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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3514596, member: 1220"] If you go back even farther you will see an even bigger difference in ratings of the top recruits. I remember in the class of 2009 a point guard who was in the top ten with a rating of 92. There were few, if any rated as 96's. The difference is that more players are coming out of high school with more developed individual skill sets. Most players have been working with individual trainers since at least Jr high. They also play AAU ball, so almost all are year-round players. They pretty much come to college much closer to their skill development ceilings than they were in the past. This is a major reason that the high school recruit dynamic has changed. The individual skill level of players is much higher and except for post players ( who typically develop slower ), more players are less concerned with picking developmental programs in college. Generally, college has become more for learning to integrate their individual skills into a team concept. Remember the thread on Mo'ne Davis on this site? I was trying to explain to some posters that she had no chance of ever playing for UConn and a slim chance to even get a D1 scholarship in basketball. What her basketball advisors did not realize was that her competition was so far ahead of her because they were totally focused on basketball and not playing other sports in the off season. The skill level had changed so much in such a short time that they were clueless. Being a good athlete was not enough unless you were a tall post player with a high ceiling. Girls now days train year-round developing basketball skills. This also has a negative effect. Sometimes they get tired of training and want a break and unless they have an obsessive love for the game it might keep them from committing to high-intensity programs. [/QUOTE]

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