<p>yes the korean kid is very poor, and out of shape to say the least. they are desperate for players for the U16 academy which i thought was quite poor, lacked fitness, ball movement, positional discipline, and most of all defensive tactical awareness. i trained with them once and i was quite disappointed with the level of play of the U16 academy players. I am from new york where you have to be top notch to even be considered for an academy team. I played academy last year and i have to say the level of play was rather high in comparison to NERP/Super Y games. this year however, i wanted to focus on my academics in preparing for boarding school, so i elected to play for the local premier team and ODP, which mind you is rather good none-the-less. my current club team would smoke the bolts 16s 5 or 6 nothing, granted it is mostly comprised of MLK jr. high school players, and is good. ranked 15th in the region, and in the 50s nationally.
I’m not saying that any school like NMH are feeders to the ivies but the best players on each competitive team can if they play club outside of school play in the ivies, MAAC, or patriot conferences in the NCAA</p>