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Anonymous wrote:You can pick up this sport anytime of you are a good athlete. It’s not that hard. Just a weird system of privileged white kids and their coaches. It’s a pay to play sport.

We have two exchange students from Germany at my school who both made varsity lacrosse despite not ever hearing of it before because they are natural athletes. One was a soccer player and one played some weird indoor hockey type game.

What team or school is this? In our school every varsity and JV player also plays club

An upcounty MoCo school. I coach JV and all 25 kids on my team never touched a stick until HS. 5 are returning from last year. 2-1 on the year so far though.

That’s so bizarre. And I guess sad for the state of lacrosse in whatever upper MoCo area you live in. I know that happens for football but weird for lacrosse, in MD at least. Imagine rolling up to HS and 100% of the JV soccer or basketball team had never played the sport. (There is nothing inherently about lacrosse that makes it easier than other girls’ sports to learn. My opinion is it’d be much harder than soccer to pick up.)

I coach boys lacrosse by the way. I understand the OP was about girls lacrosse. Just chimed in because of the take about athletes being able to pick it up easily. As long as they have a natural hand eye coordination they can learn quickly.

Anonymous wrote:You can pick up this sport anytime of you are a good athlete. It’s not that hard.

Not a great take. Though I guess you can “pick it up” sure. But it’s not like you can pick it up and be where you would have been had you played for years. An amazing athlete who picks it up at HS age would likely been 100x better had that same athlete started in ES.

Agree with your privilege and pay to play sport comment. Missing out on so many athletes. But lacrosse is not alone. Tennis is like this. You could say this for horseback riding. You could say this even for soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:You can pick up this sport anytime of you are a good athlete. It’s not that hard. Just a weird system of privileged white kids and their coaches. It’s a pay to play sport.

We have two exchange students from Germany at my school who both made varsity lacrosse despite not ever hearing of it before because they are natural athletes. One was a soccer player and one played some weird indoor hockey type game.

What team or school is this? In our school every varsity and JV player also plays club

An upcounty MoCo school. I coach JV and all 25 kids on my team never touched a stick until HS. 5 are returning from last year. 2-1 on the year so far though.

That’s so bizarre. And I guess sad for the state of lacrosse in whatever upper MoCo area you live in. I know that happens for football but weird for lacrosse, in MD at least. Imagine rolling up to HS and 100% of the JV soccer or basketball team had never played the sport. (There is nothing inherently about lacrosse that makes it easier than other girls’ sports to learn. My opinion is it’d be much harder than soccer to pick up.)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can pick up this sport anytime of you are a good athlete. It’s not that hard. Just a weird system of privileged white kids and their coaches. It’s a pay to play sport.

We have two exchange students from Germany at my school who both made varsity lacrosse despite not ever hearing of it before because they are natural athletes. One was a soccer player and one played some weird indoor hockey type game.

What team or school is this? In our school every varsity and JV player also plays club

An upcounty MoCo school. I coach JV and all 25 kids on my team never touched a stick until HS. 5 are returning from last year. 2-1 on the year so far though.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can pick up this sport anytime of you are a good athlete. It’s not that hard. Just a weird system of privileged white kids and their coaches. It’s a pay to play sport.

We have two exchange students from Germany at my school who both made varsity lacrosse despite not ever hearing of it before because they are natural athletes. One was a soccer player and one played some weird indoor hockey type game.

What team or school is this? In our school every varsity and JV player also plays club

Anonymous wrote:You can pick up this sport anytime of you are a good athlete. It’s not that hard. Just a weird system of privileged white kids and their coaches. It’s a pay to play sport.

We have two exchange students from Germany at my school who both made varsity lacrosse despite not ever hearing of it before because they are natural athletes. One was a soccer player and one played some weird indoor hockey type game.

Anonymous wrote:We live in NE DC and are wiling to go to SE DC, PG County, Silver Spring, and Takoma for Beginner female lacrosse lessons or recreational play. Does anyone have any suggestions for where to go?

PG Pride was a good suggestion. WINNERS Lacrosse offers some DC-based options, it's the closest thing to a "rec" program that exists in DC afaik.

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Anonymous wrote:You can pick up this sport anytime of you are a good athlete. It’s not that hard. Just a weird system of privileged white kids and their coaches. It’s a pay to play sport.

Good athletes can pick up sports easily? Wow, I had not put that together before.

I know, right? I have a bunch of these I could share. You know smart/high IQ kids? Well, they can easily pick up science and math concepts. Most people have trouble making these connections.

Anonymous wrote:You can pick up this sport anytime of you are a good athlete. It’s not that hard. Just a weird system of privileged white kids and their coaches. It’s a pay to play sport.

Good athletes can pick up sports easily? Wow, I had not put that together before.

You can pick up this sport anytime of you are a good athlete. It’s not that hard. Just a weird system of privileged white kids and their coaches. It’s a pay to play sport.

M&D DC Bethesda

Anonymous wrote:We live in NE DC and are wiling to go to SE DC, PG County, Silver Spring, and Takoma for Beginner female lacrosse lessons or recreational play. Does anyone have any suggestions for where to go?

Hi, I’m in NE DC and offer private lessons. I played locally in the ISL, NESCAC (Div. III) for college, and have been coaching club and private in DC/MD for 10+ years. Email relentlessdclax@gmail.com for more info.

The only answer is Bethesda Lacrosse Club

You might try rec with Prince George’s Pride

We live in NE DC and are wiling to go to SE DC, PG County, Silver Spring, and Takoma for Beginner female lacrosse lessons or recreational play. Does anyone have any suggestions for where to go?