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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to live overseas and we would have a number of European scouts come to the tournaments we attended. The first thing they would say was "don't even talk to me until after your kid reaches puberty." It was such a massive change that they really didn't feel there was much value watching or scouting kids until after that point. [/quote]

This makes me smile. My dad was a coach for decades.  When he came out to my firstborn's rec games, there was this kid that was the talk all over town.  He was and running circles, dribbling around everyone, Hispanic.  Travel coaches were treating him like he was Messi his first few years.  I told my dad, you have to come watch him play.  My dad came out and watched. He turned to me and said, 'those kids rarely pan out. He will also be the same height at 17'.  So, years later, these kids are now 15 and my dad was right. That player is not even in the top 30 of players in the Club, just average at best.  There are many more like him I've seen over the years and I always smile to myself when I see people getting so hyped up about these kids in the younger years.[/quote]

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