Club lacrosse early years - share "wish I had known"

[Anonymous]

Where there's smoke, there's fire. I have not heard one rumor about a club that didn't turn out to have some element of truth in it, once I gained experience. (Not just in lax but all sports)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:B team for middle school and even for a freshman is fine as kids mature/develop as players at different rates.

With some extra wall ball and perhaps a few sessions with a trainer or college player can often move a player up to an A team - you may have to try out for other clubs though. Plenty of Madlax B players have done this and moved to VLC, NextLevel, Crabs etc. Many play now for college. Girls develop and are recruited earlier so may be different for them.

Pretty clear sign you don’t know what you are talking about -under current rules, no lacrosse player, regardless of gender, can verbally commit until September of their Junior year.

Not sure what part of my post you're referring to as I never mention anything about commitment timing, but DS is committed to play in college next year and was in the first class to not be allowed to commit before Sept of junior year so I do know what we've seen. Guess I wasn't clear that we've seen plenty of players who want to play college move up in HS to one of the top 3-4 club teams in DMV by focusing themselves on becoming a better player outside of club play and then trying out for a different club (speaking mostly of kids on Madlax's B teams).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with the above. Because we are in a hotbed, our "B" team players are typically as talented, and certainly as knowledgeable about the game, as "A" players from non-hotbed areas.

Just to be clear. The post referred to B teams not players as a response to a comment about evaluating clubs based on the B team’s ability to get enough players. A player on a D3 college team is not a B player in HS. The B team or second team is often not close to the top team and players do not move up. It would be better for those players to move to the A team of a lesser brand name club. Lots of clubs out there besides the ones often mentioned here.

I understood your post quite clearly. My daughter is on a B team. It is quite full as is the A team. Girls move up and down from A to B as needed. Both teams are strong for the level they are in. In fact there are some on the A team who had mixed feelings about being placed there, because the coach is so awesome on the B team. His approach is all about development with a strong desire to win, of course. My daughter has been playing lacrosse for a very short time, but has made so much progress with this team. Much better than the rec team she was on. We had some wins already at a tournament this year. I would guess some of these girls will handily end up on a varsity team at the high school. That is really our only hope. We are not relying on LAX for college placement, LOL. DD can accomplish that quite easily with her academics if needed, and maybe even walk on to play some day, depending on the school.

Bottom line, B teams have at least two purposes: development of a skillful player with a lot of potential or for the player who is not interested in college placement, but wants to play varsity in HS.

You lost me at girl’s lacrosse. Sorry. I will say that none of the Madlax DMV team kids play on the other top teams. Nice try. Believe whatever fiction you choose

[Anonymous]

Capital B team had several girls in 2019 who committed to great schools, including Harvard. Sexist poster above no doubt has a meathead kid who went to a lesser college just because he got his books for free. Hey but at least sexist poster gets to thump his chest and proclaim to anyone who will listen that my kid is playing D1 lax. Sexist poster’s kid will be lucky to get a job coming out of that lesser college and even luckier if he is working for one of those Capital B 2019s!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for some perspective of those who have BTDT.

Be in it for the right reasons -- life skills, exercise, fun, whatever. Don't do it thinking it will lead to a college scholarship. Because there is a 99.99% probability that it won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for some perspective of those who have BTDT.

Be in it for the right reasons -- life skills, exercise, fun, whatever. Don't do it thinking it will lead to a college scholarship. Because there is a 99.99% probability that it won't.

100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Capital B team had several girls in 2019 who committed to great schools, including Harvard. Sexist poster above no doubt has a meathead kid who went to a lesser college just because he got his books for free. Hey but at least sexist poster gets to thump his chest and proclaim to anyone who will listen that my kid is playing D1 lax. Sexist poster’s kid will be lucky to get a job coming out of that lesser college and even luckier if he is working for one of those Capital B 2019s!

"lesser colleges". Another elitist pr*ck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Capital B team had several girls in 2019 who committed to great schools, including Harvard. Sexist poster above no doubt has a meathead kid who went to a lesser college just because he got his books for free. Hey but at least sexist poster gets to thump his chest and proclaim to anyone who will listen that my kid is playing D1 lax. Sexist poster’s kid will be lucky to get a job coming out of that lesser college and even luckier if he is working for one of those Capital B 2019s!

No clue what Capital B is. A smart kid with rich private school parents bragging about Harvard. The full house mom got her kids into a top school for rowing. BFD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Capital B team had several girls in 2019 who committed to great schools, including Harvard. Sexist poster above no doubt has a meathead kid who went to a lesser college just because he got his books for free. Hey but at least sexist poster gets to thump his chest and proclaim to anyone who will listen that my kid is playing D1 lax. Sexist poster’s kid will be lucky to get a job coming out of that lesser college and even luckier if he is working for one of those Capital B 2019s!

No clue what Capital B is. A smart kid with rich private school parents bragging about Harvard. The full house mom got her kids into a top school for rowing. BFD

Yeah, clearly he has some inferiority issues. Hope your kid enjoys his D1 experience at college. He'll go on, as the PP noted, to work for the ladies in Capital B team, who play D3, but graduate from top 20s. I actually know a young lady who played LAX for Yale who just turned down an applicant like your kid. Dumb jocks.

[Anonymous]

Yale is D3? Guess I am not Ivy material. Good luck to your daughter and her b club team that no one has heard of. That is nice that she will continue her little extra curricular activity at her school. I am sure you and the other 8-10 people watching the games will be proud.

[Anonymous]

Well I guess I would rather have 8-10 people watching my kid’s lacrosse game at an Ivy and have her heading up a division of several hundred people on Wall Street sometime after her graduation than have my kid go to a lesser school with a lax program that attracts several hundred spectators to games and have him be part of 8-10 people who are on the cleaning crew of a Wall Street investment bank after his graduation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yale is D3? Guess I am not Ivy material. Good luck to your daughter and her b club team that no one has heard of. That is nice that she will continue her little extra curricular activity at her school. I am sure you and the other 8-10 people watching the games will be proud.

LOL you are a riot. Would much rather my kid play a lower level at an elite school and get a better education. If she is academically capable for Yale, why would I ever send her to a D1? Besides, lax is exactly that...an extra curricular. Your kid will figure that out when he moves into your basement in a few years.

[Anonymous]

But hey, at least you get to keep rocking the cool school sweatshirt with his number on the sleeve even after he graduates and is living in your basement and while you are still paying off those loans even after that “great” scholarship.

[Anonymous]

And Ivys are D1. Yale men won it all several years ago.

[Anonymous]

Club lacrosse in the DMV has provided for over a decade that “hook” to get a kid (usually white, well-off) into college that he otherwise would have no shot getting into. Unlike Varsity Blues families, it’s legit. I call that a worthwhile investment.