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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Development is always the issue.  Obviously players can develop in either rec or in club.  Rec program quality in NOVA overall has dropped considerably in the last decade since your son would have played (rec).  That's due to a lot of things, including the fact that most players (of any sport, not just lacrosse) who would have at one time played rec now play only club.

So while I agree that bad clubs aren't the answer to poor development, neither is rec as it currently exists in NOVA.[/quote]

I agree that the decline of rec is the big problem in the DMV and it's largely the fault of the clubs.  They keep adding B and C teams and starting crappy clubs that aren't competitive at the club level, and that draws players out of rec.  The rec leagues then aren't competitive or fill teams any longer.  Athletic kids who don't want to commit to the club schedule when they're in 3rd or 4th grade, but who would play rec in far or spring, don't ever get a start or drop out quickly for other sports.  Then the lack of a pipeline filters up until there's only a small pool of athletic kids playing lax at 9th grade.  Not many kids are going to suddenly switch from soccer or basketball when they're 14.       [/quote]

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