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pp wrote: "Since the school has a no-cut policy, he should be fine. He probably won't be on the same lacrosse team with the kids who have been playing since they were 5. If he is, it'll be the kids who didn't make a club team because even though they've been playing since they were 5 they're just really not that good. "

Well, the first part assumes there is more than one team (an A and a B team, i.e.) and that is not necessarily the case-- your kid could be on the team but never see any playing time
The second part demonstrates lack of knowledge of the local athletic scene: the elite players (the ones who get full scholarships to ivies, of course) still play for their school teams.  [/quote]

My son is in a small private school where they are required to play a sport. There are enough children playing lacrosse to have A and B teams. The elite players are not on the B team. In this area, it is a reasonable assumption that a school that required participation and has a no-cut policy will either have multiple teams or will have single teams composed of a wide range of abilities so that a child new to the sport is not going to feel like the odd man out.[/quote]

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