Well it's that time of year when high school basketball gets in full swing over the summer time period. It's a great time to evaluate talent and help the girls work on their weaknesses. As the saying goes Championship are won in the summer!

 

Is this a good thing or a bad thing letting high school basketball coaches work their teams in the summer?

Pros/Cons?

Well it's that time of year when high school basketball gets in full swing over the summer time period. It's a great time to evaluate talent and help the girls work on their weaknesses. As the saying goes Championship are won in the summer!

 

Is this a good thing or a bad thing letting high school basketball coaches work their teams in the summer?

Pros/Cons?

 

Pros-

For those high school coaches who are willing to put in the time and invest in the SKILL DEVELOPMENT of their players, is a fantastic opportunity to "build" better players. And the best coaches I know do this at no expense to the players, other than the time and sweat equity that the players invest. Drive, desire, and determination determine if/how much each player will improve.

 

Cons-

The potential burn-out factor, first to the coaches, and second to the players. A reasonable number of games can be a good thing, but not at the expense of skill development. Kids need the opportunity to be kids, so a happy medium, which is hard to determine, needs to be reached. Plus, kids ought to be able to play multiple sports, if they can balance them well.

As with all things balance is most important. Many of the kids these days are also already involved select soccer, AAU basketball and/or club volleyball.

Pros-

For those high school coaches who are willing to put in the time and invest in the SKILL DEVELOPMENT of their players, is a fantastic opportunity to "build" better players. And the best coaches I know do this at no expense to the players, other than the time and sweat equity that the players invest. Drive, desire, and determination determine if/how much each player will improve.

 

Cons-

The potential burn-out factor, first to the coaches, and second to the players. A reasonable number of games can be a good thing, but not at the expense of skill development. Kids need the opportunity to be kids, so a happy medium, which is hard to determine, needs to be reached. Plus, kids ought to be able to play multiple sports, if they can balance them well.

 

Excellent post! I whole heartedly agree!