Whew the sparks are a flyin...........
I think I am the oldest coach on both staffs, so if I am the old dead wood you are referring to I would be glad to step down if need be.

My two cents:

1. Maybe we need to lower the gear supply to lower the costs; I use to be in charge of the gear and enjoyed helping Gonz design and decide what gear we would have. But I do not think the gear has anything to do with it. All the other good states have nice gear. Some of their kids are only going to get gear and trade it.

2. Planning - we need to help kids to do a better job of planning their summer training. We need to help them make calendars of what competitions they plan to do and what practices/clinics/camps they plan to attend. In the HayDay of the East Kansas club those kids did not just show up. They came to work and improve on certain skills (i.e. gutwrench, gutwrench defense, clinches, and takedown finishes)

Ending for now but plan to talk about more, it was very discouraging attending the Sunday training camps to have 10 -16 kids there at St. James and even less at some of the other locations.

Tom Peterman