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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you live in a town with a good rec program, playing in a travel program is a waste of money until 5-6 grade.

And, getting into a "good" travel program like Madlax at a young age means nothing.  Starting in middle school they rebuild their teams with stud athletes and holdbacks, and don't think twice about cutting a kid with average ability who has been in the program since first grade.[/quote]

They will of course cut the average kid and take a better kid and stud athlete.  (I was thinking hold backs even out later but that at the younger ages is impactful.)  Being with the club is likely only meaningful if an outsider is similarly situated to the club kid, then they keep the club kid. But I think the stud would usually (not always) be a far better player if she had played with the club all along.

A good rec program that is at all like the NGLL?  Our rec program is fine but not sure where we have such a rec program you speak of in our area.  I live in a county that is arguably a top county hotbed of lacrosse in the US.  My county has produced countless All Americans and National Champions and is very present in the top echelon of college teams and this is the long legacy here.  Yet our rec program is just a regular rec program.  Maybe that’s because people here are going early to clubs?  Not sure.  But to me rec is fun and for all types of kids to participate.  Last year, on my oldest daughter’s team (she’s not an athlete or into sports but is agreeable to play in rec because she likes being on a team with her friends and probably the end of year party or end-game snacks), there were several girls who had never played lacrosse or any sport seriously but their friends talked them into trying lacrosse.  Her team couldn’t dodge or catch and pass.  They barely could mark up and understand the concept of crashing.  An okay club team their age, or even a year or two younger, would crush them.  That’s gonna be your stud rec kid’s teammate or opponent.[/quote]

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