Feedback on Next Level Lacrosse?

[Anonymous]

Next Level high school teams are by invitation only due to the limited amount of roster spots available until the summer season. NL is fairly honest in saying new kids have to better than those already on the team and try to be balanced in how they juggle existing players and families and new ones. That said, they have fallen prey to some poor judgement. They mysteriously allowed 4(?) "future gap year" kids to play down this past summer season on a high school level team. The kids didn't perform any better than those on the roster and didn't result in any success. The parents were po'd and the kids were no longer on the team as quickly as they came.

Grade school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/boys-travel-team-tryouts-2018-19-season/

High school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/may-tryouts-2021-2019-grad-years/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Next Level high school teams are by invitation only due to the limited amount of roster spots available until the summer season. NL is fairly honest in saying new kids have to better than those already on the team and try to be balanced in how they juggle existing players and families and new ones. That said, they have fallen prey to some poor judgement. They mysteriously allowed 4(?) "future gap year" kids to play down this past summer season on a high school level team. The kids didn't perform any better than those on the roster and didn't result in any success. The parents were po'd and the kids were no longer on the team as quickly as they came.

Grade school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/boys-travel-team-tryouts-2018-19-season/

High school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/may-tryouts-2021-2019-grad-years/

Nope. Unless receiving a mass marketing email counts as an invitation.
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/boys-travel-team-tryouts-2018-19-season/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Next Level high school teams are by invitation only due to the limited amount of roster spots available until the summer season. NL is fairly honest in saying new kids have to better than those already on the team and try to be balanced in how they juggle existing players and families and new ones. That said, they have fallen prey to some poor judgement. They mysteriously allowed 4(?) "future gap year" kids to play down this past summer season on a high school level team. The kids didn't perform any better than those on the roster and didn't result in any success. The parents were po'd and the kids were no longer on the team as quickly as they came.

Grade school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/boys-travel-team-tryouts-2018-19-season/

High school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/may-tryouts-2021-2019-grad-years/

Correction: Summer tryouts were by invitation only. They have all class tryouts over the next few weeks.

[Anonymous]

Do most Heights and St. Albans boys play for Next Level as Mitchell and Heeter are coaches for those teams respectively. Really what I’m asking is if my son goes to one of these schools and stays with his current club team, would that hurt his chances of starting or getting playing time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do most Heights and St. Albans boys play for Next Level as Mitchell and Heeter are coaches for those teams respectively. Really what I’m asking is if my son goes to one of these schools and stays with his current club team, would that hurt his chances of starting or getting playing time?

No. These guys are fair. They also want to win. If your kid is good, he’ll get all the playing time he can handle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do most Heights and St. Albans boys play for Next Level as Mitchell and Heeter are coaches for those teams respectively. Really what I’m asking is if my son goes to one of these schools and stays with his current club team, would that hurt his chances of starting or getting playing time?

If he's going to go STA or H, why wouldn't you move him to NL?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do most Heights and St. Albans boys play for Next Level as Mitchell and Heeter are coaches for those teams respectively. Really what I’m asking is if my son goes to one of these schools and stays with his current club team, would that hurt his chances of starting or getting playing time?

If he's going to go STA or H, why wouldn't you move him to NL?

Different poster and I like the NL program - but they just can’t compete with the club teams like MDlaxx, Crabs, VLC, and Bw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do most Heights and St. Albans boys play for Next Level as Mitchell and Heeter are coaches for those teams respectively. Really what I’m asking is if my son goes to one of these schools and stays with his current club team, would that hurt his chances of starting or getting playing time?

If he's going to go STA or H, why wouldn't you move him to NL?

Different question - can Heeter help with admissions at sta for a good player at next level?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do most Heights and St. Albans boys play for Next Level as Mitchell and Heeter are coaches for those teams respectively. Really what I’m asking is if my son goes to one of these schools and stays with his current club team, would that hurt his chances of starting or getting playing time?

If he's going to go STA or H, why wouldn't you move him to NL?

Different poster and I like the NL program - but they just can’t compete with the club teams like MDlaxx, Crabs, VLC, and Bw.

So you are placing club lacrosse over admission to a school like St. Albans. Also, disagree on competing. The NL teams are very competitive but some are better than others.

