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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Check out Top Caliber in Burke/fairfax and Alexandria area. It's run by Robinson offensive coach Frank Keel who is a class act,  truly a great , positive coach and seems to really care about his players. He's got ex-madlax kids, ex-VLC kids, prep and private. The 2018 team was very competitive this summer and one of their kids (ex-madlax) just verbally committed to Navy.  They plan to field some teams for fall tournaments -- and they believe in having fun--imagine that![/quote]
That is their only high level team all their other teams did poorly at tournements.Plus not great for recruiting[/quote]

Thanks for the head's up on Top Caliber. A club like that has a place in the market. The comments about the club not being good for recruiting are noted...but believe it or not there are some parents interested in getting their kids into a youth and high school program that is not owned by a sociopath and does not have a sole focus on getting kids recruited to colleges as middle schoolers or high school underclassmen. I think I get it that if I can pinch my nose and write checks to Madlad or VLC or Blackwolf and then let the owners of those clubs berate me that may work out well for junior's lacrosse outcomes. But I don't do that and I don't dress in submissive leather ware to be talked dirty to at motels to get ahead either. Not sure which is less noble, but thanks. I'll take Top Caliber then. [/quote]

My son played with Top Caliber for some tournaments this summer and we really liked the coaches Frank Keel and Aaron Solomon. It's important to understand that a new club takes a while to catch on and attract a high level player. I think Frank will attract better players as the club gains traction. It's essentially a word of mouth process which is slow. My son left madlax and planned to take some time off from recruiting tourneys this summer and work on his game but after meeting Frank he wanted to play for him and really didn't worry about whether it was "cool" or not. He had a lot of fun and made some new friends. He attended an individual recruiting event (blue chip) and got several coaches attention from that.  If your son is talented, the individual events  are the best bet for recruiting. At least that is our experience. He is the one noted above who made the verbal commit to Navy and I can tell you Navy  thought it was great that he left madlax. Other coaches expressed similar opinions.  So there are alternatives to madlax for kids who love lacrosse and are not worried about the status of the team they play with. There were enough talented kids on the team to make it fun and the coaching was very positive. For the better players recruiting will happen at showcases. And Frank can get his kids invited to those events. [/quote]

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