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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is your HHI?

How much have you spent on lax from middle school thru high school?

Do you feel your sons "made" club teams or they got on club teams based on recommendations (aka who you knew)?[/quote]

OP here not sure what you mean by HHI.

I can honestly say both of my sons legitimately made their respective teams, we were new to the area so didn't have the "connections" or pull that some refer to as leverage to get their sons on the more desirable teams. My oldest son played for what is arguably the best team in the area but didn't' care for many of the kids so after 2 years switched to another respectable team where he was much happier. Fit cannot be stressed enough. I cannot however discount that LIKE IN ALL SPORTS, in lacrosse it is at times how you know as it is a very almost incestuous community of adults that are sometimes more obsessed with the sport than their own kids:) That said, if you have a daughter or son who is truly talented, they are not going to pass him by for a friends son. They want to win. Period.
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I ask you HHI because it is about $2000/yr and then about $1500 for summer club.

Also, my son  feels the same way about the "fit" and we don't have that issue with other sports.

He has made his teams but then he find out who made the team and it is like WTF happened. The kids that make the team are good but not always the best kids.

Did you redshirt?

Btw.. He LoVES he sport, I have not found a "good fit" so we just deal with arrogance.[/quote]

HHI- about 300k
No we did not redshirt

Yes we probably spent about 2500 per kid year for various club fees, but not including the $$ in travel expenses, would almost be afraid to start adding that up
Fit is important but understandably not always avoidable, in my oldest sons case, he got lucky to find a team that had a nicer group for the most part, but there of course a few really arrogant kids/parents in the mix, sadly comes with the territory of competitive sports. My youngest son held his own and somehow managed to find a way to deal with all the  jackasses on his team, for him it was all about the thrill of victory, he was good at learning how to navigate all the nonsense and politics.[/quote]

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