We moved up this fall from 14u, played in our first 18u tourney. First of all our average height is 5'6 weight about 140. Our 18u competition average was 5'8-5'9 and 160-170. ( not fat girls, just monsters compared to us )
Once I got over the David and Goliath fears we played well for our first run at the 'big times'. Placed 3rd out of 13 teams. Learned some new stuff from the older coaches as far as college exposers go. Talked to several of the DD's that have had letters of interest from all college divisions. Very informative.
So here is the 'never seen before'. As a smoker ( not proud of ) I wondered out to the smoking section, there were a few 18u players just puffing away. Am I just not use to that since we are still so young?? I lost a lot of respect for some of the players that I had been speaking to that weekend. As an ex-athlete I would have never smoked while playing any sport. ( didn't start until mid 20's ) How do you talk to your players about that? It was the big conversation of our young team, they had never seen that before either.
Once I got over the David and Goliath fears we played well for our first run at the 'big times'. Placed 3rd out of 13 teams. Learned some new stuff from the older coaches as far as college exposers go. Talked to several of the DD's that have had letters of interest from all college divisions. Very informative.
So here is the 'never seen before'. As a smoker ( not proud of ) I wondered out to the smoking section, there were a few 18u players just puffing away. Am I just not use to that since we are still so young?? I lost a lot of respect for some of the players that I had been speaking to that weekend. As an ex-athlete I would have never smoked while playing any sport. ( didn't start until mid 20's ) How do you talk to your players about that? It was the big conversation of our young team, they had never seen that before either.