What clubs are left in Nova?

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Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue with nova lacrosse is that there aren’t a lot of places to work on skill development. There is healthy baller or you find a former player in the area or a parent that has played. While healthy baller is a decent option it could be better and they are limited by space. I would suggest working on basic skills first and then looking to see what club options are available. The nova clubs struggle because they can’t find coaches that are good and there isn’t a developmental plan at most clubs that I’ve seen.

This is 10000% accurate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue with nova lacrosse is that there aren’t a lot of places to work on skill development. There is healthy baller or you find a former player in the area or a parent that has played. While healthy baller is a decent option it could be better and they are limited by space. I would suggest working on basic skills first and then looking to see what club options are available. The nova clubs struggle because they can’t find coaches that are good and there isn’t a developmental plan at most clubs that I’ve seen.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For 2033 you should check out Pride, Stars, and Yellow Jackets.

Email the clubs or coaches to see if you can join a practice. With Stars only consider Light Blue, also, from what I have heard the communication at Stars is non-existent if you reach out so you may not be able to actually check out Stars unless you know someone on the team.

Depending on where you live BLC should definitely be on your list. For someone that lives in McLean, Fairfax, Vienna, etc. it would likely be quicker to get to Bethesda than Alexandria where Stars will sometimes practice.

Run from Stars 2033. It's a mess.

2nd this, Stars 2033 is a mess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For 2033 you should check out Pride, Stars, and Yellow Jackets.

Email the clubs or coaches to see if you can join a practice. With Stars only consider Light Blue, also, from what I have heard the communication at Stars is non-existent if you reach out so you may not be able to actually check out Stars unless you know someone on the team.

Depending on where you live BLC should definitely be on your list. For someone that lives in McLean, Fairfax, Vienna, etc. it would likely be quicker to get to Bethesda than Alexandria where Stars will sometimes practice.

Run from Stars 2033. It's a mess.

2nd this, Stars 2033 is a mess.

Stars keep recycling the same old tired coaches.

[Anonymous]

In five years, BLC will get some of the better players. It’s just better run. It will be the best club in the DC area.

YJMA will catch up and eventually be the best NOVA club. They are starting to pull in a lot of former players as coaches.

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Anonymous wrote:For 2033 you should check out Pride, Stars, and Yellow Jackets.

Email the clubs or coaches to see if you can join a practice. With Stars only consider Light Blue, also, from what I have heard the communication at Stars is non-existent if you reach out so you may not be able to actually check out Stars unless you know someone on the team.

Depending on where you live BLC should definitely be on your list. For someone that lives in McLean, Fairfax, Vienna, etc. it would likely be quicker to get to Bethesda than Alexandria where Stars will sometimes practice.

Run from Stars 2033. It's a mess.

2nd this, Stars 2033 is a mess.

Stars keep recycling the same old tired coaches.

While coaching can always improve that’s not the issue with Stars right now….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For 2033 you should check out Pride, Stars, and Yellow Jackets.

Email the clubs or coaches to see if you can join a practice. With Stars only consider Light Blue, also, from what I have heard the communication at Stars is non-existent if you reach out so you may not be able to actually check out Stars unless you know someone on the team.

Depending on where you live BLC should definitely be on your list. For someone that lives in McLean, Fairfax, Vienna, etc. it would likely be quicker to get to Bethesda than Alexandria where Stars will sometimes practice.

Run from Stars 2033. It's a mess.

2nd this, Stars 2033 is a mess.

Stars keep recycling the same old tired coaches.

While coaching can always improve that’s not the issue with Stars right now….

what is the issue with stars?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For 2033 you should check out Pride, Stars, and Yellow Jackets.

Email the clubs or coaches to see if you can join a practice. With Stars only consider Light Blue, also, from what I have heard the communication at Stars is non-existent if you reach out so you may not be able to actually check out Stars unless you know someone on the team.

Depending on where you live BLC should definitely be on your list. For someone that lives in McLean, Fairfax, Vienna, etc. it would likely be quicker to get to Bethesda than Alexandria where Stars will sometimes practice.

Run from Stars 2033. It's a mess.

2nd this, Stars 2033 is a mess.

Stars keep recycling the same old tired coaches.

While coaching can always improve that’s not the issue with Stars right now….

what is the issue with stars?

SW and STJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In five years, BLC will get some of the better players. It’s just better run. It will be the best club in the DC area.

YJMA will catch up and eventually be the best NOVA club. They are starting to pull in a lot of former players as coaches.

It already is the best best in DC area for grade 8 and below. Honestly no even close. If they ever added a high school team, they would challenge Capital

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Anonymous wrote:Any info on the other Nova clubs that aren't Pride?

What are you looking for? the best location? the best training or clubs which play in the best tourneys? you will get very different answers based on this.

Depending on where you live BLC is probably the best option for a player looking for a high level of competition and great culture and coaching. If you live in Tysons/McLean, it probably closers to you than many of the NoVa options

We're familiar with BLC, however, can't make that drive and appreciate that those teams are fairly fully formed. Ideally, we'd like to locate a stable program in Va that has a good focus on player/game development and understands why a cohesive team is important. Does those even exist?

