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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Delete this dumb thread that belongs on a sports forum.[/quote]

When it has relevant information about private school lacrosse, it's helpful and interesting. When moms chat about their 11-year-old daughters' ability at playing off-hand, yes, it's useless and in the wrong place. With that being said: just don't read it if you don't want to.[/quote]

Oh, ok, it's fine to spout off endlessly about FOGOs but nobody can have a real discussion about girls lacrosse?  Shut it, you misogynist loser,  and take your own advice: if you don't like posts of people asking real questions about age-appropriate skills progression in girls lacrosse, skip over those posts until you get back to your circle jerk on IAC boys lacrosse. [/quote]

Exactly! Someone earlier in the thread said that people who wanted to talk about girls lacrosse should "be the change you want to see". Guess they didn't really want to hear talk of girls lacrosse after all.

Oh well, too late now![/quote]

I am the mom who wrote the earlier post. I have an incredibly talented, private upper school lacrosse playing daughter who will likely (assuming she can make the grades) play on strong college team as well--and I also played D1 lacrosse. So no "misogyny" here (and you may want to look up the definition). Please do share insights into girls lacrosse as it relates to the private school arena on this thread. There many of us who can great insights to those who want to learn the ins and outs. But know that when you write drivel about how your daughter played well with her offhand during middle school [b]club [/b]lacrosse tryouts, you're likely going to be called out for that. [/quote]

Okay, I'll amend my prior post -- you've identified yourself as nasty and judgmental.  And hey, women can engage in misogyny too (look that up).  I'm gonna guess that you played First Home back in the day and didn't pass that much.[/quote]

Attack wing, actually.[/quote]

Ah, knew you were an attacker.  (I actually think you probably did pass a lot if you played attack wing.)

Snark aside, not everybody has the obviously strong lacrosse background you do.  People looking for guidance on what skills their daughters should know at what age are going to be interested in what kids are learning in a club setting because the school programs don't ramp up much until later.  And, in the "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" category, there have been many posts on this thread about boys' club lacrosse.  [/quote]

Want advice?

Here's the best tip you'll ever get.

Our youngest son became a local high school star and a DDIII All American in spite of not being particularly fast or big. What he had was great stick skills and the ability to catch and throw, the two fundamental skills that all lacrosse is based on. And he developed these fundamental skills playing catch and hours and hours spent banging the ball against the brickwork on the chimney on one side of our house. Left hand, right hand, high, low, behind the head, through the legs, over and over again until his muscle memory was so good he probably could have done some things with his eyes closed.

When he did go to a camp or play for a team, he could concentrate on positioning and skills like dodging or stick-checking. because he had the fundamentals down.

The camps and youth programs are icing on the cake. The real work is done against the chimney.[/quote]

Agree.  I'm the earlier poster with a daughter playing on one of the top high school girls privates (the one who got singled out for being great at offhand in middle school) and she spends A LOT of time in the yard with her stick just working on the basics.  Who knows where she'll end up but her goal is DIII (like NESCAC) and she knows she needs to put in the time making sure the stick work is solid.[/quote]

Here's another parent who has seen his child propel himself to the top of his club and high school team because of his back yard work.  Listening to the ball hit the side of the house is kinda cathartic.  I will miss the sound in a few years when he is in college![/quote]

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