Feedback on VLC Club Lacrosse?

[Anonymous]

Ummm it was clearly on Instagram get off face book boomer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ummm it was clearly on Instagram get off face book boomer

Oh what is Instagram? I notice you just make your musty a$$ comment that it was CLEARLY there...i looked there and saw nothing since an Aug 1 post about a VMI commitment. Maybe it's on their myspace page?

Btw if you aren't a boomer yourself or close to it, wtf are you doing on dcurbanMOMs??

[Anonymous]

I think they posted both in a story so if you didn't see it in twenty-four hours you didn't see it.

[Anonymous]

What I don't understand is why you'll are so emotionally invested in your kids sports. I have a VLC kid and quite honestly I just like showing up for games and seeing .y kid put a few points on the board. Bonus points if he checks someone's stick out of their hand, that earns him an ice cream afterwards.

What is ya'lls end game here? Your own dreams deferred?

I did find the VLC team meeting a few weeks ago amusing. It was all about recruitment. I'm like say what...we're just here for some friends, exercise,, and to keep my kid out of trouble. I have a 529.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why you'll are so emotionally invested in your kids sports. I have a VLC kid and quite honestly I just like showing up for games and seeing .y kid put a few points on the board. Bonus points if he checks someone's stick out of their hand, that earns him an ice cream afterwards.

What is ya'lls end game here? Your own dreams deferred?

I did find the VLC team meeting a few weeks ago amusing. It was all about recruitment. I'm like say what...we're just here for some friends, exercise,, and to keep my kid out of trouble. I have a 529.

Every family is different. Glad to hear you are happy with where you are. Best of luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why you'll are so emotionally invested in your kids sports. I have a VLC kid and quite honestly I just like showing up for games and seeing .y kid put a few points on the board. Bonus points if he checks someone's stick out of their hand, that earns him an ice cream afterwards.

What is ya'lls end game here? Your own dreams deferred?

I did find the VLC team meeting a few weeks ago amusing. It was all about recruitment. I'm like say what...we're just here for some friends, exercise,, and to keep my kid out of trouble. I have a 529.

VLC every year hosts a welcome night and after a information on recruiting session. Parents of players committed to playing in college share experiences and some college coaches provide insight. More than half of all VLC players do play in college. If you are the parent of a younger player you will soon see that college experience is a big deal to your son. If you paid attention you will learn that full rides don’t happen and we will all need to invest in our 529’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why you'll are so emotionally invested in your kids sports. I have a VLC kid and quite honestly I just like showing up for games and seeing .y kid put a few points on the board. Bonus points if he checks someone's stick out of their hand, that earns him an ice cream afterwards.

What is ya'lls end game here? Your own dreams deferred?

I did find the VLC team meeting a few weeks ago amusing. It was all about recruitment. I'm like say what...we're just here for some friends, exercise,, and to keep my kid out of trouble. I have a 529.

If you are buying your son post-game ice cream for knocking somebody's stick out of their hands, I assume that he is on one of the youngest teams, so the college recruiting session was not really geared to his age group.
You will find that as your son gets older, a lot of families in the DMV do take the sport very seriously as a pathway to college. The smart families view the sport as a means to help with admissions, and to enhance the HS and college experience, but not to pay for college, since scholarship money is pretty scarce. If your son's goal is to play in college, as he gets older you should keep him in VLC, or consider MadLax, NextLevel, or Bethesda Lacrosse Club (which becomes DC Express in 8th grade). Those are the four programs that generally send players to competitive colleges. But if you are turned off by families whose sons are working toward college lacrosse as a goal, which from your post it sounds like perhaps you are, there are some good programs that provide a fun, yet less competitive experience, that you may want to consider. Fortunately there are tons of good lacrosse options in the DMV, and parents should find the right fit for what their son wants. Hope this helps!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why you'll are so emotionally invested in your kids sports. I have a VLC kid and quite honestly I just like showing up for games and seeing .y kid put a few points on the board. Bonus points if he checks someone's stick out of their hand, that earns him an ice cream afterwards.

What is ya'lls end game here? Your own dreams deferred?

I did find the VLC team meeting a few weeks ago amusing. It was all about recruitment. I'm like say what...we're just here for some friends, exercise,, and to keep my kid out of trouble. I have a 529.

If you are buying your son post-game ice cream for knocking somebody's stick out of their hands, I assume that he is on one of the youngest teams, so the college recruiting session was not really geared to his age group.
You will find that as your son gets older, a lot of families in the DMV do take the sport very seriously as a pathway to college. The smart families view the sport as a means to help with admissions, and to enhance the HS and college experience, but not to pay for college, since scholarship money is pretty scarce. If your son's goal is to play in college, as he gets older you should keep him in VLC, or consider MadLax, NextLevel, or Bethesda Lacrosse Club (which becomes DC Express in 8th grade). Those are the four programs that generally send players to competitive colleges. But if you are turned off by families whose sons are working toward college lacrosse as a goal, which from your post it sounds like perhaps you are, there are some good programs that provide a fun, yet less competitive experience, that you may want to consider. Fortunately there are tons of good lacrosse options in the DMV, and parents should find the right fit for what their son wants. Hope this helps!

