Or it could be that kids who put in time outside of practice improve more than those that don’t. I don’t doubt that there are some pay to play coaches out there, but many parents who openly complain in rinkside conversations about pay to play are really complaining about paying to improve, and rarely are seen at a rink apart from practices and games during the season, and go dark during the spring. That might be fine for in house and for what passes as A level hockey, but it’s not reasonable to think that most kids can be successful at true AA level by just attending team practices.