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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the 4th or 5th year in a row that Capital has taken the majority of their top team from Pride. What does Pride do for development that the other teams don’t? Seems like the other clubs should be doing better. [/quote]

Take kids from Great Falls, McLean, Arlington and Vienna. That’s the gist of their development program. [/quote]

And pay for extra training outside of practice with private lessons, camps, and conditioning. [/quote]

All the series players are doing these things, not just Pride kids. [/quote]

And Pride actually pays Healthy Baller to come in and do speed and agility in the Fall and Winter twice a week, separate from their team training.

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Pride has the best reputation at the 4-8th grade level. They do a good job of getting kids excited when they are young. Look no further than the Cap'n Cookie truck that pulls up after some clinics - smart move. All of the better kids want to play there so they are ahead from the start. As a poster above mentioned, they cater to Mclean, Great Falls, Arlington, etc. which are traditionally the better lacrosse areas in NOVA. Alexandria has some talent but not compared to those areas. Pride does very little to "develop' kids, they just get the better kids early on. Many have parents or older siblings that played lacrosse and generally come from "lacrosse families". Their model is the same as Stars and everyone else. Let's not give them too much credit.[/quote]

This makes no sense. If this was the case, STARs and other clubs should be getting better each year and beat Pride. That isn’t happening. [/quote]

Check your reading comprehension. If everyone trains the same but many kids are better at the start, which team will be better in 8th grade?[/quote]

You said Pride doesn’t develop.  So this would mean their kids shouldn’t be getting any better and the other teams that are developing should be winning. This isn’t the case. You can’t have it both ways. [/quote]

None of them develop. Yes, they hold practices and clinics but the coaching is often horrible. Maryland develops talent.[/quote]

I guess you get ranked 7th in the country by being average. [/quote]

LOL, I don't believe any of this 'they don't develop their players' talk. They're very transparent on their website with what their program entails to develop skills.

Also wish the bashing of whole groups of players who are upper ES and lower MS age would cease. You don't like Pride? Cool, fine. Go do your thing. Don't trash other people's children and their teammates.[/quote]

Where are people putting down kids?

Best rec programs are in certain areas. Those areas tend to give more kids to Pride. I think the point is the best athletes go to Pride early and in general, that holds true at Capital tryouts. The few white and navy kids that make Cap prove the system that picks “winners” in 3rd and 4th grade is probably only 80-90% efficient. [/quote]

Sorry, you were not putting down kids. I meant that comment for othets who were saying that Pride 30 teams and lower lacked talent. It just seemed unnecessary harsh to say about a group of young girls. But again, wasn't directed your way at all.[/quote]

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