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THe players at our school are forced to play Legion; if they choose to play travel, they will not play on the HS team. The other schools in the district allow their players to play travel and they ALL place more players in College and in the Draft.
In Virginia, this would violate VHSL rules. Someone should investigate whether Florida has a similar rule barring HS coaches from requiring certain playing commitments outside of the approved season.
What you need is for a few of the players your coach truly would never think of doing without to break ranks, as a group. And if he even thought of doing anything to them, someone should assure that he lost his job. In the alternative, he should be approached in advance and, if unrepentant, you should go over his head until you get a sensible person. Which hopefully is available to you at some level.
A HS coach should never have the power to tell you what to do year round, especially if he damages your college prospects in the process. He may be one who thinks "all that travel ball is just a waste of your money"; yes I know the type. But what he thinks should not matter. It is your life, therefore your decision -- not his. If he doesn't see that, he must be made to live with it whether he likes it or not.
