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1. Athletes
2. Continuity with the feeder program
3. Athletes
4. Good coaches (Both X's & O's and strength/conditioning)
5. Athletes
6. Support from the administration
7. Athletes
8. Support from parents and the community
9. $$$ It helps to have a booster program or school that can support the things needed for a quality program.
10. And yes you guessed it athletes. In high school it helps to have the better jimmys and joes than the other guy. You can't just look at how they did in middle school which some do because kids mature at different rates, but you need kids that are taught to focus on fundamentals and technique early instead of winning and they become winners in high school.