lax culture from an insider

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tryouts every season? That's kind of crazy, but it makes sense the more I learn about the guy. It's a great way to keep the kids in fear and the parents in ass-kissing mode.

Don't forget how he makes you pay a quarterly fee. If you quit, he has you on hook for another 6 months of extra payments. One family quit and cancelled the card, and he tried to charge their new card as well.

I"m confused about how this is different from the other clubs. I have had to make a year-long commitment, paid in seasonal fees, to both Next Level and another club in the past. How is Madlax different, other than the second tryout in the spring (they don't have one for box)? If you do cut, you are not required to pay remaining fees. Makes more sense to me than paying every up front then having to ask for a refund later. You all act like you know what you're talking about, and you have no idea. If a family quits after making a year-log commitment, then they should be charged the fees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tryouts every season? That's kind of crazy, but it makes sense the more I learn about the guy. It's a great way to keep the kids in fear and the parents in ass-kissing mode.

Don't forget how he makes you pay a quarterly fee. If you quit, he has you on hook for another 6 months of extra payments. One family quit and cancelled the card, and he tried to charge their new card as well.

I"m confused about how this is different from the other clubs. I have had to make a year-long commitment, paid in seasonal fees, to both Next Level and another club in the past. How is Madlax different, other than the second tryout in the spring (they don't have one for box)? If you do cut, you are not required to pay remaining fees. Makes more sense to me than paying every up front then having to ask for a refund later. You all act like you know what you're talking about, and you have no idea. If a family quits after making a year-log commitment, then they should be charged the fees.

Because it is not the same thing as what you (or anyone else) is doing for your club. If a club charges $X per year, most clubs will allow you to pay via installments. Very few ask for everything up front. And if a kid doesn't play for a particular season, most clubs wouldn't charge you for that season.

Madlax does something different. Madlax charges its clients a seasonal fee for every season, just like everyone else. But on top of that, they also charge a quarterly "academy" fee just for the right to be part of Madlax. This is on top of what you're already paying. For most families, it is an additional $1000 or so a year and it is automatically charged to your credit card. If you leave, Madlax goes after you and keeps charging your card for a certain period of time (another 6 months or so).

You end up paying more and if you ever leave, you basically a paying a penalty. You are the one who has no idea what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

If your kid is focused on D3, does it serve any purpose to do prospect camps at a specific school prior to junior year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tryouts every season? That's kind of crazy, but it makes sense the more I learn about the guy. It's a great way to keep the kids in fear and the parents in ass-kissing mode.

Don't forget how he makes you pay a quarterly fee. If you quit, he has you on hook for another 6 months of extra payments. One family quit and cancelled the card, and he tried to charge their new card as well.

I"m confused about how this is different from the other clubs. I have had to make a year-long commitment, paid in seasonal fees, to both Next Level and another club in the past. How is Madlax different, other than the second tryout in the spring (they don't have one for box)? If you do cut, you are not required to pay remaining fees. Makes more sense to me than paying every up front then having to ask for a refund later. You all act like you know what you're talking about, and you have no idea. If a family quits after making a year-log commitment, then they should be charged the fees.

Because it is not the same thing as what you (or anyone else) is doing for your club. If a club charges $X per year, most clubs will allow you to pay via installments. Very few ask for everything up front. And if a kid doesn't play for a particular season, most clubs wouldn't charge you for that season.

Madlax does something different. Madlax charges its clients a seasonal fee for every season, just like everyone else. But on top of that, they also charge a quarterly "academy" fee just for the right to be part of Madlax. This is on top of what you're already paying. For most families, it is an additional $1000 or so a year and it is automatically charged to your credit card. If you leave, Madlax goes after you and keeps charging your card for a certain period of time (another 6 months or so).

You end up paying more and if you ever leave, you basically a paying a penalty. You are the one who has no idea what you're talking about.

That is not true. Ever club expects you to pay the full years fees. In Dc area fees are around $3k per year. For Baltimore area it is about $2k per year.

