Field hockey clubs feedback

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard of a new club called DMV Prime. I heard it was founded by former Jackals/St.James Field Hockey coaches. Has anyone heard of this new team before?

Is this associated with DMV Prime Sports Academy? Think its mostly a flag football club so would be surprised if they're related but could be.

I was wondering this also but I would doubt it since that club looks DC based and I think this new club will be Bethesda. I was thinking they should get sponsorship from Amazon

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard of a new club called DMV Prime. I heard it was founded by former Jackals/St.James Field Hockey coaches. Has anyone heard of this new team before?

Maybe it’s rebranding of Jackles because they have never had a good reputation. MMalik Stars is also advertising for winter tryouts. They have been around but I believe were out of MD and never really took off.

MMalik Stars? A Google search pulls nothing up

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard of a new club called DMV Prime. I heard it was founded by former Jackals/St.James Field Hockey coaches. Has anyone heard of this new team before?

Maybe it’s rebranding of Jackles because they have never had a good reputation. MMalik Stars is also advertising for winter tryouts. They have been around but I believe were out of MD and never really took off.

Why do the Jackals have a bad rep?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard of a new club called DMV Prime. I heard it was founded by former Jackals/St.James Field Hockey coaches. Has anyone heard of this new team before?

Maybe it’s rebranding of Jackles because they have never had a good reputation. MMalik Stars is also advertising for winter tryouts. They have been around but I believe were out of MD and never really took off.

Why do the Jackals have a bad rep?

Jackles has historically been at the bottom even among just the local teams. Put them on a national level and they get destroyed.

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard of a new club called DMV Prime. I heard it was founded by former Jackals/St.James Field Hockey coaches. Has anyone heard of this new team before?

Maybe it’s rebranding of Jackles because they have never had a good reputation. MMalik Stars is also advertising for winter tryouts. They have been around but I believe were out of MD and never really took off.

MMalik Stars? A Google search pulls nothing up

They are advertising on the Field Hockey Forum on FB. Looks like he is teaming up with the McLean HS coach.

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Have you guys heard of the Battle of the Giants? Some elite invite only club tournament in June at Lafayette College in PA. Looks like Texas Pride, IFHCK and Bull City among others. U14, U16 and U19. No DMV teams invited that I can see.

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Anyone know what happened with Xtreme at RCCs? It looks like they got destroyed in every age group and didn't bring a u16 team. Wish we could have a competitive club from the fairfax area..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know what happened with Xtreme at RCCs? It looks like they got destroyed in every age group and didn't bring a u16 team. Wish we could have a competitive club from the fairfax area..

This area will never be that competitive because we don't have enough field space for practices and club participation is expensive.

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And the fields suck in general. Other clubs get to play on water turf like in college

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Anonymous wrote:Have you guys heard of the Battle of the Giants? Some elite invite only club tournament in June at Lafayette College in PA. Looks like Texas Pride, IFHCK and Bull City among others. U14, U16 and U19. No DMV teams invited that I can see.

Short games/NCC warm-up (not every team going has qualified for NCCs; eg Bull City U16s did not, although 14/19 did). It’s not new & I’m sure it’s not the only one taking place. Some club directors are friends & this is what happens, just like how some clubs do long travel play days before Shooting Stars.

I think Freedom might be going?

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DMV Prime is not the club you want to play for. Speaking from experience, these coaches are very unprepared, this club has no roster, or tournament experience and if you and your child are serious about field hockey, this new team is not the right choice. Consider Jackals, AVA Magic, or Xtreme Field Hockey for my families in NOVA. Jackals also offers "north" and "south" teams, allowing girls from Maryland (north) and Virginia (south) to practice and play together.

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Anonymous wrote:DMV Prime is not the club you want to play for. Speaking from experience, these coaches are very unprepared, this club has no roster, or tournament experience and if you and your child are serious about field hockey, this new team is not the right choice. Consider Jackals, AVA Magic, or Xtreme Field Hockey for my families in NOVA. Jackals also offers "north" and "south" teams, allowing girls from Maryland (north) and Virginia (south) to practice and play together.

