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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am just curious: What are the odds of a kid in a program like Madlax getting recruited to play Division 1 in College? I have a friend who spends thousands of dollars a year on her son's lacrosse activities (camps, clinics, Madlax, HS, etc) and they are really fixated on Div 1. Her son is a HS freshman; mine is a 9 year old who idol-worships this kid and is a decent athlete (runs well, swims, has played rec soccer.)

We feel it's a little early to start thinkng about college scholarships for a 9 year old. But my firend tells me she was already thinking about it when her son was 9 and it's not too soon to start.

I hate the pressure to get a kid to specialize this early, but my son does seem pretty drawn to lacrosse.[/quote]

Do not get sucked in at this age. Most kids will burn out if the pressure comes from the parents/coaches. We've noticed over the years that success comes more to those kids who have their own internal drive to make it happen.  Also it is very risky to put all your eggs in one basket - especially for a kid's mental health. Anything can happen to derail that dream. While it's great to have a goal like that, parents need to manage expectations while encouraging and letting DK know that it's fine to change directions, serious injuries can happen etc. They have to be thinking also about life after that sport.  Just because your kid seems to have talent and/or interest in something, doesn't mean that's their dream.  There is little to no money for playing lax in college. Most athletes across all sports do not end up playing 4 years in college - very few actually do. D1 sports are a full-time job, and academics come in second. If your kid wants to be a doctor or engineer, playing sports in college isn't truly feasible. I don't know about you but if my kid wanted either of those professions, I'd not be encouraging college sports at the D1 level.

That said if your kid makes it on to a top club team by sophomore year and thus is playing at tournaments where coaches are viewing and/or is self-motivated to get a tape and send it out to coaches, chances are pretty good. However, one doesn't need to do zillions of clinics and so on to get there. An excellent athlete who plays wall ball on their own time/works on stick skills, weight lifts as developmentally appropriate, plays on a top club team and a decent high school team with great coaching plus has high lax IQ (meaning reads the field) should appeal to coaches and stand out on the field.

DS played a number of club sports (not travel) until high school, started to focus most on lax as I lay out above and is being recruited now for D1 but hopes to use it to get into the best academic school he can. Hopefully he will keep his mind open about D3 NE schools. Basketball and soccer can help build lacrosse skills too and the better coaches will prefer kids to get broader skills from a variety of sports while young. Often injuries are fewer using this route.

FWIW Madlax has a $1200 annual fee on top of other fees and is not worth the money in my opinion aside from the horrible reputation of the owner. There are plenty of other clubs out there.[/quote]

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