Quote Originally Posted by sapdad View Post
My claim is that talented kids exist in a lot of places outside of the 8 teams getting the 'best results' in each individual age groups.So I just dont want to focus everything on wins/tables and comp games and if more parents actually put their kids into situations where they got the most individual benefit we would see better players in the long run.
I didn't say anything contrary to that...I know lots of really talented kids not in the top tier...as I pointed out before, a lot are now stuck in tier III for the rest of the year...they would develop further, playing harder and faster opposition...no.1 reason why, pro/rel should be based in team, not on team average

(IMO "blow out" score lines are often psychologically, i.e. a team just collapses after putting in a reasonable effort for most of a game, you can see it's often like a switch is flicked...but there is some body of evidence that suggests those blow outs cause harm: https://drstankovich.com/beyond-the-...outh-athletes/
So I'd say scores matter at least a bit)