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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two boys who play rec lacrosse. Neither were asked to play in fall brawl. It seemed like all the club kids were asked because dads are the coaches. My kids play soccer and other sports besides lacrosse. It was uncomfortable to tell my youngest that he wasn't chosen to play when our carpool was asking why he wasn't in fall brawl. My kids play lacrosse for fun and are in elementary. Too many parents relieving their D1 playing days making it miserable for everyone. [/quote]

As a dad who arranged multiple fall brawl teams over the years I want to urge some sympathy for the coaches.  Fall brawl is 7 on 7 with 25 minute games. Getting 12 kids playing time is hard getting 16 kids playing time is impossible especially with younger players.  Every year I had to make choices on who to invite and those choices weren’t easy.  Ultimately I thought picking the best players with the nicest families was the best and fairest way to go. [/quote]

+1
It is not practical to hold tryouts for a one-time, off season event like fall brawl, so even in the classy programs (i.e., not Dulles South), coaches are forced to pick 12 players from 40+ in the age group, often on short notice.  naturally coaches will choose kids they know, who are usually their sons' friends, and coaches' sons are typically the most enthusiastic and/or better players.  So it just happens organically.

anyone have a recommendation on how rec programs would choose their fall brawl teams in an ideal world?[/quote]

This is basically it. As an assistant on a nonDS team. We sent an email out to the kids on our roster that were eligible from the spring. We compiled a list of those kids that were interested and then went from there and sought out kids that had some connection to our kids to see if they wanted to play.

I wrote earlier, you need to take some initiative. Maybe a program acts like DS but most are just trying to fill out the roster.

Having a tryout is absurd. Our team couldn't even get enough kids or available time to even have a practice.[/quote]
We emailed all eligible players from last Spring inviting them to participate. Many had competing soccer tournaments that weekend or other plans. Any player who wanted to be on the Fall Brawl team was given a spot.  No tryouts, no choosing from the roster - if there are enough players for two teams, you make two teams. [/quote]

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