You should know that any decent team will cut its bottom 5-8 players every year and replace them with better kids. During tryouts in June/July, coaches will always try to upgrade their rosters. Stability doesn't really occur until after 8th grade when most kids are with their "recruiting clubs"

At the top clubs, they definitely do.

This does not seem right. Clubs are not cutting 5-8 players a year in the 2031-2033 range…

Recently, there are probably 4-6 players changing on teams each year, but it isnt from cuts. There has been a lot more movement since COVID and the growth/saturation of the market. Parents have a lot less frustration tolerance, and are moving their kids around like a three card monty game.

[Anonymous]

To the PP who said they don’t know any club players, if you’re not in spring rec, try to grab a spot now. You’ll meet parents of club players and can get a feel for what they think of the club teams your year. It’s probably too late for supplemental tryouts for most club teams but doesn’t hurt to reach out. If you could get on a club team at this point for just the spring and summer, that would also be a good way to try it.
We had an awful experience w/ stars and found them to be disorganized with close to no communication. SW is awful. She has her favorites and will always put them on thr light blue regardless of ability. If she’s not coaching your year, she’ll still try to interfere. My dd switched to Pride and is happy. Is her team amazing? No but it’s well organized, communication is great and she can stay there through high school as she doesn’t want to even try for the intensity of Capital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the PP who said they don’t know any club players, if you’re not in spring rec, try to grab a spot now. You’ll meet parents of club players and can get a feel for what they think of the club teams your year. It’s probably too late for supplemental tryouts for most club teams but doesn’t hurt to reach out. If you could get on a club team at this point for just the spring and summer, that would also be a good way to try it.
We had an awful experience w/ stars and found them to be disorganized with close to no communication. SW is awful. She has her favorites and will always put them on thr light blue regardless of ability. If she’s not coaching your year, she’ll still try to interfere. My dd switched to Pride and is happy. Is her team amazing? No but it’s well organized, communication is great and she can stay there through high school as she doesn’t want to even try for the intensity of Capital.

My DD plays for Stars and the comment above about SW is correct. At 7th and 8th grade, they are a feeder for Capital and SSSAS.

Metro and Yellow Jackets may have spots for Spring and Summer, so it doesn’t hurt to reach out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In five years, BLC will get some of the better players. It’s just better run. It will be the best club in the DC area.

YJMA will catch up and eventually be the best NOVA club. They are starting to pull in a lot of former players as coaches.

If YJMA is able to keep progressing, they could make a good club out of the market that doesn't want to travel to Arlington, Alexandria or Bethesda. There are enough kids in Fairfax, Haymarket, and parts of loudon to make competitive teams at each age group.

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Anonymous wrote:For 2033 you should check out Pride, Stars, and Yellow Jackets.

Email the clubs or coaches to see if you can join a practice. With Stars only consider Light Blue, also, from what I have heard the communication at Stars is non-existent if you reach out so you may not be able to actually check out Stars unless you know someone on the team.

Depending on where you live BLC should definitely be on your list. For someone that lives in McLean, Fairfax, Vienna, etc. it would likely be quicker to get to Bethesda than Alexandria where Stars will sometimes practice.

Run from Stars 2033. It's a mess.

2nd this, Stars 2033 is a mess.

Stars keep recycling the same old tired coaches.

While coaching can always improve that’s not the issue with Stars right now….

what is the issue with stars?

How long do you have? The list is insurmountable. Terribly run, Constantly over promises and under delivers, over priced, limited access to the facility that sponsors you etc. etc. etc.

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Anonymous wrote:For 2033 you should check out Pride, Stars, and Yellow Jackets.

Email the clubs or coaches to see if you can join a practice. With Stars only consider Light Blue, also, from what I have heard the communication at Stars is non-existent if you reach out so you may not be able to actually check out Stars unless you know someone on the team.

Depending on where you live BLC should definitely be on your list. For someone that lives in McLean, Fairfax, Vienna, etc. it would likely be quicker to get to Bethesda than Alexandria where Stars will sometimes practice.

Run from Stars 2033. It's a mess.

2nd this, Stars 2033 is a mess.

Stars keep recycling the same old tired coaches.

While coaching can always improve that’s not the issue with Stars right now….

what is the issue with stars?

How long do you have? The list is insurmountable. Terribly run, Constantly over promises and under delivers, over priced, limited access to the facility that sponsors you etc. etc. etc.

Additionally, they only focus on developing the A team (Light Blue) if they do it at all. Some classes are moderately competitive for DC/Northern VA area.

The club director likes to jump in and coach during games even though she doesn’t do anything during practices. she’ll give confusing and sometimes conflicting guidance to the team.

Oh, communication is one-way. They are very diligent at reminding you about the StJ money grab events and clinics but won’t response to legitimate questions like who will be the team coach before your commitment is due.

I can go on but don’t want to bore people who’ve heard this many times before.