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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can see how that definitely happened to your son, but parts of what you say I really disagree.  This is true for club teams that kill the love of the sport.  A lot of kids, like my daughter, absolutely love playing.  Club is great - the girls are really good, the competition is great, the tournaments are fun, the trips are terrific, and the confidence and friends she has gained are the best.  HOWEVER, the vast majority will not go on to play college!  A very small percentage of those who play high school will end up doing that.  And, I know countless people who are recruited for D1 teams and drop out after their first or second year.  I think it is very appropriate and reasonable for kids to give it their all through high school knowing it may end there.  The message is to enjoy it and live for the moment instead of playing just to see what comes next.  Maybe idealistic, but I think this is true for most of the kids except for the very top tier.  That's why I think a team like Panthera, which will hopefully cater to girls in the top 10% instead of the top 2%, will be a great addition!
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This and I have two younger relatives who play or played d1 lacrosse.  It is a full time job: The odds of my dd being recruited by a school we would otherwise want her to attend are very low.  She loves playing club lax because she loves playing lacrosses.  Perfectly fine with all of us if she just plays club lax in college or doesn’t play at sll.[/quote]

Great that it’s fine with you but is it fine with your DD?  It certainly isn’t with mine. She wants to play D1 at an Ivy or other top academic school.  It’s very important to her.  In order to get there she needs great grades and test scores of course but she also needs to be a top player and on a very competitive club team for high school.  [/quote]

.?, the above comments go to the point that not every girl playing club wants to play iD1 in college, even if  she is on “the most  competitive team.”   There certainly is room in the club scene for more teams,  because not every girl is your daughter.[/quote]

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