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[quote=Roar]Agree with all above. Eyes open.  DS played for MadLax in Middle school.  Kids learn a lot at practice.  Better on and off ball defenders, sliding and on offense running set plays, two man game and isolation on extra man up situations.  The tournaments, MadLax plays only the great kids, unless a blowout game.  We prepared DS for this prior to game.

Stay away from 2 of the 3 types of parents.  Former lax dad who wants his DS to relive his glory days of playing 3rd string at W&L.  Divorced Mom & Dad who channel all their energy into getting kid into (Enter IAC school here) followed by D1 offers.  Understand if your kid is better than theirs, they will glare at you because, "how dare you take the golden boy's playing time or coaching."

Or parents who simply go for the tailgating.  LOVE these parents.

Travel lax creates "lax bros."  They will gain any edge on their stick and often bring attitude to their youth league games.  I ref 50 games a year from HS Varsity all the way town to the new U12 status.  I call these kids "sticker kids" because their helmets have their madlax, vlc, triple edge markings.  Stick checks often produce illegal sticks where we impound them at the table for the rest of the game.

Keep in mind your kid will play under 3 different rule sets next season.  Travel plays NCAA rules.  High Schools play Federation Rules and if your son's an 8th grader or lower, his Youth team will play US Lacrosse youth rules.  For example, Saturday a "sticker kid" swung a beautiful wrap check and dislodged the ball from the stick.  We threw a flag.  Parents went nuts yelling, "he got all stick."  "Sir, in youth lacrosse the 1 handed swing is illegal, even if a great check."  I'm sure he went to go look it up for confirmation.

Your DS will learn a lot in Travel Lax practices.  If he's really good, he'll play.  Otherwise you're there to pad the program coffers.  Plan fun things to do around the tournaments and your kid will enjoy it more.  We played a tournament outside north Philly so we spend the day off at Dorney Park.  My kid still talks about the water slides, and not the lax tournament.  [/quote]

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