Best position for a talented youth lacrosse player to play?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the best high school running back in the country has decided he won't play running back anymore and will switch to linebacker, because in the NFL running backs don't get paid as much as QB sacking linebackers.

It got me thinking, if a youth lacrosse player is a good athlete and a good lacrosse player, looking way down the road from a college recruiting standpoint, what's the best position for them to learn and to play?

LSM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The skills sets are not interchangeable. Most good goalies and FOGOs I know did not have the athleticism to be anything else, the best defenseman are big kids who are athletic but don’t have the stick skills of the offensive players.

First you do not know anything about the game of lacrosse. It is clear by this post! Scott Rogers and Tevor Baptise?? One of the best athletes I played with was a goalie. We did not have Fogos back then but today they are also typically very quick and strong. Wrestlers make great fogos. For every 5'8" goalie there is a 5'8' AA at attack. I did not play either position but if a player is good they are good. Also there is really not such thing as just a great athlete in today's game. That is the most overrated comment. At the high level all kids are athletes. Some really built or fast kids sometimes just can't play. I will take a gamer with great IQ any day of the week. Respect the sport.

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Most of the goalies and FOGOs that I know are some of the best athletes on the field. They also have the dedication to excel at a very specialized position. Both positions require a lot of humility and come with a lot of pressure.