Blog March AAU
March 31st, 2008On another site, I saw some posts about the scores of games featuring high school teams playing each other in a spring league. The season ended two weeks ago and high school teams are already entered in spring leagues and playing multiple games in one day.
I do not understand the point. When do these players get to rest? When do they get away from the court? Players do not improve their skills during competition. This atmosphere is like kids going to school ever single day and taking test after test. If kids spend all their time preparing for and taking tests, when does the learning take place? When does the teacher teach? If the student makes mistakes on Monday and has another test Tuesday, when does he learn from his mistakes and make the change so he can do better the next time?
Games and competition are part of the developmental process. However, when teams play year-round, as these posts suggest, competition becomes the developmental process and this ultimately hinders development and improvement.