Private School Lacrosse Thread

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Anonymous wrote:DC Express has very little college connections.

Its essentially Performance Lacrosse with a face-lift.

Its virtually the same coaches.

And, it is a revenue generator for the Megills.

+1 That is about all it is.

Excluding the Baltimore teams, is the state of play basically that anyone who wants to play in college more or less needs to eventually migrate to BW, Madlax, or VLC?

Yes, although BW is shrinking in terms of numbers and quality of players.

[Anonymous]

Out of curiosity, if you play for one of the top privates, why do you need a club team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity, if you play for one of the top privates, why do you need a club team?

Because college coaches cannot recruit every HS. Some schools have an inside track, but even that is not always a given. You have to be seen at events: with your club, individually and sometimes with your HS.

Most generally speaking, the college coach talks to the club coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC Express has very little college connections.

Its essentially Performance Lacrosse with a face-lift.

Its virtually the same coaches.

And, it is a revenue generator for the Megills.

+1 That is about all it is.

I think the posters who take offense to this are the ones paying the Megills $3K a season. All the best.

[Anonymous]

DC Express charged $95 for a tryout, almost twice as much as any one club. And they charged a separate a separate fee for a BS "tryout prep" camp in which it was insinuated that you had to pay the extra fee to make the team.

It's almost like they were trying to squeeze the parents as much as possible before skipping town on a midnight train.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC Express charged $95 for a tryout, almost twice as much as any one club. And they charged a separate a separate fee for a BS "tryout prep" camp in which it was insinuated that you had to pay the extra fee to make the team.

It's almost like they were trying to squeeze the parents as much as possible before skipping town on a midnight train.

My son played on 2021 last year and did not attend the tryout camp and missed one day of tryouts and still made the team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity, if you play for one of the top privates, why do you need a club team?

I think even if you play for one of the top privates, a college coach will view the absence of a club team on your kid's resume as a major red flag.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity, if you play for one of the top privates, why do you need a club team?

I think even if you play for one of the top privates, a college coach will view the absence of a club team on your kid's resume as a major red flag.

A reputable college lacrosse program is very unlikely to offer a kid who hasn't played club a spot of their roster. Its shows the kid isn't fully committed to lacrosse and doesn't understand the year round commitment the sport requires to be played at the college level. No kid worth recruiting for a college team will have eschewed playing club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity, if you play for one of the top privates, why do you need a club team?

I think even if you play for one of the top privates, a college coach will view the absence of a club team on your kid's resume as a major red flag.

A reputable college lacrosse program is very unlikely to offer a kid who hasn't played club a spot of their roster. Its shows the kid isn't fully committed to lacrosse and doesn't understand the year round commitment the sport requires to be played at the college level. No kid worth recruiting for a college team will have eschewed playing club.

Not true. Many kids from Prep and Bullis among others committed without playing club. But generally speaking, you are going to help your chances playing for a club.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity, if you play for one of the top privates, why do you need a club team?

I think even if you play for one of the top privates, a college coach will view the absence of a club team on your kid's resume as a major red flag.

No, not true. My son didn't want D1 - he wanted a NESCAC or one of several other SLACs. Several of the coaches were surprised he was still playing club after his sophomore year. They were far more interested in seeing him at their prospect days/camps or other camps like Good to Great, Elite 180, etc.

[Anonymous]

I will give Madlax and VLC credit - they are transparent and promote their players prominently and promptly. Much better than any other clubs in this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Out of curiosity, if you play for one of the top privates, why do you need a club team?

I think even if you play for one of the top privates, a college coach will view the absence of a club team on your kid's resume as a major red flag.

No, not true. My son didn't want D1 - he wanted a NESCAC or one of several other SLACs. Several of the coaches were surprised he was still playing club after his sophomore year. They were far more interested in seeing him at their prospect days/camps or other camps like Good to Great, Elite 180, etc.

Completely agree with the immediate PP.

There has been a dramatic shift in the past two years.

If your son is at a strong private, then it is not necessary to play on a club. In fact the priority should be strong private school play and then the prospect days, camps and clinics. Those are much more important than a lackluster club or even some of the more high profile clubs because they are known money grabs.

Basically the college coaches understand that the kids being recommended by the clubs are getting recommended because they are in a "pay for play" situation as opposed to the strong private (and some public) high school teams where strong players are played to win games.

Yes, some of the club coaches are putting pressure on parents that the boys need to play club to get notice. What the club coaches really mean is that "baby needs new shoes" or "my wife wants a Suburban".

[Anonymous]

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No, not true. My son didn't want D1 - he wanted a NESCAC or one of several other SLACs. Several of the coaches were surprised he was still playing club after his sophomore year. They were far more interested in seeing him at their prospect days/camps or other camps like Good to Great, Elite 180, etc.

Completely agree with the immediate PP.

There has been a dramatic shift in the past two years.

If your son is at a strong private, then it is not necessary to play on a club. In fact the priority should be strong private school play and then the prospect days, camps and clinics. Those are much more important than a lackluster club or even some of the more high profile clubs because they are known money grabs.

Basically the college coaches understand that the kids being recommended by the clubs are getting recommended because they are in a "pay for play" situation as opposed to the strong private (and some public) high school teams where strong players are played to win games.

Yes, some of the club coaches are putting pressure on parents that the boys need to play club to get notice. What the club coaches really mean is that "baby needs new shoes" or "my wife wants a Suburban".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how the Madlax Girls tryouts went?

No. Nobody cares

NP. Some of us are curious. My DD is a middle schooler who plays for a top club and has a lot of lax friends who play at various Nova clubs and no one she knows tried out.

I had no idea there was a girls program. Is it new? Where are the players mainly coming from?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how the Madlax Girls tryouts went?

No. Nobody cares

NP. Some of us are curious. My DD is a middle schooler who plays for a top club and has a lot of lax friends who play at various Nova clubs and no one she knows tried out.

I had no idea there was a girls program. Is it new? Where are the players mainly coming from?

Thats just it - its new. I hear tryouts were pretty sparse. Imagine there aren't enough girls per grad year to fill a rosters in order to actually play in a league or tournament. Its hard to imagine anyone allowing their daughter to play for the guy who owns Madlax.