quote:As I said ad nauseum, players with better innate abilities will be attracted to travel but it is not travel that gives them the better innate abilities.
You have changed your stance which is encouraging.
Daque you can only go where your talent takes you. A great travel team with great coaching will give you your best shot at getting there.
As Doug pointed out some guys with innate talent may never get down the road to develop his skills. Here it is almost impossible to break into a travel team unless they are desperate for players. Also the longer you Waite ,the tougher it is.
I think Dougs position pretty much echos mine. I have watched this play out many times where kids try to break into a travel team and can't do it.
Daque when my son's HS BKTB coach left and went to Arizona, the HS team went to pot within 2 years. My son even stayed back 1 year and delayed his college BB because he wanted 1 more year with that coach.
Coaching does make a huge difference. They teach talented kids skills and how to use their abilities.