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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

One of the biggest reasons that I think that districts make teams better is increased exposure to a variety of teams.

If you play in one event, you get a certain idea of what is required to be successful so you make some improvements to try to achieve the benchmark you saw. Then in your next event you see some teams that blew away anything you saw in your first event. Time to reset the benchmark.

Then you make it to the regional championship (I hate when it's called the district championship) and you realize how high the bar really is. Now you really have to figure out how to raise you game.

By the time you make it to World Championships, you've already seen the game at such a high level that you're ready for anything. The fact that the district system forces a higher level of competition results in the teams being much more prepared for what they'll see in St. Louis.

I have to somewhat disagree. There were still a good number of teams unable to manipulate the ball at MAR champs and was certainly not at the championship level.