My son was recruited aggressively by next level and madlax, but the coach seems like a real douchebag at ML and NL it was wayyyy too far a drive.

I don't know if playing lacrosse in college will be very important to him. He also plays up in basketball and plays tackle. He loves sports, but we definitely find it amusing how emotionally invested you all are.

My DH played D1 football with a full ride and he would never ever recommend out kids playing in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why you'll are so emotionally invested in your kids sports. I have a VLC kid and quite honestly I just like showing up for games and seeing .y kid put a few points on the board. Bonus points if he checks someone's stick out of their hand, that earns him an ice cream afterwards.

What is ya'lls end game here? Your own dreams deferred?

I did find the VLC team meeting a few weeks ago amusing. It was all about recruitment. I'm like say what...we're just here for some friends, exercise,, and to keep my kid out of trouble. I have a 529.

If you are buying your son post-game ice cream for knocking somebody's stick out of their hands, I assume that he is on one of the youngest teams, so the college recruiting session was not really geared to his age group.
You will find that as your son gets older, a lot of families in the DMV do take the sport very seriously as a pathway to college. The smart families view the sport as a means to help with admissions, and to enhance the HS and college experience, but not to pay for college, since scholarship money is pretty scarce. If your son's goal is to play in college, as he gets older you should keep him in VLC, or consider MadLax, NextLevel, or Bethesda Lacrosse Club (which becomes DC Express in 8th grade). Those are the four programs that generally send players to competitive colleges. But if you are turned off by families whose sons are working toward college lacrosse as a goal, which from your post it sounds like perhaps you are, there are some good programs that provide a fun, yet less competitive experience, that you may want to consider. Fortunately there are tons of good lacrosse options in the DMV, and parents should find the right fit for what their son wants. Hope this helps!

My son was recruited aggressively by next level and madlax, but the coach seems like a real douchebag at ML and NL it was wayyyy too far a drive.

I don't know if playing lacrosse in college will be very important to him. He also plays up in basketball and plays tackle. He loves sports, but we definitely find it amusing how emotionally invested you all are.

My DH played D1 football with a full ride and he would never ever recommend out kids playing in college.

If he gets ice cream in lacrosse what does he get for tackle basketball?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why you'll are so emotionally invested in your kids sports. I have a VLC kid and quite honestly I just like showing up for games and seeing .y kid put a few points on the board. Bonus points if he checks someone's stick out of their hand, that earns him an ice cream afterwards.

What is ya'lls end game here? Your own dreams deferred?

I did find the VLC team meeting a few weeks ago amusing. It was all about recruitment. I'm like say what...we're just here for some friends, exercise,, and to keep my kid out of trouble. I have a 529.

If you are buying your son post-game ice cream for knocking somebody's stick out of their hands, I assume that he is on one of the youngest teams, so the college recruiting session was not really geared to his age group.
You will find that as your son gets older, a lot of families in the DMV do take the sport very seriously as a pathway to college. The smart families view the sport as a means to help with admissions, and to enhance the HS and college experience, but not to pay for college, since scholarship money is pretty scarce. If your son's goal is to play in college, as he gets older you should keep him in VLC, or consider MadLax, NextLevel, or Bethesda Lacrosse Club (which becomes DC Express in 8th grade). Those are the four programs that generally send players to competitive colleges. But if you are turned off by families whose sons are working toward college lacrosse as a goal, which from your post it sounds like perhaps you are, there are some good programs that provide a fun, yet less competitive experience, that you may want to consider. Fortunately there are tons of good lacrosse options in the DMV, and parents should find the right fit for what their son wants. Hope this helps!

My son was recruited aggressively by next level and madlax, but the coach seems like a real douchebag at ML and NL it was wayyyy too far a drive.

I don't know if playing lacrosse in college will be very important to him. He also plays up in basketball and plays tackle. He loves sports, but we definitely find it amusing how emotionally invested you all are.

My DH played D1 football with a full ride and he would never ever recommend out kids playing in college.

Do you see the irony in calling other families' investment "amusing," but noting that your son was aggressively recruited by multiple programs, plays "up" in basketball, your husband played D1 football on a full ride, and so forth? Honestly you sound like a better fit for MadLax than for VLC, so it's too bad you did not like the coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why you'll are so emotionally invested in your kids sports. I have a VLC kid and quite honestly I just like showing up for games and seeing .y kid put a few points on the board. Bonus points if he checks someone's stick out of their hand, that earns him an ice cream afterwards.

What is ya'lls end game here? Your own dreams deferred?

