Private School Lacrosse Thread

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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.

I don't have sons so we are not familiar with the guy from Madlax but my guess is that tryouts were sparse because they're unknown in the world of girls lacrosse. If your daughter is a good player and wants to play with other strong players it's not a gamble you want (or need) to take. Girls who aren't able to make a top team and who are perhaps new to lacrosse but athletic might give it a try because they could have an opportunity to learn from some good coaches ( the girls program head looks strong on paper). Nobody else would take the chance on that club at the middle or high school level. Maybe they should start with grades 3-5 and build from there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not all kids need to spend hours on the bounce back, shooting, etc. My kid is playing d1 ball, and I could never get him to do any of that - it wasn't fun for him, so he didn't do it. Instead, he played a lot of basketball, football, and soccer. In the end, he earned a spot on a team for his defensive and transition skills, most of which he developed playing other sports, not hitting a bounce back in the backyard.

First, congrats to your son.

Second, nobody said developing your lax skills was mutually exclusive from playing other sports.

Third, if you're trying to convince anyone who's played or coached at the D1 level that your son isn't putting in extra work, then your son is sitting on the sideline cheering his team mates on. There is a huge chasm between making a D1 team and playing. If your son is on a quality team, he understand this already.

My point was that there are other ways to get there than wall ball and focusing solely on offensive skills (which is how several recent posters described their kid working hard). But you are right, regardless, you got to put in the work, and your kid needs to be driven. As an aside, I found that hanging with other kids equally as driven was a motivating factor as well.

[Anonymous]

3d is crumbling. They have only a couple teams left coached by dads.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not all kids need to spend hours on the bounce back, shooting, etc. My kid is playing d1 ball, and I could never get him to do any of that - it wasn't fun for him, so he didn't do it. Instead, he played a lot of basketball, football, and soccer. In the end, he earned a spot on a team for his defensive and transition skills, most of which he developed playing other sports, not hitting a bounce back in the backyard.

First, congrats to your son.

Second, nobody said developing your lax skills was mutually exclusive from playing other sports.

Third, if you're trying to convince anyone who's played or coached at the D1 level that your son isn't putting in extra work, then your son is sitting on the sideline cheering his team mates on. There is a huge chasm between making a D1 team and playing. If your son is on a quality team, he understand this already.

My point was that there are other ways to get there than wall ball and focusing solely on offensive skills (which is how several recent posters described their kid working hard). But you are right, regardless, you got to put in the work, and your kid needs to be driven. As an aside, I found that hanging with other kids equally as driven was a motivating factor as well.

Interesting but I have been reading this thread and didn't see anyone say their kid was focused solely on offensive lacrosse skills. You were just trying to make your kid sound special. Im sure he is.

ASS for what type of work makes a great lax player, wall ball is for everyone. Defenders need to be able to catch and throw as effortlessly and ambidexterously as offensive players. Plus, being strong on re-defending is key to an great attacker, its how you get the ball back on a missed shot or dropped pass. If you cant re-defend well you wont make a college team as an attacker. Its tough to practice defensive skills alone so you have to be flexible - playing basketball helps as does traditional speed and agility drills. Lacrosse defenders should have to have the quickest feet on a team, especially on the girls side where they dont have super long poles to herd the attackers and cant body slam each other to get the ball. Saying a kid works hard at their lacrosse game is not saying they dont do all of the above, in fact, it most likely includes all of the above and more.

[Anonymous]

Here's one example (and there are several more from the same day)

"The difference? He's on the wall, practicing shooting, doing drills on his own;"

If I were a betting man that was one of your posts.

How bout taking the time to understand what a poster is saying before becoming unhinged. I didnt read the post as being braggy, but offering a different perspective from all of the know it all, lax wannabe dads (yourself included) that think the prescription to playing at the next level is wall ball.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's one example (and there are several more from the same day)

"The difference? He's on the wall, practicing shooting, doing drills on his own;"

If I were a betting man that was one of your posts.

How bout taking the time to understand what a poster is saying before becoming unhinged. I didnt read the post as being braggy, but offering a different perspective from all of the know it all, lax wannabe dads (yourself included) that think the prescription to playing at the next level is wall ball.

