lax culture from an insider
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Anonymous
| Nobody around here is going to drive to Columbia or Annapolis. |
Anonymous
Not even all the kids that play for Crabs, FCA, etc. |
Anonymous
Nobody in Loudon County is going to drive anywhere without drama. Nobody in Fairfax County wants to drive outside the county either. MoCo families are 40-45 mins from Severn where the Annapolis league is, and are 30-40 minutes from Columbia. Lots of MoCo families have their kids playing for Balt Crabs or FCA, both of which are further drives than either Annapolis or Columbia. The around here point makes sense for Virginians, and the Madlax league at Dulles sounds like a decent local alternative. But the Annapolis league is a higher level of play, has MLL referees and many of the top Maryland side preps and publics, and then has possibilities for individuals to sign up and be assigned to pick up teams. Last year two players from this league made the USA U-19 indoor team, and a few college kids home from break came to play on the pick up teams to stay fit over the break. This is by far the top local indoor league in the area. |
Anonymous
We do. It's a 20 minute drive. It's not a big deal because I like my time with my kids. |
Anonymous
| Whay are good camps for a boy in the class of 2020. He plays next level B.But he is one of the better players on his team. |
Anonymous
| What is the Brine National Lacrosse Classic |
Anonymous
Complete money making scam. It occasionally attracts good teams from certain states, but college coaches do not attend. If you don't mind spending a lot of money purely for fun, then it could be ok. But it is a waste of time for HS kids. |
Anonymous
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Crabs have a good camp -- you need to "apply" though:
https://www.crabslax.com/CampDetails.aspx?CampID=5 |
Anonymous
It is a fun little camp, but NOT a "prospect" camp. |
Anonymous
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$625 for 3 days of lacrosse.
I miss the days of summer camps for $200-$250 a week where kids can get in some runs and have some fun at a fair price. This amount of money for this little lacrosse is a joke and is a good example of everything wrong with lacrosse. |
Anonymous
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It's a rich kids sport.
Kids who are not good at football, can't hit a baseball, etc |
Anonymous
I am not an ex-lacrosse guy, but did play another sport in college and had a very brief professional career when I didn't survive the first round of cuts as an undrafted free agent at an NFL training camp. My young kids play lacrosse and football. I have a different take on the stated elitism. Lacrosse is an expensive sport, but so is ice hockey, baseball and other sports my kids tried. I think a big difference that causes a lot of hostility with some parents is the apparent fact that dads who played greatly influence outcomes. Where I grew up kids played lacrosse to step out of the brutal fairness of games like football and basketball. Getting a scholarship for college in those sports is a lot harder and more competitive. It also won't matter one bit of your son inherits "football IQ" from dad. Lacrosse people love to keep going on like the sport is brain surgery and their kids have been incubated to excel early. As my boys have aged up, I've noticed a two things. First, kids who are the best athletes leave lacrosse because they see full scholarship possibilities in football, basketball and don't see it in lacrosse. Second, one major factor is cost. Lacrosse is an expensive ride for middle school and early high school. If you just focus on being the best player in your high school team and one of the best players in the high school league, that isn't nearly enough and might not even be helpful. I have never seen a college recruiter at a high school lacrosse game. I am sure some posters will write that at the top very expensive prep schools there is some college coach attention, but I don't call that a coverage of high school lacrosse. I have also never been to a single high school football game my son played in where there were no college recruiters. In football you have to rise up from a huge population of kids who play to get noticed as a sophomore or as a junior. In lacrosse, getting noticed is arranged for you by the club team events and other club team showcases. Sadly I do agree that lacrosse has worked very hard as a sport to stay privileged and exclusive. That hurts the game and eventually will only help football, basketball, baseball and other sports versus lacrosse. If you are a 12 year old kid who is a great athlete but don't have a dad who played the game and is connected in this lacrosse system, you are much better off playing another sport. |
Anonymous
There are approximately 40 DI lacrosse programs. |
Anonymous
| There are 74 D1 lacrosse programs. There are over 300 D1 football and hundreds more D-1a scholarship schools for football. In lacrosse there are 12.6 scholarships over average rosters of 45. In football, 85 full scholarships. |
Anonymous
How many youth football leagues set there? How many lacrosse leagues? |