Who actually represents an organization?

[radness]

Just thinking it through. There are lots of organizations here in California and their coaches within the organization certainly don't all coach the same way or have the same ethics or same philosophy ... they just wear the same Jersey and logo.

Sooo what does it mean to be part of an organization? seriously can play for 2 different teams, 10 different teams, in the same organization and get completely different coaching. What does organization mean again?

 

[Greatdaytobeawildcat]

From what I see, it generally means access to shared resources (facilities, fields, potentially coaches, website, equipment, purchasing power, etc.). It rarely (though I'm sure sometimes) means shared/consistent philosophy, player / coaching quality, time, # tournaments / games, quality of opponents etc.

 

[Rolling Hard]

If you have a group of parents willing to put up money you can be part of just about any organization. Money talks. Although some orgs have webinars and and try to instill a common culture but very few coaches watch and if they do what they don't apply the info because they already know it all. Unfortunately, "know it all" mentality runs pretty deep in TB coaching.

 

[joe720]

Would say it varies by organization. DD's org has winter position specific practices for 8U to 18U. All get taught the same exact thing from 8 to 18. Board of Directors also checks in on all practices to make sure a basic set of drills are followed. It's not mass manufacturing or anything like that, but there is consistency.