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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great player + great attitude but doesn’t get to play in high school or club? Someone sounds like they are deluding themselves, OP. Maybe the coach is your ex and still bitter about the breakup? [/quote]

NP. Come on. This is almost absurdly idealistic. There are many terrible reasons this happens, including racism, bias against the kid for reasons totally out of their control, classicism, etc. I’ve seen coaches blackball a kid because a sibling ten years earlier was not good. I’ve seen coaches refuse to play a kid for reasons that in the employment context would be overtly illegal.

I have one kid who is a current college athlete and another on the way. I have been through it. You people who believe in the myth of meritocracy in youth sports are ridiculous. [/quote] +1 completely agree[/quote]

So, is there a point you ever SAY this to someone who is recruiting your kid? Example, if you think your kid isn't being played for a NON-ability reason (nepotism, favoritism, whatever)? Or is there a way to say it or tip off the recruiting school?[/quote]

I think the only thing you(r kid says) is “Coach, let me show you what I can do.  My in game minutes for the 20XX season don’t reflect everything that I can offer.  Here’s film of me at [camp, showcase, whatever] that shows me contributing at a high level.”

When my kid was a sophomore, he was playing for a toxic HS coach that loved to play games with players and he was not getting film w/HS team.  DS was in a  workout group that included several senior D1 commits from other schools, and he attended some showcases where he really stood out. We had good film from showcases and from his club team, but we could also have shared film from scrimmages with the workout group (along with a message like the above) if we’d had to.  Ultimately DS quit the sport at the start of junior year after coach’s head games got too extreme (shortly before coach was let go), but that’s what we would have done if he’d continued recruitment.

My point is that your kid can find another way to get some film and share that film along with positive comments about what they can do (not bashing current coach, which isn’t going to play well).  I talked to a D3 coach at a camp, and he commented that he could tell I was being positive about a negative situation (he had watched  DS play, and knew he was good). Coach commented that staying positive was smart and also that coaches can tell when player or parents are avoiding saying negative stuff and that coaches know not all HS situations are good or fair. [/quote]

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