I agree. The only problem is the entire team is filled with the kids giving little effort accorcing to the OP. Personally, I would schedule not just 1 but probably closer to 4 or 5 scrimmages over a 2 day weekend against much better teams and let the kids get their butts handed to them. After the last game, I'd hold a little team player meeting telling them those are the types of teams where every player works hard. Those are the types of teams they will be playing come tournament season and those will be the exact same results they will have if they continue down the path of not showing effort, the willingness to learn, execute skills and work on their own at home. Granted, some players may just be in it for fun but getting your butts handed to you 21-0 four to five games in a row pretty quickly shows them that this isn't rec ball anymore.I maybe a jerk but if I help out with a team, I inform the coach that I will not work with anyone that does not work hard. I simply will send the kid to the other coaches station if not getting the desired effort. They seem to figure it out pretty quick and normally the kid that was removed from the group gives great effort the next practice. I make sure that I praise as much as possible and joke around between drills but business when doing drills.