Private School Lacrosse Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the top club teams have more public school team members than priavte school players, none. Its still largely a private school sport.

Check back in 10 years. This post will be laughable (and inaccurate) by then. The rise of Loudon public school lax is noticeable, and soon MoCo will be able to compete with the lower ranked WCAC and IAC teams.

Pleazzzzze. Public school lacrosse has one or two goods.players per team and the rest are football players trying to knock peoples heads off. The level of team play pales in comparison, and always will.

I thought the growth of Loudon county lacrosse might change this in NOVA. But with the move of PVI to the outerburbs, I think they will suck away any public school talent.

[Anonymous]

I don't get this thread? Are you all hoping your sons will play professional lax? What is the fascination? Don't see this with any other sport.

[Anonymous]

Why do you care ? You post the same thing on a bi weekly bases

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD started playing at 4. She could cradle catch and throw with no problem by nine yrs old. Luckily she went to a K-8 private that had a lax clinic starting at 3rd and a team by 5th. You have to send your kid to private to get those advantages. Its one reason lax is a private school sport.

Get your DDs into clinics as young as possible - most start in K or 1st grade- through your local rec (Arlington, Fort Hunt, Alexandria, McLean, Bethesda) or, if you live in DC, get your DD to Next Level or Bethesda for scoopers clinics. Then get her on a rec team (see above) and by 3rd/4th she can try out for. a club team: Stars, MC Elite, Pride are a few of the better organizations with great coaching.

Girls lacrosse is a great sport.

I agree that doing clinics and camps is great for a younger girl to quickly gain skills. My daughter is a rising freshman and plays competitively and loves it. When she was younger she did Bethesda rec and then did camps in the summer like the Prep camp, SR camp and several indoor ones at Next Level (good for when it's really hot out!). By the time she was in 5th grade she was playing on a club team but kept her rec team on the side as well because she got twice the practice. These days her club schedule and middle school spring team made it not necessary to add rec lacrosse to her life (or ours!) but she would play every day if we let her.

If you're looking for a younger team try MC Elite or Rebels because Pride and Stars don't start until 6th I believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you care ? You post the same thing on a bi weekly bases

I don't understand it. What is the ultimate goal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's keep this girl's lacrosse thing going!

I am the mom of a very athletic 9 year old girl. She loves soccer and basketball, but has yet to develop any interest in LAX. Her brother plays...maybe that is why?? But seriously, it is a difficult sport to learn at the younger ages. Dad plays in the back yard with her throwing the ball to her so she can learn to catch. He doesn't want to put her on a team until she develops some skills and can enjoy the experience.

Are we going about it all wrong? What age do girls typically start playing? Have girls at age 9 mastered any of the throwing and catching skills yet?

She can definitely do a team but for now get her in camps or clinics - there are several decent ones in the area for beginners. If she's already a good athlete she will pick it up fast. Once she can confidently throw and catch, the best thing she can start to develop at this age is a good offhand. It may take a few years so she needs to be patient. Girls who don't have a strong off hand and who can't easily switch from right to left will have trouble playing club in middle school. It was something my daughter was very focused on mastering and it has paid off. In fact in a middle school tryout the head of club told the girls to use their offhand in a drill and singled her out to say she must not be using her offhand (she was) and to switch. She took that as a complement for sure!

Good luck with your daughter and I hope she continues to enjoy the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you care ? You post the same thing on a bi weekly bases

I don't understand it. What is the ultimate goal?

A recent previous poster said it in a brash and flippant way - but the gist is the answer you are looking for - it is a tried and true recipe for success...in the game of life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you care ? You post the same thing on a bi weekly bases

I don't understand it. What is the ultimate goal?

It gets them into school that they can't get into just with their grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD started playing at 4. She could cradle catch and throw with no problem by nine yrs old. Luckily she went to a K-8 private that had a lax clinic starting at 3rd and a team by 5th. You have to send your kid to private to get those advantages. Its one reason lax is a private school sport.

