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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents need to do some basic due diligence though. If you know anyone that has a daughter or older girl in the travel lacrosse world, you can get the skinny pretty quickly. Everyone knows who the pretenders are vs. the contenders. Surely there is someone in your rec. program that is good and went to a travel team? Why not ask them?  Sorry folks got sold snake oil, but I think the lesson learned is to ask around before signing up.[/quote]

Agreed - another problem is that during the last 5 years so many programs have either popped up or decided to go into MS or HS.  Lowering the quality of play at clubs that used to have the majority of players.  Those clubs fall apart for many reasons (leadership issues etc) and now people think they have other options.  The problem is that those original clubs are the clubs with history and access to the right tournaments etc.  That is what takes time to learn.  Then the issue becomes do you stay for the name of a club with access and deal with all of the issues that come with bad administration etc or do you take a risk on an up and coming program.[/quote]

Yes, lots of new "clubs" that have watered down the travel scene in the DMV.  Some of those new clubs are complete jokes and shouldn't even exist. [/quote]

Agreed and  what kills me is watered down teams also means watered down coaching. There is nothing more impressive than watching a girls team that knows what it is doing because of great coaching versus a bunch of girls running in circles trying to figure out how to score and do basic slides on defense. Just because someone played the game does not make them a good coach.[/quote]

Or at least watching them attempt the next level skills. It is so great to see the "aha" moment in some of these kids after they pick up on these things and begin to implement them.[/quote]

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