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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's weird that lacrosse is growing nationally but it does feel like it's contracting locally.[/quote]
The local rec leagues like the one in NoVa are the feeders to the club programs. They suffered a big setback during COVID. I suspect that is playing a big part in the 28-32 age groups who missed a year of it. And I’m hearing the rec leagues are not what they were up till just prior to COVID. Those championship games in the AAA level of NVYLL were pretty much 100% kids from the Elite programs in the DMV. Great competition. [/quote]

The clubs all started playing in the HOCO league and many of the better players stopped playing NVYLL or those that did only showed up for games.  The end result is that the clubs are not developing players and NVYLL used to do that.  The rec team also brought more athletic kids to the game.  COVID was a part of this but I think club lacrosse is the culprit.  Paying $3500 per year vs $350 per year and not getting the same level of coaching and this is the result.  Less kids equals less competition and less development.  You hear club coaches tell kids not to play rec.  Don't bite the hand.....[/quote]

Not following this at all.  Rec teams through NVYLL still exist, so it's not like kids who don't want to pay for club can't get an introduction, exposure, and chance to develop at the sport.  Rec is still here, like it always has been.  Who cares if the better players prefer to play with other better players through club lacrosse?

I've never seen an "AAA" NVYLL team with anywhere near 100% elite program kids.  Maybe a handful IF that team is fortunate, and then a huge drop off in skill for the rest of the roster.  For Elite level kids, rec isn't that fun, and most (nearly all?) would choose to not play rec, it's much more fun to play with better players across the entire roster.  Parents/Dads do like to chase rec league bragging rights and the opportunity to fulfill their coaching desires through getting involved with coaching their kids rec team, so some elite level kids still play rec.[/quote]

The 14U Mclean and Dulles South teams are literally ALL Elite Boco kids. They all play for Madlax, DCE and Nezt Level, with some of the Dulles South kids playing for VLC, Hammers and Top Caliber.

Vast majority of the rosters on the better Madlax teams are from VA. Potomac Falls/Sterling was a real hotbed for 25 amd 26 Madlax teams, and Vienna with the 28 Madlax team. Of these kids stayed public Vs going to Landon, St John’s, Prep, and Gonzaga— those HS teams would be super legit. Alas, they do not.

Rec is a great place to develop for sure… it’s cheap, it’s not toxic, and it’s competitive at every level on a relative basis. At least in the NVYLL. [/quote]

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