Anonymous
Post 08/30/2018 16:03     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
Some kids plays years on B hoping to move up and it never happens. B teams are there just to make money for that club.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2018 15:48     Subject: Re:Any MadLax parents here?
Anonymous wrote:My oldest son started out on the "blue" team (the B team several years ago). It was his first year playing lacrosse at u13. He moved up to the Orange (A) team the following year and went on to play D1 lacrosse. If you are a good athlete and work hard you can move up. If not you won't make one of the better clubs in the area so there is no downside to playing on any B team if you enjoy the sport. If we still lived in the area my youngest would be playing for Madlax.


The downside is the extra money you pay for MadLax relative to other teams in the area. The "MadLax premium" might be worth it for the Caps teams but a kid can get the same experience on another travel team for a lot less money than on the MadLax B teams.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2018 14:57     Subject: Re:Any MadLax parents here?
My oldest son started out on the "blue" team (the B team several years ago). It was his first year playing lacrosse at u13. He moved up to the Orange (A) team the following year and went on to play D1 lacrosse. If you are a good athlete and work hard you can move up. If not you won't make one of the better clubs in the area so there is no downside to playing on any B team if you enjoy the sport. If we still lived in the area my youngest would be playing for Madlax.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2018 10:03     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nobody has more B team than they do which is just a scam to make money


How is it a scam if people are paying for something and getting what they paid for? Are they being tricked into something?


Well, you can determine if it is a scam or not based on your own observations. If your son is part of the DMV team with promises of potentially moving up to Capital, but you realize that Capital is basically at capacity and none of those kids are going anywhere ... you're getting sold a bill of goods that will never materialize. At younger age groups, the dynamic is more fluid and kids move. As you go up in age groups, that window shrinks significantly.

Madlax will and does make changes to their rosters to help them win - but this typically takes the form of new kids from other clubs coming in and taking spots ... not kids on DMV moving up to Capital team.

Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 20:03     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
Anonymous wrote:Nobody has more B team than they do which is just a scam to make money


How is it a scam if people are paying for something and getting what they paid for? Are they being tricked into something?
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 19:26     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
Nobody has more B team than they do which is just a scam to make money
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 19:09     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
Madlax posts publically on their website all fees, practices, tournaments and rosters. You can go look this up for any team even if you aren’t part of the program. Very transparent and pretty organized overall if you ask me.

Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 18:30     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
Anonymous wrote:It shows a lack of organization and regard for the kids. You actually think it was ok forbyiur son's team to be coached from a guy behind a fence 20 yards further away because he forgot his credential?


I am not Madlax, and it happened to our coach and the opposing coach our first game. It was 1-2 yards behind the fence if you've been to any of the HoCo fields. Our coach couldn't "regard" our kids more and couldn't be more dedicated, but he may be a bit disorganized so I'll give you that.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:30     Subject: Re:Any MadLax parents here?
Anonymous wrote:Ignore all the haters. If your kid is excited, he should try it out, even if he is on the DMV team. I no longer have kids in HS, but we played Madlax from elementary school through soph year in HS. My kid played on the B team his first season, along with a ton of other kids that are now playing D1 lax. We also had the owner as the Coach at one point. He is/was a loud mouth, but it didn't bother my son. The other coaches were all really good too. Overall we had a good experience.


Being on their DMV team is terrible, and you know it. It's bad enough to on thrir DMV team, but because rhey didn't have enough guys, they have a combined 2020/2021/2022 DMV team. So they will take those poor families' money, but no college coach will ever see that team

That's the Madlax way.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 11:09     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
Anonymous wrote:Thanks Cabel


Sure - dismiss my feedback if that makes you feel better, but it was a sincere post. FWIW, we ended up leaving madlax b/c at the time my kid needed a change. It's not exactly easy for me to say nice things about the program, especially since Cabel doesn't even acknowledge me, but it's the truth from my perspective. We had a great time throughout those years, played at the highest level, and even beat up on the Crabs a few times. That said, it's been a few years since we've been part of the program, so things may have changed.

Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 11:03     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
The credential "thing" did not happen to the vast majority of the other clubs that submitted the paperwork and background checks to Howard County on time. Madlax DMV is no where near as good as the Capital teams. There is a huge drop off. There was a mass exodus recently from one of the better Madlax Capital teams. That may be an indicator. Also, be aware that with most club teams, you try out in August and you are on the team through the next summer. Madlax has tryouts every season and the fees that go along with all of that. Buyer beware.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 10:16     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
Thanks Cabel
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 10:12     Subject: Re:Any MadLax parents here?
Ignore all the haters. If your kid is excited, he should try it out, even if he is on the DMV team. I no longer have kids in HS, but we played Madlax from elementary school through soph year in HS. My kid played on the B team his first season, along with a ton of other kids that are now playing D1 lax. We also had the owner as the Coach at one point. He is/was a loud mouth, but it didn't bother my son. The other coaches were all really good too. Overall we had a good experience.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2018 21:32     Subject: Re:Any MadLax parents here?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here. This is all really helpful info. Thank you!


Beware and be informed. It might be a opportunity for your kid to get more reps to get better. Just be understand it sometimes takes time and effort to find the right travel lax team that meets your player's and his family's needs. The owner does manage a MS team with kids that share the same name and yes, he's a bit of a yeller from what I've heard from Madlax parent on that team - some kids can't/don't operate well under those conditions. Depending on the team, you could have a different coach every week under the guise of giving all the coaches a look at your kid... among 20 other kids on the field - do you think they really remember Joey or Billy on team 20XX? Some teams aren't managed well like delaying game started last year because coaches didn't have their spring league game credentials. On a MS DMV team i saw a kid that had still had bad stick mechanics and poor lax IQ at the end of the spring season but you can rest assured his parents bought him every Madlax decal and gear to wear. And if you leave their team shame emails to parents and onfield retribution to a player are not unheard of - which was more recent that 5 years ago. Good Luck


That credentials thing happened to a lot of teams this past year. The coaches just stood behind the fence and coached from the first row of the bleachers. It was not a big deal, so don't get too down on your coaches/team for that.


I'd sure be irritated if I were paying $3,600 a year for that kind of shocking incompetence.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2018 19:54     Subject: Any MadLax parents here?
It shows a lack of organization and regard for the kids. You actually think it was ok forbyiur son's team to be coached from a guy behind a fence 20 yards further away because he forgot his credential?