Define "high school team". Varsity -- probably not. But certainly could have a chance at playing freshman or JV.

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Anonymous wrote:
Is it impossible to make high school basketball or lax teams in affluent areas if you never did travel/club teams? Think W schools in DMV area like Churchill or Whitman or WJ?

Please don’t mix basketball with lax. Lax is definitely possible. Basketball probably not unless your kid is a genetic freak

Disclaimer - my kids are young and we didn't have Lax where I grew up, so it's a sport I'm still trying to learn. However, we have a lot of wealthy, not terribly tall white kids in our town whose parents seem to be pouring a lot of money into lacrosse, which leads me to believe the high school basketball team would be easier to make than the high school lacrosse team.

Anonymous wrote:
Is it impossible to make high school basketball or lax teams in affluent areas if you never did travel/club teams? Think W schools in DMV area like Churchill or Whitman or WJ?

Please don’t mix basketball with lax. Lax is definitely possible. Basketball probably not unless your kid is a genetic freak

Anonymous wrote:Basketball is harder because the team is so small. If your kid is athletic and willing to do a bit of practicing before the season starts I think JV lax might be easier. Different highschools have different strengths. If you name the school you are talking about people can give you better advice.

Whitman

Anonymous wrote:Yes quite impossible. Kids have private coaches plus they have been playing on travel teams. Do yes if your child wants to make a high school team they need to start playing more competitively from a young age

What if they play another sport on travel team, like soccer or hockey, and they play recreational lacrosse or basketball through 8th grade, so they're a good athlete and playing a sport with some similarities at a travel level, but not experienced in that particular sport. Any chance of still making the high school team?

Anonymous wrote:Yes quite impossible. Kids have private coaches plus they have been playing on travel teams. Do yes if your child wants to make a high school team they need to start playing more competitively from a young age

Those kids are playing WCAC, you're still competing against travel kids, but not that level of travel kid

Basketball is harder because the team is so small. If your kid is athletic and willing to do a bit of practicing before the season starts I think JV lax might be easier. Different highschools have different strengths. If you name the school you are talking about people can give you better advice.

Yes quite impossible. Kids have private coaches plus they have been playing on travel teams. Do yes if your child wants to make a high school team they need to start playing more competitively from a young age

At a W, probably not unless your kid is an off the charts athlete

Is it impossible to make high school basketball or lax teams in affluent areas if you never did travel/club teams? Think W schools in DMV area like Churchill or Whitman or WJ?