Madlax... Some tournaments are optional, which is not true for any other club we have done.

None of the clubs ask for it "up front", they all change monthly or quarterly or twice a year.

[Anonymous]

What? We've always paid the full year at one time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tryouts every season? That's kind of crazy, but it makes sense the more I learn about the guy. It's a great way to keep the kids in fear and the parents in ass-kissing mode.

Don't forget how he makes you pay a quarterly fee. If you quit, he has you on hook for another 6 months of extra payments. One family quit and cancelled the card, and he tried to charge their new card as well.

I"m confused about how this is different from the other clubs. I have had to make a year-long commitment, paid in seasonal fees, to both Next Level and another club in the past. How is Madlax different, other than the second tryout in the spring (they don't have one for box)? If you do cut, you are not required to pay remaining fees. Makes more sense to me than paying every up front then having to ask for a refund later. You all act like you know what you're talking about, and you have no idea. If a family quits after making a year-log commitment, then they should be charged the fees.

Because it is not the same thing as what you (or anyone else) is doing for your club. If a club charges $X per year, most clubs will allow you to pay via installments. Very few ask for everything up front. And if a kid doesn't play for a particular season, most clubs wouldn't charge you for that season.

Madlax does something different. Madlax charges its clients a seasonal fee for every season, just like everyone else. But on top of that, they also charge a quarterly "academy" fee just for the right to be part of Madlax. This is on top of what you're already paying. For most families, it is an additional $1000 or so a year and it is automatically charged to your credit card. If you leave, Madlax goes after you and keeps charging your card for a certain period of time (another 6 months or so).

You end up paying more and if you ever leave, you basically a paying a penalty. You are the one who has no idea what you're talking about.

That is not true. Ever club expects you to pay the full years fees. In Dc area fees are around $3k per year. For Baltimore area it is about $2k per year.

Madlax... Some tournaments are optional, which is not true for any other club we have done.

None of the clubs ask for it "up front", they all change monthly or quarterly or twice a year.

Wrong on many accounts.

1. Madlax is about $3500 in total, and that doesn't include potentially playing indoor in the winter. Most of the clubs in this area are $2,000 - $2,500.

2. Madlax used to have optional tournaments, but that is because they make their players play more than anybody else. Most clubs play 2-4 tournaments in the summer. Madlax schedules 4-6 tournaments in the summer, including some stinkers. It used to be ala carte but now you have to pay for the entire thing because too many kids were opting out of playing so much.

3. Some clubs do ask you to pay for it all up front. Most do not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What? We've always paid the full year at one time.

The guys an idiot. Totally out of touch.

[Anonymous]

Enough madlax bashing for now.

Is Bethesda going to fall apart now like Breakout did? Where do the mid-level players go who just love to play for the sake of playing?

[Anonymous]

Next Level.

Even though some of their teams this year are very strong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Next Level.

Even though some of their teams this year are very strong.

But some aren't. I've heard a good amount of frustration about inconsistent coaching and (one again) spotty teams.

[Anonymous]

I have heard the next level 2020s are strong are they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next Level.

Even though some of their teams this year are very strong.

But some aren't. I've heard a good amount of frustration about inconsistent coaching and (one again) spotty teams.

NL typically has some good teams and some not so good teams. They are trying to field HS teams again with a single 2019 team, but their HS program has always been a disaster.

[Anonymous]

2023 looks good but 2022 does not.

[Anonymous]

I was over at Walter Johnson last night watching the next Level Fall League. Kevin Giblin was coaching the St. John's Varsisty team. Is anyone aware of this ?

[Anonymous]

It was announced over the summer Giblin would be one of the coaches at Good Counsel. More recent he's been coaching at St. John's. His Club Blue teams no longer use the fields at Mater Dei or at Georgetown Prep. I don't know the full story, but from all that you can reasonably assume he's disassociated himself from the Prep / Mater Dei or vice versa. In the final years he burned a lot of bridges at Prep and clashed with admissions, administrators. It sounded like both sides of that situation benefitted from parting the ways.