- Nov 18, 2013
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Sounds like a crappy HS coach. Jokes about kids are bad enough, to add race is completely unacceptable.
I was talking about HS ball with a friend earlier today. Just like you, lots of things sucked about it. Poor play, drama, politics etc. The biggest things it gave her were a chance to be a better leader and an opportunity to play with friends she grew up with. Even the drama wasn’t all bad because it taught her how to deal with adversity. If she survived some of the HS families everything else is a breeze.
I wouldn’t take HS ball from her. It doesn’t last long enough to wreck anything and the time away from TB is good for her. When she gets to 16U most teams shut down for the HS season anyway. Even though her HS coach is a moron, opposing coaches will see your DD and some of them have strong connections to college programs. If your area is anything like here most of the top travel programs have coaches at high schools. The coach who did the most for DD recruiting wise is someone she never even played for. He invited her to play with his team in Kansas City and even though we said no, he kept in touch and arranged several interviews for DD. In hindsight I wish we would have let her play for him, but it seemed crazy at the time.
Good luck and enjoy her journey. It goes by way too fast.
I was talking about HS ball with a friend earlier today. Just like you, lots of things sucked about it. Poor play, drama, politics etc. The biggest things it gave her were a chance to be a better leader and an opportunity to play with friends she grew up with. Even the drama wasn’t all bad because it taught her how to deal with adversity. If she survived some of the HS families everything else is a breeze.
I wouldn’t take HS ball from her. It doesn’t last long enough to wreck anything and the time away from TB is good for her. When she gets to 16U most teams shut down for the HS season anyway. Even though her HS coach is a moron, opposing coaches will see your DD and some of them have strong connections to college programs. If your area is anything like here most of the top travel programs have coaches at high schools. The coach who did the most for DD recruiting wise is someone she never even played for. He invited her to play with his team in Kansas City and even though we said no, he kept in touch and arranged several interviews for DD. In hindsight I wish we would have let her play for him, but it seemed crazy at the time.
Good luck and enjoy her journey. It goes by way too fast.