[Anonymous]

All I can say PP is that the AD is a former lacrosse player from Yale. I’ve noticed that the last few admissions seasons include players from Madlax and NL and other clubs. I guess it’s all about priorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do most Heights and St. Albans boys play for Next Level as Mitchell and Heeter are coaches for those teams respectively. Really what I’m asking is if my son goes to one of these schools and stays with his current club team, would that hurt his chances of starting or getting playing time?

If he's going to go STA or H, why wouldn't you move him to NL?

Different question - can Heeter help with admissions at sta for a good player at next level?

Doubt it unless the kid has a lot of things going for him like being a minority, being super rich, already having siblings at the school or went to Beauvoir. STA doesn't do the athlete thing nearly as much as other schools. He's only a coach and not a part of the faculty or anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next Level high school teams are by invitation only due to the limited amount of roster spots available until the summer season. NL is fairly honest in saying new kids have to better than those already on the team and try to be balanced in how they juggle existing players and families and new ones. That said, they have fallen prey to some poor judgement. They mysteriously allowed 4(?) "future gap year" kids to play down this past summer season on a high school level team. The kids didn't perform any better than those on the roster and didn't result in any success. The parents were po'd and the kids were no longer on the team as quickly as they came.

Grade school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/boys-travel-team-tryouts-2018-19-season/

High school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/may-tryouts-2021-2019-grad-years/

Correction: Summer tryouts were by invitation only. They have all class tryouts over the next few weeks.

You are an idiot. Those "summer tryouts by invitations" were because NL had lots of holes on their teams and were trying to fill in needed gaps. Of course those weren't the real tryouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do most Heights and St. Albans boys play for Next Level as Mitchell and Heeter are coaches for those teams respectively. Really what I’m asking is if my son goes to one of these schools and stays with his current club team, would that hurt his chances of starting or getting playing time?

If he's going to go STA or H, why wouldn't you move him to NL?

Different question - can Heeter help with admissions at sta for a good player at next level?

Doubt it unless the kid has a lot of things going for him like being a minority, being super rich, already having siblings at the school or went to Beauvoir. STA doesn't do the athlete thing nearly as much as other schools. He's only a coach and not a part of the faculty or anything else.

Agreed that STA does not do the “athlete thing” as much as other schools. But I know for a fact travel team coaches from soccer and baseball have called up their coaching counterparts at STA and even the AD to try to help with the admissions process. For sure, the kid has to be in he academic ballpark, but in a town full of high scoring kids, a coach especially at a place like STA which has seen its sports glory days in he rear view mirror, a coach’s rec even if only slightly connected to the school can make all the difference in the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next Level high school teams are by invitation only due to the limited amount of roster spots available until the summer season. NL is fairly honest in saying new kids have to better than those already on the team and try to be balanced in how they juggle existing players and families and new ones. That said, they have fallen prey to some poor judgement. They mysteriously allowed 4(?) "future gap year" kids to play down this past summer season on a high school level team. The kids didn't perform any better than those on the roster and didn't result in any success. The parents were po'd and the kids were no longer on the team as quickly as they came.

Grade school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/boys-travel-team-tryouts-2018-19-season/

And you're just a dick. It was a reasonable reply to the thread.

High school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/may-tryouts-2021-2019-grad-years/

Correction: Summer tryouts were by invitation only. They have all class tryouts over the next few weeks.

You are an idiot. Those "summer tryouts by invitations" were because NL had lots of holes on their teams and were trying to fill in needed gaps. Of course those weren't the real tryouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Next Level high school teams are by invitation only due to the limited amount of roster spots available until the summer season. NL is fairly honest in saying new kids have to better than those already on the team and try to be balanced in how they juggle existing players and families and new ones. That said, they have fallen prey to some poor judgement. They mysteriously allowed 4(?) "future gap year" kids to play down this past summer season on a high school level team. The kids didn't perform any better than those on the roster and didn't result in any success. The parents were po'd and the kids were no longer on the team as quickly as they came.

Grade school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/boys-travel-team-tryouts-2018-19-season/

And you're just a dick. It was a reasonable reply to the thread.

High school
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/may-tryouts-2021-2019-grad-years/

Correction: Summer tryouts were by invitation only. They have all class tryouts over the next few weeks.

You are an idiot. Those "summer tryouts by invitations" were because NL had lots of holes on their teams and were trying to fill in needed gaps. Of course those weren't the real tryouts.

And you're a dick. It was a reasonable reply to the thread.