I’m not even convinced we need significant financial backing.
If you want to run elite training camps 3x per week for the 40,000 parents who *think* their kid is elite, that costs money. The money is collected from the 40,000 parents, and you have a letter league.
If you want to run elite camps/playdates one time a week for the 800 players you actually care about, it costs far less money. And it actually brings top players together, which is what you want.
The catch is, you can’t outsource the elite camp system to your letter league coach. If you do that, he’ll try to poach the top players, and other coaches will stop sending kids.
If you want to run elite training camps 3x per week for the 40,000 parents who *think* their kid is elite, that costs money. The money is collected from the 40,000 parents, and you have a letter league.
If you want to run elite camps/playdates one time a week for the 800 players you actually care about, it costs far less money. And it actually brings top players together, which is what you want.
The catch is, you can’t outsource the elite camp system to your letter league coach. If you do that, he’ll try to poach the top players, and other coaches will stop sending kids.