching
these kids burn out, get injured, or just quit over the past 20 years has
allowed the accumulation of data that supports letting kids be kids. It’s been
this way for centuries! (And it worked!)
It’s like loading
up a new rental car for a trip, adding a trailer, and six people to go on a trip. Sure
, you are going to get there most of the time, but the engine has been maxed
out and worn, The transmission, shocks, struts, tires, will all be worn. It’s
the reason people are hesitant to buy rental cars. The thinking is they were
driven hard and fast at an early age and are going to breakdown or need a lot
of maintenance soon.
We believe
in ramping up the completion aspect by using the play by performance model when
the kids are 15 and 16 years old. At this time, their bodies and minds have
developed to the point where their creativity, learned from an early age where
mistakes were not confused with failure, and playing time was distributed
equally so that the skill level of ALL was improved and therefore the end
result was a larger group of better athletes.
THEN, and
only them should they pick one sport and specialize. The completion will be
better and more advanced as skill and coping have been taught through
repetition, trial and error. These children will be able to compete at a higher
level, because their foundation has been set with a program that allows them to
be children first and foremost.
Now you have
my attention for real truly high level competition, not entitlement.
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