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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We left myha after one season. I always thought the rink was owned by the city of Rockville, so I ignored that aspect, but it was very clear that, on both the boys and girls side, paying for the coaches group/private clinics influenced team selection and ice time. Parents assistant coaching (sometimes the teams will have 4 dad assistant coaches on the bench!) or sucking up to the head coaches also has a huge impact on team selection. If you pay attention, some of the kids have 1-1 regular midseason skill and strength training sessions with the head coach. Myha/rockville is a cesspool but I feel like the chickens are coming home to roost. Tm and pride are afterthoughts in the aaa world, no myha boys aa teams qualified for nationals this year. Only one girls team did outright and the other got there by playing the at large game to both districts and nationals. There are some good people in the organization, but I feel like the couple of attorneys on the board need to lay down the law.[/quote]
I know MYHA is huge but I always found it odd that the try out clinics and coaching clinics are run separately by the coach, not the organization. And that the try out clinics and pre season clinics are unofficially mandatory. I think it’s the only local organization like that. At MedStar, TriCity, St James the camps/clinics are run by the organization. Medstar does offer private and small group coaching sessions, I’m not sure if those become “mandatory” as players progress.[/quote]
I don't know the details of the clinics but if I'm not mistaken, the MYHA pre-tryout clinics cost about $80/hour and you have to sign up for 6 sessions; Tri-City $30-$40/session a la carte (much less robust offering); Medstar's $43/session and requires signup for 8 sessions. Such a racket..but then again, parents are willing to pay for them and shopping around is not easy with the different places spread out.  We even paid for a set of MyHA clinics at one point. [/quote]

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