If your son got recruited to play college lacrosse, please share your experience and tips...

[Anonymous]

Coaches are pretty selfish and will pick who they think is better every time---keep in mind--- people may disagree on who is better. I agree if it is close, having an advocate can break a tie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coaches are pretty selfish and will pick who they think is better every time---keep in mind--- people may disagree on who is better. I agree if it is close, having an advocate can break a tie.

Nah. Coaches want their player in the UA game so they can say they can get kids recruited.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Coaches are pretty selfish and will pick who they think is better every time---keep in mind--- people may disagree on who is better. I agree if it is close, having an advocate can break a tie.

Nah. Coaches want their player in the UA game so they can say they can get kids recruited.

I disagree, coaches want to win. If you win, you will get your players the exposure they want.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coaches are pretty selfish and will pick who they think is better every time---keep in mind--- people may disagree on who is better. I agree if it is close, having an advocate can break a tie.

Nah. Coaches want their player in the UA game so they can say they can get kids recruited.

I disagree, coaches want to win. If you win, you will get your players the exposure they want.

Well you are wrong.They care about exposure over winning.

The team with the bullies coach has mostly bullis kids and the team.with the stj coach has mostly stj kids. And each coach that was there to argue for a kid got a kid on the team. Coaches that were not present like sssa did not get on the team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tip 1. Swallow your pride, open your wallets, and play for Madlax, VLC, Crabs, DC Express.

Tip 2. Swallow your pride, open your wallets, and have your kid play for Bullis or Prep or Landon if D1, any other IAC if D3 focused.

My S didn't play for one of those elite clubs. He attends public school. He'll be playing D3 lax next year at a school that is a great fit for him. He'll get a good chunk of merit aid. There are multiple avenues to achieve the goal. I guess this is Tip 3.

There are exceptions to the Rule, but as a general matter a public school kid not playing for an elite club will not land in a top D3 lax program. reality hurts.

Class warfare is alive and well I see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coaches are pretty selfish and will pick who they think is better every time---keep in mind--- people may disagree on who is better. I agree if it is close, having an advocate can break a tie.

Nah. Coaches want their player in the UA game so they can say they can get kids recruited.

I disagree, coaches want to win. If you win, you will get your players the exposure they want.

Well you are wrong.They care about exposure over winning.

The team with the bullies coach has mostly bullis kids and the team.with the stj coach has mostly stj kids. And each coach that was there to argue for a kid got a kid on the team. Coaches that were not present like sssa did not get on the team.

I don't disagree that the coaches tend to take more players from their own high school teams. For the record, however, SSSA had two players on each team.

Hard to argue with this year's results.

[Anonymous]

The results of both UA teams was impressive. The Highlight Division team made it into the championship game and lost by 1 and the Command Division won the championship. I'd state that winning brings exposure AND coaches want to WIN more than wanting exposure. (but winning and exposure and tied together). Here is a link to the 4 championship games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM0qqM02p6M&feature=youtu.be

[Anonymous]

What is the significance of the July 1st date for D3 recruiting?

[Anonymous]

NESCAC schools can make offers to rising Seniors after July 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NESCAC schools can make offers to rising Seniors after July 1.

What is it that they are offering?

These schools still have Admissions Departments and an Admissions process, correct?

There's no Letter of Intent to sign.

So what are prospective players being offered?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NESCAC schools can make offers to rising Seniors after July 1.

What is it that they are offering?

These schools still have Admissions Departments and an Admissions process, correct?

There's no Letter of Intent to sign.

So what are prospective players being offered?

At this point a prospective player has gone through a “pre-read” with Admissions where his grades and scores are evaluated. A positive pre-read doesn’t mean guaranteed admission - - that’s what they tell you — but assuming you apply ED, it is as close to a guarantee as you can get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NESCAC schools can make offers to rising Seniors after July 1.

What is it that they are offering?

These schools still have Admissions Departments and an Admissions process, correct?

There's no Letter of Intent to sign.

So what are prospective players being offered?

[Anonymous]

PP, you keep posting the same thing over and over about what D3 lax actually “offers.” Let me put it this way, unless your kid commits to a Top 10 D1 program (Hop, Duke, Scuse) or Ivy, I’d rather have my kid play NESCAC or other D3 academic schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NESCAC schools can make offers to rising Seniors after July 1.

What is it that they are offering?

These schools still have Admissions Departments and an Admissions process, correct?

There's no Letter of Intent to sign.

So what are prospective players being offered?

A coach brings the athlete's transcript to Admissions over the summer, socializes it with the staff and receives a yes or no, which he communicates to the player.

[Anonymous]

17:42, let's answer this once and for all - being recruited by a D3 coach, and getting a green light after a pre-read is priceless - admission to some of the finest academic institutions in the nation.