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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this thread sums up a lot of things I see wrong with youth sports. Why are you trying to pick a sport based on what will get you into a Ivy League school? Why not just let your kid play what they want and learn the lessons - teamwork, winning and losing, working hard, etc. if they really love it they’ll apply themself and get really good at it. Fencing? Give me a break.

And the youth hockey development is nuts. Do you really want your kid to play tier I their entire childhood, skip years of schooling to play juniors, just for a shot at making a ncaa team? Why not just let them play aa (which is rotary competitive all round with great coaching) and for their hs team, and let them play on a college club team if they want. Why chase the dragon? Hockey is such a great sport and has so many lessons in it, and I understand the temptation, but jeez unless your kid is pounding pucks off the garage door 4 hours a day…[/quote]

Sometimes there are kids, like mine, who simply can’t find teams in the DMV (AA, TM and WLC) that play at his level. Yea, maybe it sounds obnoxious or you think I’m blowing smoke, but he is very competitive and was frustrated by all of the hockey in this area. He simply plays at a higher level. So I hate it when hockey friends turn up their noses and assume we are chasing some hockey dream. The reality is that he loves the sport and got bored with what he had in the DMV. Will he play college hockey?  Maybe, maybe not. It’s a long shot especially when you throw in that he’s at a top HS and we won’t let him sacrifice academics for hockey. But please don’t judge our choices. For some kids, there simply isn’t enough here in the DMV to play at a certain level. [/quote]
Yeah...ok.  Sure.  [/quote]

What a pathetically petty response. Hockey parents in the DMV are so predictable. 😂[/quote]
If you knew even the first thing about hockey you would understand that reply.  Clearly you do not.  [/quote]

Actually one thing I’ve learned in my almost two decades in the DMV hockey world. Most hockey parents are not that smart and many of them are petty and jealous when they see an amazing and talented player who they know will never be their kid. Get some therapy. Jealously  will eat you from the inside out. [/quote]

That's not my experience at all - with 3 kids in hockey most of the parents we've met are nice, intelligent, and overall pleasant people.[/quote]

Same.  Well educated, mostly government and private sector.  Lots of lawyers.  It isn't a cheap sport, so not really any uneducated/middle class families.  Unfortunately.[/quote]

What does it matter.  [b]It’s a fun sport but none of the players in the DMV have a chance of D1 or juniors[/b].

It’s a middle class sport everywhere else and they are committed to hockey.  They play year round and have natural talent.  It’s cute that you think your tiny group of kids playing hockey are the norm.   [/quote]

This is plainly untrue.  Plenty of local kids playing juniors (though most at the Tier 3 level.  There are also quite a few local kids who have made or are making their way to D1 schools, including 1 who has played his entire "career" through juniors locally.  And there are currently three local kids playing professionally up in Hershey (Joe Snively, Sam Anas, and Alex Limoges).  [/quote]

Three players over a ten year span isn’t great.  It’s just not a hockey area.  That could change.  With the over saturation of baseball and basketball schools and clubs and everything else hockey might be the next big sport for businesses.   [/quote]

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