Get your DDs into clinics as young as possible - most start in K or 1st grade- through your local rec (Arlington, Fort Hunt, Alexandria, McLean, Bethesda) or, if you live in DC, get your DD to Next Level or Bethesda for scoopers clinics. Then get her on a rec team (see above) and by 3rd/4th she can try out for. a club team: Stars, MC Elite, Pride are a few of the better organizations with great coaching.

Girls lacrosse is a great sport.

I agree that doing clinics and camps is great for a younger girl to quickly gain skills. My daughter is a rising freshman and plays competitively and loves it. When she was younger she did Bethesda rec and then did camps in the summer like the Prep camp, SR camp and several indoor ones at Next Level (good for when it's really hot out!). By the time she was in 5th grade she was playing on a club team but kept her rec team on the side as well because she got twice the practice. These days her club schedule and middle school spring team made it not necessary to add rec lacrosse to her life (or ours!) but she would play every day if we let her.

If you're looking for a younger team try MC Elite or Rebels because Pride and Stars don't start until 6th I believe.

Stars has started in 5th for several years now and this year they are adding a 3rd/4th grade team. You still need to play on a school or rec team though for Fall and Spring league play as Stars teams don't join a league until 6th. The 5th grade team (and soon-to-be 3rd/4th just go to Fall and summer tournaments).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's keep this girl's lacrosse thing going!

I am the mom of a very athletic 9 year old girl. She loves soccer and basketball, but has yet to develop any interest in LAX. Her brother plays...maybe that is why?? But seriously, it is a difficult sport to learn at the younger ages. Dad plays in the back yard with her throwing the ball to her so she can learn to catch. He doesn't want to put her on a team until she develops some skills and can enjoy the experience.

Are we going about it all wrong? What age do girls typically start playing? Have girls at age 9 mastered any of the throwing and catching skills yet?

She can definitely do a team but for now get her in camps or clinics - there are several decent ones in the area for beginners. If she's already a good athlete she will pick it up fast. Once she can confidently throw and catch, the best thing she can start to develop at this age is a good offhand. It may take a few years so she needs to be patient. Girls who don't have a strong off hand and who can't easily switch from right to left will have trouble playing club in middle school. It was something my daughter was very focused on mastering and it has paid off. In fact in a middle school tryout the head of club told the girls to use their offhand in a drill and singled her out to say she must not be using her offhand (she was) and to switch. She took that as a complement for sure!

Good luck with your daughter and I hope she continues to enjoy the game.

This is VERY good advice. My middle school DD is the same way - she is a lefty but almost as good with her right, coaches cant tell right away which is her dominant hand, and its something coaches LOVE!

[Anonymous]

Delete this dumb thread that belongs on a sports forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Delete this dumb thread that belongs on a sports forum.

When it has relevant information about private school lacrosse, it's helpful and interesting. When moms chat about their 11-year-old daughters' ability at playing off-hand, yes, it's useless and in the wrong place. With that being said: just don't read it if you don't want to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Delete this dumb thread that belongs on a sports forum.

When it has relevant information about private school lacrosse, it's helpful and interesting. When moms chat about their 11-year-old daughters' ability at playing off-hand, yes, it's useless and in the wrong place. With that being said: just don't read it if you don't want to.

If the girls go to private school, and get to play at school, it is relevant. No public schols have lacrosse for middle school (12-14 yrs old) girls.

[Anonymous]

Jeff, I, for one, am thankful that you have allowed this thread to exist. I think it's pretty clear that there is a real interest in the sport of lacrosse, for both boys and girls, and there is obviously a strong and extensive intersect between private school and lacrosse, as is evidenced by the enormous traffic this one thread seems to get (garnering even more views than any one of those NCS bashing threads, Beauvoir exmission threads, or countless obsessive Big 3 threads).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jeff, I, for one, am thankful that you have allowed this thread to exist. I think it's pretty clear that there is a real interest in the sport of lacrosse, for both boys and girls, and there is obviously a strong and extensive intersect between private school and lacrosse, as is evidenced by the enormous traffic this one thread seems to get (garnering even more views than any one of those NCS bashing threads, Beauvoir exmission threads, or countless obsessive Big 3 threads).

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