I did find the VLC team meeting a few weeks ago amusing. It was all about recruitment. I'm like say what...we're just here for some friends, exercise,, and to keep my kid out of trouble. I have a 529.

If you are buying your son post-game ice cream for knocking somebody's stick out of their hands, I assume that he is on one of the youngest teams, so the college recruiting session was not really geared to his age group.
You will find that as your son gets older, a lot of families in the DMV do take the sport very seriously as a pathway to college. The smart families view the sport as a means to help with admissions, and to enhance the HS and college experience, but not to pay for college, since scholarship money is pretty scarce. If your son's goal is to play in college, as he gets older you should keep him in VLC, or consider MadLax, NextLevel, or Bethesda Lacrosse Club (which becomes DC Express in 8th grade). Those are the four programs that generally send players to competitive colleges. But if you are turned off by families whose sons are working toward college lacrosse as a goal, which from your post it sounds like perhaps you are, there are some good programs that provide a fun, yet less competitive experience, that you may want to consider. Fortunately there are tons of good lacrosse options in the DMV, and parents should find the right fit for what their son wants. Hope this helps!

My son was recruited aggressively by next level and madlax, but the coach seems like a real douchebag at ML and NL it was wayyyy too far a drive.

I don't know if playing lacrosse in college will be very important to him. He also plays up in basketball and plays tackle. He loves sports, but we definitely find it amusing how emotionally invested you all are.

My DH played D1 football with a full ride and he would never ever recommend out kids playing in college.

Do you see the irony in calling other families' investment "amusing," but noting that your son was aggressively recruited by multiple programs, plays "up" in basketball, your husband played D1 football on a full ride, and so forth? Honestly you sound like a better fit for MadLax than for VLC, so it's too bad you did not like the coach.

Raise your hand if your son has NOT been "recruited aggressively" by Madlax. Extra points if you haven't heard about how Cabs recruits everyone he sees, tells them they'll play Capital, writes them a real nice handwritten note about their D1 prospects, then after he gets their $$ sends them down to the DMV with a promise that they'll come back up if they work real hard. But you can still put a magnet on your car, so win-win-win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is why you'll are so emotionally invested in your kids sports. I have a VLC kid and quite honestly I just like showing up for games and seeing .y kid put a few points on the board. Bonus points if he checks someone's stick out of their hand, that earns him an ice cream afterwards.

What is ya'lls end game here? Your own dreams deferred?

I did find the VLC team meeting a few weeks ago amusing. It was all about recruitment. I'm like say what...we're just here for some friends, exercise,, and to keep my kid out of trouble. I have a 529.

If you are buying your son post-game ice cream for knocking somebody's stick out of their hands, I assume that he is on one of the youngest teams, so the college recruiting session was not really geared to his age group.
You will find that as your son gets older, a lot of families in the DMV do take the sport very seriously as a pathway to college. The smart families view the sport as a means to help with admissions, and to enhance the HS and college experience, but not to pay for college, since scholarship money is pretty scarce. If your son's goal is to play in college, as he gets older you should keep him in VLC, or consider MadLax, NextLevel, or Bethesda Lacrosse Club (which becomes DC Express in 8th grade). Those are the four programs that generally send players to competitive colleges. But if you are turned off by families whose sons are working toward college lacrosse as a goal, which from your post it sounds like perhaps you are, there are some good programs that provide a fun, yet less competitive experience, that you may want to consider. Fortunately there are tons of good lacrosse options in the DMV, and parents should find the right fit for what their son wants. Hope this helps!

My son was recruited aggressively by next level and madlax, but the coach seems like a real douchebag at ML and NL it was wayyyy too far a drive.

I don't know if playing lacrosse in college will be very important to him. He also plays up in basketball and plays tackle. He loves sports, but we definitely find it amusing how emotionally invested you all are.

My DH played D1 football with a full ride and he would never ever recommend out kids playing in college.

Do you see the irony in calling other families' investment "amusing," but noting that your son was aggressively recruited by multiple programs, plays "up" in basketball, your husband played D1 football on a full ride, and so forth? Honestly you sound like a better fit for MadLax than for VLC, so it's too bad you did not like the coach.

Raise your hand if your son has NOT been "recruited aggressively" by Madlax. Extra points if you haven't heard about how Cabs recruits everyone he sees, tells them they'll play Capital, writes them a real nice handwritten note about their D1 prospects, then after he gets their $$ sends them down to the DMV with a promise that they'll come back up if they work real hard. But you can still put a magnet on your car, so win-win-win.

Don't forget the monthly credit card charge that never goes away...almost as good as the car magnet.

[Anonymous]

That is for the privilege to wear an orange helmet!

[Anonymous]

And pop your collar

[Anonymous]

I Madlax jokes are nice, but a bit boring - but I wish the poster who started this back and forth (the one who said "my son is amazing, but I am really laid back, and not like his teammates' crazy, over-invested parents") would come back. Lots more entertaining.