+1. And please spare us the incoherent, rambling lecture

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here's one example (and there are several more from the same day)

"The difference? He's on the wall, practicing shooting, doing drills on his own;"

If I were a betting man that was one of your posts.

How bout taking the time to understand what a poster is saying before becoming unhinged. I didnt read the post as being braggy, but offering a different perspective from all of the know it all, lax wannabe dads (yourself included) that think the prescription to playing at the next level is wall ball.

+1. And please spare us the incoherent, rambling lecture

Different poster than the guy you're attacking.

I'm a prior poster who thinks that maybe the two (one) poster in attack mode should take a little time to peruse the philosophies of kids like Steph Curry or older guys like Michael Jordan who talk about how important that it is that they practice at their craft. Curry is by no means an all-around multi-ability athlete while Jordan clearly is yet both show the same focus and dedication to refining their skills. So if you two (or one, as the case probably is) should keep on believing that your miracle child will defy all the odds but the rest of us will allow our kids to practice on the wall or with a lax buddy.

Although, now, going back to reread your post, it is quite probable that you are a kid given your poor grammar, sloppy spelling/punctuation and lack of erudition.

And, by all means, please take it easy and lay off the practice. It is doing you (your kid?) a world of good!

[Anonymous]

You guys are all windbags. No wonder everyone wants this thread deleted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's one example (and there are several more from the same day)

"The difference? He's on the wall, practicing shooting, doing drills on his own;"

If I were a betting man that was one of your posts.

How bout taking the time to understand what a poster is saying before becoming unhinged. I didnt read the post as being braggy, but offering a different perspective from all of the know it all, lax wannabe dads (yourself included) that think the prescription to playing at the next level is wall ball.

+1. And please spare us the incoherent, rambling lecture

Different poster than the guy you're attacking.

I'm a prior poster who thinks that maybe the two (one) poster in attack mode should take a little time to peruse the philosophies of kids like Steph Curry or older guys like Michael Jordan who talk about how important that it is that they practice at their craft. Curry is by no means an all-around multi-ability athlete walf hile Jordan clearly is yet both show the same focus and dedication to refining their skills. So if you two (or one, as the case probably is) should keep on believing that your miracle child will defy all the odds but the rest of us will allow our kids to practice on the wall or with a lax buddy.

Although, now, going back to reread your post, it is quite probable that you are a kid given your poor grammar, sloppy spelling/punctuation and lack of erudition.

And, by all means, please take it easy and lay off the practice. It is doing you (your kid?) a world of good!

Nah, I'll "peruse" my half academic, half athletic scholarship

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys are all windbags. No wonder everyone wants this thread deleted.

Good morning DELETE THIS THREAD serial poster. I see you have a different tact.

Over 80,000 views and nearly 2000 posts on this thread pretty much eviscerates your "everyone" characterization.

I'll actually agree with your windbag characterization. But you can say that about the majority of posters on the Private School forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where did the top kids end up going?

I believe there were several Landon and Bullis kids on the DC Express 2021 team.

To quote one of the Founding Fathers of club lax in the DMV...

Ungrateful Quitters!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where did the top kids end up going?

I believe there were several Landon and Bullis kids on the DC Express 2021 team.

To quote one of the Founding Fathers of club lax in the DMV...

Ungrateful Quitters!!

My son played for DCE 2021 and made the team again but he did not want to play for them again and we as his parents were not pushing him to reup. He is at a HS with a competitive lacrosse program and was not interested in DCE. Nothing to do with being ungrateful. Hate to disappoint you.

[Anonymous]

I think you missed the "joke" implied in the previous post

[Anonymous]

Have you seen this?


deadspin.com/hey-ungrateful-quitter-emails-from-an-angry-lacrosse-660703941/amp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you seen this?


deadspin.com/hey-ungrateful-quitter-emails-from-an-angry-lacrosse-660703941/amp

Everyone has, but for some bizarre reason, Madlax parents are able to check their conscious at the door and not only give that guy their money, but their son son that it's morally ok to condone that kind of behavior. Luckily there are other equal or better options and his club is declining.