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[quote=Anonymous]A couple observations:
1. There is no way that merely playing rec will get the average kid ready to play in a competitive public high school let alone a top private school or college.  8+ games and around 30 practices a year are not enough. So the idea that you can just play rec is just silly.  (Yes there are exceptions when a great athlete picks up the game in highschool but those are usually kids who were playing travel, soccer, or travel hockey )

2. It is true that the top rec teams (vienna Dulles South etc) would beat most. AAA travel teams, but the reason for this is because those teams were composed, almost exclusively of elite travel, kids.

3. The unfortunate truth is if your kid wants to play college lacrosse he will have the best opportunity if he plays at a  top private high school.  The top private high schools look for kids in the top travel programs. It might be unfair but that’s the way it is.

4. If you’re outside of the top three or four rec  programs even at the A level the coaching is not great.  There’s a lot of dads who volunteer to Coach rec teams who don’t really know a lot about lacrosse (I was one of them). We do our best, but we really can’t teach what we don’t know.

5. Finally, and probably most importantly, childhood has changed - with iPhones and streaming services. Parents have to be much more intentional about their kids activities than when we were kids.  Back then - home was not that much fun and you had to go out with your friends and make your ownfun. Now, if you leave the average kid alone, they’ll never look up from the screen.   If you’re going to put all the time and energy and money into making sure your kid has a decent start, you might as well have them get good at a particular activity.  If that activity is Sports that requires a travel team.
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