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Disagree about view that starting early isn't important.  Yes, you can take a good athlete and "convert" him into a lacrosse player in middle or high school.  But most who fit into this category just don't have the same stick skills and lax IQ  as those who started in 3rd/4th grade.  They might start for their high school team, but by and large they play for unskilled public school teams.  I know that in my son's club team, the best players all started in elementary school.  And most ended up in private schools also.  If you look at the website of my son's club, on the college commit page, the majority of commits are those who've had a stick in their hand since the time they learned to walk, if not beforehand.[/quote]

Well, You may be right.

I'm afraid I have a lot experience that points to the contrary.

And it's all based on the IAC, not "unskilled public school teams".

GP has sent any number of kids on to be DI All Americans and even play professionally who never picked up a lacrosse stick until high school.

They had another kid who started playing lax in 7th grade and was the NCAA leader in Assists as a Jr in college and his college's all- time total points leader. That demonstrates pretty good stick skills, I think. If a good athlete with good hand-eye coordination starts at 12 or 13 by the time he gets to high school he'll be in good shape.

Stick skills learned at the age of 10 or 11 aren't going to hurt them. But if their overall athleticism (speed, strength, size, toughness, competitive will to win) doesn't keep pace, all the stick skills in the world aren't going to help them.

A wall, a ball and a lacrosse stick all all you need to get really good. A bunch of third graders running around sweating in their pads and helmets is to me, pretty much a waste of time. And not a lot of fun. But the parents do get a swell LAX sticker for the back of the Suburban.[/quote]

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