Feedback on Next Level Lacrosse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why are parents unhappy in 5 age groups? also when players were invited join are they told blue or red team or only after payment is made?

When NL has tryouts you are offered a blue spot or a red spot and you know that before you pay anything. There isn’t much, if any, movement between the teams. To my knowledge NL doesn’t dangle possible promotions to blue like Madlax does with its Capital and DMV teams. The teams don’t practice together and are completely separate things with different tournaments, coaches, etc.

In terms of unhappy, all lacrosse teams are unhappy once you get around middle school unless you are dominant and have a small enough roster that everyone gets decent playing time. Even then, the pressure to constantly recruit to stay on top and the influx of holdbacks for any top team in eighth and ninth grade spoil any chance of having a fun experience. It’s just the nature of the club lacrosse beast. Mitchells are good guys and I think try hard to please team members, but club lacrosse just isn’t very fun once you get to middle school for any team that play at the higher levels. That’s why so many people leave all these programs once it becomes clear their kid isn’t going to play DI. It’s very different from the younger team experience where most kids and parents still enjoy lacrosse.

Very well explained. Thanks

[Anonymous]

has NL always done tryouts for summer teams for 2024 and older? or is that new this year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:has NL always done tryouts for summer teams for 2024 and older? or is that new this year?

Have they posted Try-out dates?

[Anonymous]

what does the 2022 team look like? better than 2021 i assume but less so than 2020?

[Anonymous]

Just checking out these club lax ratings. How come Next Level 25s are on here twice?

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=1025&alpha=N&y=2020

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just checking out these club lax ratings. How come Next Level 25s are on here twice?

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=1025&alpha=N&y=2020

I think they added players for the summer so maybe it changed the roster enough to differentiate between the team from the school year and this summer?

[Anonymous]

I see a lot of Bullis helmets in those recent NL highlight videos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just checking out these club lax ratings. How come Next Level 25s are on here twice?

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=1025&alpha=N&y=2020

I think they added players for the summer so maybe it changed the roster enough to differentiate between the team from the school year and this summer?

That makes sense. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just checking out these club lax ratings. How come Next Level 25s are on here twice?

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=1025&alpha=N&y=2020

I think they added players for the summer so maybe it changed the roster enough to differentiate between the team from the school year and this summer?

More likely it is because they were listed as Next Level 2025 rather than Next Level 2025 Blue and the US club lax database just made a mistake. My guess is it gets fixed in the next few days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just checking out these club lax ratings. How come Next Level 25s are on here twice?

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=1025&alpha=N&y=2020

I think they added players for the summer so maybe it changed the roster enough to differentiate between the team from the school year and this summer?

More likely it is because they were listed as Next Level 2025 rather than Next Level 2025 Blue and the US club lax database just made a mistake. My guess is it gets fixed in the next few days.

Then why does it have different game numbers? The higher ranked NL team numbers reflects just the summer tourneys to date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just checking out these club lax ratings. How come Next Level 25s are on here twice?

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=1025&alpha=N&y=2020

I think they added players for the summer so maybe it changed the roster enough to differentiate between the team from the school year and this summer?

More likely it is because they were listed as Next Level 2025 rather than Next Level 2025 Blue and the US club lax database just made a mistake. My guess is it gets fixed in the next few days.

Then why does it have different game numbers? The higher ranked NL team numbers reflects just the summer tourneys to date.

Right. When it grabbed the data from tourney machine or whatever source it used for the raw data, it is treating the summer tournament as if it was a different team from Next Level Blue 2025 and the ranking for Next Level 2025 is as if those were the only games. I just think it is a mistake in inputting the data and not a conscious difference to treat it as a different team. I only say this because I’ve noticed other similar mistakes in the past that were later corrected. But could be wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just checking out these club lax ratings. How come Next Level 25s are on here twice?

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=1025&alpha=N&y=2020

I think they added players for the summer so maybe it changed the roster enough to differentiate between the team from the school year and this summer?

More likely it is because they were listed as Next Level 2025 rather than Next Level 2025 Blue and the US club lax database just made a mistake. My guess is it gets fixed in the next few days.

Then why does it have different game numbers? The higher ranked NL team numbers reflects just the summer tourneys to date.

Right. When it grabbed the data from tourney machine or whatever source it used for the raw data, it is treating the summer tournament as if it was a different team from Next Level Blue 2025 and the ranking for Next Level 2025 is as if those were the only games. I just think it is a mistake in inputting the data and not a conscious difference to treat it as a different team. I only say this because I’ve noticed other similar mistakes in the past that were later corrected. But could be wrong.

Makes sense!

[Anonymous]

Here are the Next Level Club tryout dates

Boys
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/boys-travel-team-tryouts-2021-22-season/

Girls
https://nextlevelspartans.com/team/girls-travel-team-tryouts-2021-22-season/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just checking out these club lax ratings. How come Next Level 25s are on here twice?

https://www.usclublax.com/rank?v=1025&alpha=N&y=2020

I think they added players for the summer so maybe it changed the roster enough to differentiate between the team from the school year and this summer?

More likely it is because they were listed as Next Level 2025 rather than Next Level 2025 Blue and the US club lax database just made a mistake. My guess is it gets fixed in the next few days.

Then why does it have different game numbers? The higher ranked NL team numbers reflects just the summer tourneys to date.

Right. When it grabbed the data from tourney machine or whatever source it used for the raw data, it is treating the summer tournament as if it was a different team from Next Level Blue 2025 and the ranking for Next Level 2025 is as if those were the only games. I just think it is a mistake in inputting the data and not a conscious difference to treat it as a different team. I only say this because I’ve noticed other similar mistakes in the past that were later corrected. But could be wrong.

Makes sense!

Correct - I have a player on this team. It's a mistake. Same team of boys. Should be fixed in next Thursday's update.

[Anonymous]

Expect to see a lot more Dematha players on Next Level rosters!