Matt Montgomery
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Matt Montgomery
@MattTMontgomery
Coach HS & Club | Owner TZ 🏀 Academy | And some Home Tech Stuff
Salt Lake City Katılım Kasım 2010
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@MattTMontgomery One question I have that I never looked up about IMG is how are the academics? I'm sure they are pretty good, but how are they for the lowest level athletes?
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Always think the takes on these debates are missing critical context. Too much to unpack in a single tweet, but we over simplify it blaming parents for 'living their dreams vicariously' or blaming clubs for 'chasing IG Glory.' And none of those takes move the needle forward.
Hans Olsen@GBSHansO
Has club sports ruined youth sports in every state, or just Utah? I can’t believe what these kids and parents are put through now…. It’s a travesty.
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@PALeimbach Agree. One of the reasons we started the Academy, the method behind it is what we did to help my daughter play multiple sports at the time commitment required by clubs, but still have time to be a kid. Not for everyone but was a solution that worked for her.
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@MattTMontgomery My thoughts are pretty simple. Kids need to have more balance. Can they specialize in a sport? Maybe in high school, but before that they should play multiple sports with time off between seasons. Do some parents live vicariously through their kids, without doubt. Some!
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When did investing in your kids development - become synonymous with living your dreams through your kid. It's a frustrating argument to hear all the time. Yes this happens, but I'd argue it's more the exception than the norm.
Matt Montgomery@MattTMontgomery
Also think it's odd, when a parent invests to help their Child be the very best in athletics or dance, ALL PARENTS are "living their dream through their kids", but when a parent pays for their kid to have top education at a Private School they're giving them an advantage.
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Also think it's odd, when a parent invests to help their Child be the very best in athletics or dance, ALL PARENTS are "living their dream through their kids", but when a parent pays for their kid to have top education at a Private School they're giving them an advantage.
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If you're buying in that Clubs are evil, and Parents guilty of vicariously living through their kids, you're letting the companies at the top driving the whole thing have a massive pass.
I don't have an alternative solution, but I'm weary of how much we trash clubs and parents.
Matt Montgomery@MattTMontgomery
If you're a club, and you're not ECNL, parents move their kids to new club. Then can you blame a Club for chasing ECNL? If you're a parent, and told your kid has no shot outside of ECNL, can you blame them for hunting an ECNL Club? Same applies in Bball with Shoe circuits.
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If you're a club, and you're not ECNL, parents move their kids to new club. Then can you blame a Club for chasing ECNL?
If you're a parent, and told your kid has no shot outside of ECNL, can you blame them for hunting an ECNL Club? Same applies in Bball with Shoe circuits.
Matt Montgomery@MattTMontgomery
Follow the money. What's actually driving all of it? Are the clubs driving this? Are ALL PARENTS really guilty of living vicariously through their kids? In soccer, to play D1 they say you need to play ECNL. Whose driving that? Is that really Club and Parents fault?
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Follow the money. What's actually driving all of it? Are the clubs driving this? Are ALL PARENTS really guilty of living vicariously through their kids? In soccer, to play D1 they say you need to play ECNL. Whose driving that? Is that really Club and Parents fault?
Matt Montgomery@MattTMontgomery
Always think the takes on these debates are missing critical context. Too much to unpack in a single tweet, but we over simplify it blaming parents for 'living their dreams vicariously' or blaming clubs for 'chasing IG Glory.' And none of those takes move the needle forward.
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@ChuckSmith414 I agree with your original post and yes actions are better with Steph and Pros, but that’s true of all actions. I’m saying splits can be better than we usually see. It’s easy to overlook the details that make splits work cause actions simple. But the details make the splits work
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@MattTMontgomery All due respect you just said look how Steph sets it up. Steph gravity is second to none. You also have High IQ bigs initiating the split making reads with Golden State. I just think it’s counterproductive w/o the right personnel.
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Every day I think I grow more tired of seeing teams try to play split action off a post touch. Kids don’t even set screens, slip, and etc. within the split. They just exchange super lazy.
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A few years ago there was a middle school team smacking everybody in tourneys left and right bc they had length and did nothing but press. That’s all they practiced.
Come HS they struggled bc they didn’t know how to play in the half court and had limited skillset.
Everything that looks good ain’t good….
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48% of the Top 25 leading scorers in the country this season for WBB were 5’9 and below.. Just thought I’d share.
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Love this! 'Water the good grass'
Randy Jackson@CoachJacksonTPW
I texted a coach this morning and asked how the new job was going after about a month. His response was one I’ve heard many times… and lived myself: “Not bad. Some kids pushing back culture wise. Always worried about staff and numbers.” If you go into a program and start making the changes that need to be made, be ready for pushback. That’s normal. My advice to him: Water the good grass. Don’t let the weeds hold you hostage. Too many coaches start looking the other way because they want to keep players and coaches happy. They convince themselves they can slowly change the culture. It doesn’t work that way. Culture doesn’t drift in the right direction. It moves toward the standard you enforce. Stay strong to your principles. The right grass will grow. 🌱🏈 @fastnwide
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No one talks about those 1-3 days after your final basketball game of the season. 😳
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A reality in Coaching is that people you care about most will disappoint you.
It’s rarely the action, it’s how it’s communicated. No phone call, no text, you hear third hand, or find out on social.
There are bright spots in coaching, but there’s a very real emotional cost.
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@seemikedunn OG playground! Place is almost iconic now because of you still remember how excited I was to see it in person haha
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Sooner or later the ball stops bouncing. It’s a crazy emotion when it hits
Jon Beck@CoachJonBeck
When the last game really is the last game, it’s emotional. Win or lose, watching seniors play their last game is tough. It’s tough for parents too. HS careers are over. The end of something is the beginning of something else. Cherish this time & look forward to the next chapter!
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@coachpmedina Amazon how different it feels when you slide over just one chair. That HC chair brings very new perspective
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Everyone always has an opinion but no one besides those in the actual locker room know what really happens within teams… with players, assistant coaches, and admin… until you’ve sat in the HC chair, you wouldn’t understand.
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I learned this year with a key player, when things seemed off..
we assumed,
tensions rose,
Then I’d talk with the player, have the uncomfortable convo,
It ALWAYS got better. Trust grew.
Reality is never as bad as our imagination.
Talk early and often, even if it’s scary!
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