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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Club matters less, and school more now that recruiting has been pushed back to junior year.  Agree still need to play for a top club.[/quote]

What's the logic?  Recruiting push back enhances importance of school over club?[/quote]

If your son is on Madlax's top team (or any equivalent club team to Madlax's top team) and a starter at a good high school lacrosse program--like Landon, Prep, Gonzaga--the odds are very high that he is going to be recruited by a number of D1 schools.  [/quote]

You don't actually need the and a starter at a good HS team... there are plenty of kids on terrible HS teams that play for Madlax's (or equivalent) top team and play D1.[/quote]

I do not think the poster was saying that a kid had to check those two boxes, but rather, was saying if they are both checked then odds are very high that the player is recruited at D1.  In any event, there are many college caches who put a premium on a quality high school program.  Those programs teach the game, and the players are "tactically" more advanced than others who do not have the benefit of a strong high school program.  Club ball resembles a pick up game with a few basic defensive schemes, and a lot of one v one dodging on offense by kids who hog the ball and want to shoot at any cost.  There is many a club player who is quite an individual player but has a lot of learning to do before he can contribute to a team in the manner that many college coaches want.[/quote]

Exactly.  Which is why even high schools with only middling programs, like Potomac, St Albans and Maret still regularly get 2-3 kids recruited at D1/D3 schools per year.  These kids have strong lacrosse IQ and get to play against strong programs.[/quote]

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