Reply To: Development question

[Tom Molloy]

Tony the critical years for development are the Pee Wee years just before the onset of puberty in most boys. Players are able to learn and develop movement patterns more easily than after puberty. So if the coach is much better then I think he would benefit from staying with a coach who will teach him more and introduce him to movement ideas at this accelerated learning age.

Maybe the best of two world. Play on the tier 2 in the regular season and the tier 1 in the summer.

From bantam and up he should play on the better teams.

So up to puberty I believe development coaches and playing as many sports as possible to develop overall athleticism is critical. Then you start to specialize.

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
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