How important is size for D1 recruiting

[Anonymous]

Has anyone run into issues due to their daughter being small and very thin but fast?

[Anonymous]

depends on position and school. look at the current roster of the schools of interest at your kid's position and see if she's in the range.

[Anonymous]

D1 women's lax is very sized based IMO. There are exceptions of course (and often a lot of exceptions) but for the most part, it follows this size model:

Defense: taller than 5'6 with the leg/base strength to hold ground on attackers with good lateral movement. Not saying you won't see smaller defenders play very well, I don't think it's the preference in recruiting.

Middies: 5'5 or taller that can run but since many programs now utilize O or D "flyers" true two-way middies are less common.

Attackers: it's more about speed, dodging and/or shooting skills than size. Some programs like taller attackers, some like short quick attackers. Some like a combo of the above.

[Anonymous]

Look at the rosters of the schools that you’re interested in; that’ll give you a sense of what the coach typically recruits. Also, your grades will matter a lot more than these other factors, even for non-academic viewed schools, because for every fast, excellent player out there, there are many with straight A’s and a 1600 on the SAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at the rosters of the schools that you’re interested in; that’ll give you a sense of what the coach typically recruits. Also, your grades will matter a lot more than these other factors, even for non-academic viewed schools, because for every fast, excellent player out there, there are many with straight A’s and a 1600 on the SAT.

Really, 1600 on SATs and great lax players?!?

I bet there are zero.

[Anonymous]

If there are many lax players getting 1600, than the SAT's are a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there are many lax players getting 1600, than the SAT's are a joke.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there are many lax players getting 1600, than the SAT's are a joke.

then *

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at the rosters of the schools that you’re interested in; that’ll give you a sense of what the coach typically recruits. Also, your grades will matter a lot more than these other factors, even for non-academic viewed schools, because for every fast, excellent player out there, there are many with straight A’s and a 1600 on the SAT.

Really, 1600 on SATs and great lax players?!?

I bet there are zero.

I'd take an over/under of 0.5 on that.

[Anonymous]

0.03% of test takers get a perfect score on the SAT. What are the odds that they are big, fast, and excellent lacrosse players?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at the rosters of the schools that you’re interested in; that’ll give you a sense of what the coach typically recruits. Also, your grades will matter a lot more than these other factors, even for non-academic viewed schools, because for every fast, excellent player out there, there are many with straight A’s and a 1600 on the SAT.

Really, 1600 on SATs and great lax players?!?

I bet there are zero.

You'd lose that bet. Maybe not a lot of perfect 1600s, but the highly ranked, high academic schools (which is most of the top 20) have their pick of a LOT of elite players with near perfect grades and very high SATs. Grades matter a lot as does size increasingly.

[Anonymous]

Size is absolutley helpful...probably why height is asked on recruiting platforms. If a player is on the smaller size...it is good to be stronger and faster than their taller teammates.

[Anonymous]

Men's or Women's?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at the rosters of the schools that you’re interested in; that’ll give you a sense of what the coach typically recruits. Also, your grades will matter a lot more than these other factors, even for non-academic viewed schools, because for every fast, excellent player out there, there are many with straight A’s and a 1600 on the SAT.

Really, 1600 on SATs and great lax players?!?

I bet there are zero.

You'd lose that bet. Maybe not a lot of perfect 1600s, but the highly ranked, high academic schools (which is most of the top 20) have their pick of a LOT of elite players with near perfect grades and very high SATs. Grades matter a lot as does size increasingly.

Love the dcum comeback. You'd lose that bet then followed by how you win the bet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
0.03% of test takers get a perfect score on the SAT. What are the odds that they are big, fast, and excellent lacrosse players?

In fairness to the OP, she said for every fast, excellent player out there, there are many with 1,600 SATs. As reading comprehension is still part of the SAT, it's no wonder there are so few perfect scores.

Though I doubt the OP meant there are almost no excellent players. Maybe we'll never know.