shemaar stapleton

I think, generally speaking, kids should play for a different travel team than their HS affiliation. IMHO, HS coaches that force players to play for their travel team are doing their players a great disservice. A lot of growth can happen when a player changes scenery for a few months, gets away from their coach, takes a mental break, hear’s some different messaging, gets around some different kids and vibes. Even if there isn’t a lot of coaching happening - just a chance for self discovery and self adjustments. Maybe something you were teaching all year finally clicks when they get away from it. Doesn’t make one coach better than the other. Just a little mental break from the same folks can go a long way - no different than a vacation at work. You don’t want to vacation with the same people in your office. But when you get back - you miss them a bit, you appreciate them, you are recharged.