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[quote=Anonymous]Any advice for kids who love lacrosse and want to play high school ball but have no expectation or desire to play in college?  While my son loves the game, he doesn't imagine that it is something he could/would do in college.   He is excited to pursue a career in an area of interest and really likes the academic part of school.  He also isn't a huge kid and isn't an athletic super star, just a decent, normal athlete (and he is pretty okay with his lot in life).  Saying that, he loves to play, is a coachable kid and practices a ton -- lots of wall ball, playing with buddies, carries his stick everywhere.  Unfortunately, his rec league experience has stunk year after year.  Not enough practice/week, not enough kids committed to attending, not enough kids who are focused on lacrosse, lots of kids who skip practice, and no consistency between seasons.  Some rec teams seem great -- they often are coached by a dad who played college ball and have been together forever.  He has never gotten on one of those teams and they don't seem to want new kids.  He is a middle schooler and is having a hard time breaking into a club team, many of which have had a full team who have played together by his age.  The club teams also seem to be very focused on college recruiting which, again, is not his goal.  I also have no lacrosse experience, am not local, and have no idea what I am doing -- or at least am most focused on raising good kids not professional lacrosse players.
 
I know most of you will see this as a cop out, but his end goal is to play varsity ball in a sport he loves.  His high school is in a fairly competitive athletic conference.  It seems most of the starting line plays club lacrosse (many are recruited for college) and the divide between his experience and others grows by the minute.

What should my son be doing to work toward his goal of playing high school lacrosse?  He sounds pretty normal to me, but there doesn't seem to be a path for him in lacrosse.  How can that be?  Certainly there are other boys out there who want to play high school lacrosse and see it as 'their sport,' but don't see themselves going further than that?  We are MoCo residents if helpful in providing advice.
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