AAA Hockey — I call. Who is from what program accepted into WLC and TM — and please list the birth year —

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol WLC had a coach like that when my kid played for them. ACHA is not professional and they are unqualified to be coaching a AAA team. The guys mom would show up to all of the games, it was really weird. If I'm paying the costs of AAA hockey, there better be a highly qualified coach.

At the AAA level I agree with you, especially with the older kids, but what percent of the kids that are playing are playing at that at that level? 5%? 10%? For the vast majority of kids playing, an ACHA experienced coach is fine. Trust me, a Lower A 9 year old doesn't need a D1 coach to become and better hockey player, they need coaches who care, run good practices and keep the kids engaged and excited about coming to the rink. If they continue to grow and develop in the game someone else down the line will be there to teach them the advance breakout progression and how to deal with a two-man forecheck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol WLC had a coach like that when my kid played for them. ACHA is not professional and they are unqualified to be coaching a AAA team. The guys mom would show up to all of the games, it was really weird. If I'm paying the costs of AAA hockey, there better be a highly qualified coach.

At the AAA level I agree with you, especially with the older kids, but what percent of the kids that are playing are playing at that at that level? 5%? 10%? For the vast majority of kids playing, an ACHA experienced coach is fine. Trust me, a Lower A 9 year old doesn't need a D1 coach to become and better hockey player, they need coaches who care, run good practices and keep the kids engaged and excited about coming to the rink. If they continue to grow and develop in the game someone else down the line will be there to teach them the advance breakout progression and how to deal with a two-man forecheck.

But my big question is whether a Lower A 9 year old benefits from paying $1000 extra a season to to have an ACHA experienced rookie coach. You end up paying the same amount for an experienced Level 5 coach, a former pro, or a low level/inexperience ACHA player, so I'd rather get a better coach if I'm paying for it. Otherwise, get a high quality parent volunteer and save the team 10-15k.

[Anonymous]

Can anyone explain why AAA is over 6k for basic fees, not including team, jersey, and travel fees, when you still only get two practices a week on half ice/shared ice? I'd like to know why they can get away with charging double the price of Tier 2 AA, not providing highly qualified, experienced coaches, but practices are exactly the same as AA and, in some cases, worse than AA, since some AA clubs here offer full-ice practices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why AAA is over 6k for basic fees, not including team, jersey, and travel fees, when you still only get two practices a week on half ice/shared ice? I'd like to know why they can get away with charging double the price of Tier 2 AA, not providing highly qualified, experienced coaches, but practices are exactly the same as AA and, in some cases, worse than AA, since some AA clubs here offer full-ice practices.

If costs a lot of money for the ink to print that extra A on everything. Seriously though, they probably have more games than a AA team. It's wasteful though, because no matter what anyone tells you youth sports should be developmental even at the AAA level and practices do this kids a lot more benefit than games.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why AAA is over 6k for basic fees, not including team, jersey, and travel fees, when you still only get two practices a week on half ice/shared ice? I'd like to know why they can get away with charging double the price of Tier 2 AA, not providing highly qualified, experienced coaches, but practices are exactly the same as AA and, in some cases, worse than AA, since some AA clubs here offer full-ice practices.

Because they know parents are willing to pay it. It’s that simple. We are the suckers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why AAA is over 6k for basic fees, not including team, jersey, and travel fees, when you still only get two practices a week on half ice/shared ice? I'd like to know why they can get away with charging double the price of Tier 2 AA, not providing highly qualified, experienced coaches, but practices are exactly the same as AA and, in some cases, worse than AA, since some AA clubs here offer full-ice practices.

If costs a lot of money for the ink to print that extra A on everything. Seriously though, they probably have more games than a AA team. It's wasteful though, because no matter what anyone tells you youth sports should be developmental even at the AAA level and practices do this kids a lot more benefit than games.

They play the same nunber of games as AA and in some cases less than AA.

[Anonymous]

Several tier 2 teams in the DMV play in multiple leagues and regularly play 60+ games a season