[Panther Thunder]

Travis needs his players playing summer ball. A local High School coach can only offer them so much. He always wants them to play the 20 games he gets them in the summer rather than playing for someone else. Most coaches in this area are against summer programs, however Pikeville is a testament to what a summer program can do for a team. To improve a team must play better competition, and that is exactly what a travel team can do for them. Playing in larger cities also allows them to be seen by college scouts as well, since we dont get a lot of scouts in the mountains to see the players. We produce some quality players who never get seen outside of the mountains. He should encourage the ones who have opportunities to pursue them and then put a team together with the players who dont have those opportunities. He would then have 15 players actually playing rather than the 9-10 he has under his plan.

Without summer/fall you have no realistic chance of being any good.