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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just adding my 2 cents. One secret seems to be identifying "talent" early on, usually in the 5th/6th grade. Sometimes earlier. It's not so much the stickwork (that can be taught) but more the girls (and likely boys too) that can run fast and are aggressive. If they come from lacrosse families with siblings and/or parents that played, even better. Pride does a good job with their cubs program. They have ice cream trucks., music playing, etc. to attract kids when they're young. They can then pick and choose from the better athletes. Their reputation as one of the better clubs doesn't hurt for turnout either. I'm not sure how other clubs "recruit" kids but the aforementioned seems to be effective for this club. Once they have a good group of girls, it's just a matter of keeping them together and growing as a team. Even on the better teams though, girls still leave so it's a challenge for any club to retain talent and make all the parents and kids happy. I certainly would not want to run a program, seems like a nightmare at times.[/quote]

Very true. There’s also the location factor-most parents don’t want a crazy commute for 4th grade practice:) The management of the club often, then determines if the kids move on. There can be a “grass is greener” mentality.[/quote]

Exactly.   That is the edge that NL has that they aren't utilizing.    I can name 5 or 6 girls at the 27 or 28 level who have brothers playing at NL whose parents would strongly prefer that they play at NL too.   But they don't because NL doesn't offer competitive scheduling or training.   (Most of them play at Stars or Pride)    If NL could just keep their siblings in the girls program, they would be incredibly competitive.[/quote]

Where are the siblings playing for now?

Its kinda the chicken or the egg. You can't schedule "competitive scheduling" because NL 27 would get crushed by most A teams. If you had different players, you could, but they don't so you can't.[/quote]

But there is never a chance of at least playing the tier below the true "A" teams because they are not in the top tournaments. That is the problem. [/quote]

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