Soccer vs. Lacrosse

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Anonymous wrote:OP, if he only played three years of soccer before high school I am skeptical that he could play in college unless he's a true athletic standout. It's easier if he is a goalkeeper, because there are fewer of those available, but if he's in high school already and he hasn't had coaches talk to him about playing in college, I think it's not so likely that he'd find a good college with a good soccer team. He shouldn't pick a sport because of college. He should pick the one he likes to play more.

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9-12 years old are actually the critical development years for ball skill in soccer. The footwork/skill is meticulous and a player will just never makeup ground if they start in middle school or later.

Lacrosse is a sport where they convert HS football players into spectacular lacrosse players. It is quite possible for a good athlete to pick it up later.

Really? What are you basing these statements on when you have club lacrosse players that commit to colleges as early as 8th grade?

Pp has no clue.

A good athlete is capable of picking up lacrosse in high school and be competitive. Soccer? Not so much.

It doesn't mean lacrosse is easier but it does mean that using your hands is easier to learn later than it is to learn using ones feet.

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I did not think that would be so controversial. It is known that soccer foot-skill is incredibly hard to learn after the brain develops/sets. A player cannot do the things with the ball at his feet at a high rate of speed---or even to use both feet equally (critically important) if they don't start with a ball to middle school. Every world class player out there grew up as a child with a ball at his feet. Yes--you can get a kid to kick and run and be physical but that won't go far at all.

Again, you have no clue.

Oh please, get over yourself. A athletic Freshman could pick up lacrosse and dedicate some serious training over two years and be a very capable and competitive player by their Junior and senior years with little or not lacrosse experience. That same athletic with the same two years of dedication to soccer would never catch up to their high school peers in soccer. The footwork is just to daunting.

Any kid who has played some baseball, tennis, basketball and some hockey have many of the perquisite skills to learn lacrosse quickly. The fact that the sport can be learned relatively quickly is a reason for its growing popularity.

But like chess, lacrosse is easy to learn, difficult to master.

Agreed. Just like soccer.

I agree, the level of play at public schools is so low he could play, not they it will impress a college. Stick with club soccer, he will never make a club lacrosse team.

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He could probably make TJs lax Varsity team his freshman year.

http://www.tjlacrosse.com/schedule

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Anonymous wrote:OP, if he only played three years of soccer before high school I am skeptical that he could play in college unless he's a true athletic standout. It's easier if he is a goalkeeper, because there are fewer of those available, but if he's in high school already and he hasn't had coaches talk to him about playing in college, I think it's not so likely that he'd find a good college with a good soccer team. He shouldn't pick a sport because of college. He should pick the one he likes to play more.

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9-12 years old are actually the critical development years for ball skill in soccer. The footwork/skill is meticulous and a player will just never makeup ground if they start in middle school or later.

Lacrosse is a sport where they convert HS football players into spectacular lacrosse players. It is quite possible for a good athlete to pick it up later.

Really? What are you basing these statements on when you have club lacrosse players that commit to colleges as early as 8th grade?

Pp has no clue.

A good athlete is capable of picking up lacrosse in high school and be competitive. Soccer? Not so much.

It doesn't mean lacrosse is easier but it does mean that using your hands is easier to learn later than it is to learn using ones feet.

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I did not think that would be so controversial. It is known that soccer foot-skill is incredibly hard to learn after the brain develops/sets. A player cannot do the things with the ball at his feet at a high rate of speed---or even to use both feet equally (critically important) if they don't start with a ball to middle school. Every world class player out there grew up as a child with a ball at his feet. Yes--you can get a kid to kick and run and be physical but that won't go far at all.

Again, you have no clue.

Oh please, get over yourself. A athletic Freshman could pick up lacrosse and dedicate some serious training over two years and be a very capable and competitive player by their Junior and senior years with little or not lacrosse experience. That same athletic with the same two years of dedication to soccer would never catch up to their high school peers in soccer. The footwork is just to daunting.

Any kid who has played some baseball, tennis, basketball and some hockey have many of the perquisite skills to learn lacrosse quickly. The fact that the sport can be learned relatively quickly is a reason for its growing popularity.

But like chess, lacrosse is easy to learn, difficult to master.

Agreed. Just like soccer.

I agree, the level of play at public schools is so low he could play, not they it will impress a college. Stick with club soccer, he will never make a club lacrosse team.

I think you misinterpret the OP's intention. Their intention is simply to round out a resume nothing more. In order to round out the resume HS sports does look better than club sports.

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I think you misinterpret the OP's intention. Their intention is simply to round out a resume nothing more. In order to round out the resume HS sports does look better than club sports.

Why do you say this? Not clear to me why colleges would see a difference. Also, for soccer at least, virtually all kids playing for their HS teams will also be playing club soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:both are the least diverse sports but that is changing big time and it will be fun to watch these entitled kids get their ... kicked soon enough

the boyz in the hood now carry lacrosse sticks....

My son is one of the few white kids on his soccer team.

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I think you misinterpret the OP's intention. Their intention is simply to round out a resume nothing more. In order to round out the resume HS sports does look better than club sports.

Why do you say this? Not clear to me why colleges would see a difference. Also, for soccer at least, virtually all kids playing for their HS teams will also be playing club soccer.

Because the OP stated the following:

"What sport is more physically demanding? Is lacrosse easy to learn? I feel that he has been trying to convince himself to do lacrosse because he keeps on saying it is better on college apps (Its a TJ thing…), but it seems that he also wants to continue soccer."

The kid is going to TJ, he is looking to expand upon his College Application Resume, NOT getting a athletic scholarship.

I agree that either sport at the varsity level will be fine and show that he is "well rounded" on college applications. I don't think one sport really trumps the other in this regard.

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I don't think it matters which sport he plays at a very low level for college admissions. Yes, Lacrosse can be a better option for an athlete who is looking for a hook, but that's clearly not the case here. I'm very surprised he's considering playing at high school without any real background in either sport. Are TJ's athletics that weak?

One of my kids has been playing soccer for 7 years, two at the travel club level (playing up two years) and I still would be surprised if he were to make a varsity HS team by freshman year.