What club were the coaches with previously? I haven’t even seen any advertising for them beyond here. I’m not looking, just curious.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know what happened with Xtreme at RCCs? It looks like they got destroyed in every age group and didn't bring a u16 team. Wish we could have a competitive club from the fairfax area..

This area will never be that competitive because we don't have enough field space for practices and club participation is expensive.

And lck of top coaching. You have to travel for good position coaching, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:As a former field hockey player, coach, and now a parent to a youth field hockey player...I think the landscape is filled with parents who will only find validation in their kids skills if they play college D1 field hockey. However, even the top players who go D1 will only play about 40 minutes total their first season in college. Is your kid prepared for the level of committment they need to make (7 days a week 5am workouts, ect) to only play this much? Can I suggest instead, going with a lighter load club fh program (one that does not cost your thousands in fees) and put the rest in a 529. My parents did this. I was a standout in high school (all state, all county, ect). But I did not feel pressured that my ticket to college had to be punched with my atheltic career. Instead, I got a fantastic collegiate education while playing on a club team in college (while also doing so many other activities that padded my resume), and I have a pretty amazing career (because let's get real---there is not a professional career playing field hockey).

As a former player, I beg you to just let your girl play without the pressure of what's next.

Chiming in here that my daughter received D1, 2 and 3 offers to play. She ultimately decided on D3 (a highly ranked one for FH) with a huge merit scholarship. She'll likely play more at any of the other D1 and 2 programs, have a balanced college life, and not be as stressed as she would be at a D1 or 2 school.

After seeing so many of her friends and teammates struggle at D1 or transfer after the first year (not everyone but quite a lot) and the ones that stayed and are upper classmen have barely played.

There is no such thing as an athletic scholarship for D3 athletes. Just stop. Even playing semantics with "huge merit scholarship" will not end up being free. The best you can hope is they will match the average tuition of your in state options. I went through this with both my sons for Baseball at Gettysburg, Washington College, and a bunch of others. I'm not saying that isn't great for some people but anytime anyone claims their kid has a ride for any sport at any D3 school it annoys he eff out of me. It does not exist.

Don’t talk to me like I don’t know. First, I did not say D3 gave athletic money -I know they don’t- I said merit. And my dc received the highest merit which, on top of other scholarships, makes tuition around $15k/year (room and board).

So please be annoyed all annoyed thinking you know everything. That may be. But you clearly can’t read English. And you DEF don’t know our situation. So stuff it.

Nah. They give that package to everyone. Your daughter isn't special. But keep telling the world how she had a D1 'ride'. Because those of us in the know know full well she would have been cut first thing and lost all money.

If that makes you feel better, please feel free to think so. I know better. And I really don't care what you believe.

And really, you should take some time to examine yourself and what kind of person you are. There's plenty to work on there given you're such a malicious POS.

New poster here. I feel I must point out that you asked for that kind of response. The way you described lower D1 prgrams that your D3 team supposedly destroyed? Didn’t happen. You came across as someone with a massive chip on your shoulder. And if your kid truly turned down a top academic D1 for a NESCAC, I guess I can see why.

I did not say that so calm down. But, in fact, it does happen. Schools like CNU and ODAC teams scrimmage D1 schools and win. Those are top D3 programs.

I have no chip other than others telling me what I know and experienced first-hand. My kid had multiple offer so I really don't care what you think. We are beyond happy with her situation. And if you cant understand why people would turn down D1 or colleges with a huge pricetag, that says more about you than us. You're a basic person and kind of dumb, actually. But you and pp do go on with your ignorant posts.

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Anonymous wrote:U19 RCC's were this weekend for MD/Del region.
Next Level came in first
Wolves- 2nd
Freedom- 3rd
Warhawks- 9th (ouch)

Lots of low scoring, close games.
I think the results have to change the narrative on this thread that NL isn't one of the top clubs--just my opinion

I think the gap is certainly closing. One issue I see for NL is that she uses many players across age groups which makes me wonder about depth at each age group.

I agree with the lack of depth. I think NL only has one '25 D1 commit. But, what a great opportunity for the U16s who get to play up and go to NCC for both age groups

Wrong. There are 2 D1s at '25, at least. And several at top D3 scools.