None of it will matter if they don't at least make the Nexus Championship. MAX is ridiculous - they're all about lists

Anonymous wrote:What is the application like for MAX 150 / 50? We are a field hockey family and I genuinely do not know the process or how they pick these players.

You have to click through the links on the website. But it's an application, stats, coach recommendation combo.

Anonymous wrote:What is the application like for MAX 150 / 50? We are a field hockey family and I genuinely do not know the process or how they pick these players.

https://maxfh.longstreth.com/player-ranking-about/

What is the application like for MAX 150 / 50? We are a field hockey family and I genuinely do not know the process or how they pick these players.

Anonymous wrote:In U-19 they got destroyed:

London pool went 0-3 -
0-10 to Bull City
2-11 to X-Calibur
0-21 (!) to AGH

Atlanta pool went 0-3 -
0-15 to Pinnacle
2-18 to Uprise
1-6 to X-Calibur

How did they qualify for NITs???

I think their 2nd and 3rd team played each other in the qualification game for NITQ’s.

Anonymous wrote:In U-19 they got destroyed:

London pool went 0-3 -
0-10 to Bull City
2-11 to X-Calibur
0-21 (!) to AGH

Atlanta pool went 0-3 -
0-15 to Pinnacle
2-18 to Uprise
1-6 to X-Calibur

How did they qualify for NITs???

Qualification is a game. You go to a less competitive qualification site (like KY). But, for the above, Bull City, AGH, Uprise are all very good clubs. And X-Calibur and Pinnacle are also established clubs.

In U-19 they got destroyed:

London pool went 0-3 -
0-10 to Bull City
2-11 to X-Calibur
0-21 (!) to AGH

Atlanta pool went 0-3 -
0-15 to Pinnacle
2-18 to Uprise
1-6 to X-Calibur

How did they qualify for NITs???

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Anonymous wrote:Any feedback on DMV Prime now that they are a few seasons in?

Pretty bad to be honest. Their NIT’s and other tournaments did not look good.

This was just their first year, so I think there's still growth going on. For mid-level players who cannot expect to have much actual time playing in games/tournaments on some of the better teams in the region, this has been a good chance for our daughter to actually play and get experience. The group of girls are supportive and friendly, also a bonus for us (maybe doesn't matter for other people). The team is well run logistically, much more so compared to other teams we've been on. They did make it to NITs, but were clearly at the bottom of the list of teams qualifying, so then definitely had some very rough games, as PP noted.

Anonymous wrote:Any feedback on DMV Prime now that they are a few seasons in?

Pretty bad to be honest. Their NIT’s and other tournaments did not look good.

Anonymous wrote:What is the summer showcase?

https://maxfh.longstreth.com/national-player-invitational/

Anonymous wrote:What is the summer showcase?

The Top 100 or so from the rising junior or senior class (I forget exactly as it's been a few years) are "invited" to the Max 100 event. They do drills and scrimmage in front of coaches. It's announced prominently on the listed rankings whether they've "accepted" that invite or not and then they are hyped for about 2-3 mos. prior to the event. After they commit, it's listed there too. My kid's year, all the players at her position went D1 and almost all the coaches there were from D1 programs (and top programs).

What is the summer showcase?

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Anonymous wrote:[/url]https://maxfh.longstreth.com/class-of-2028-top-150-player-rankings-top-50/

Of this group, O'Connell had more players than any other high school. Clearly, that coach knows who to pay.

And, take what you will from this, 9 players on this list were from Hussel Club.

She 1000% pilfered all her players from other teams, mostly from the club that was Husel. And also funneled them to the Wolves. And she promotes the sh-- out of them, with great success, whether it's earned or not.

Her job is to get these kids noticed/recruited and she is doing just that.

While screwing others over in the process. IYKYK.

Max is a joke. So many good players don't know about it or use it. It's total self-promotion by families and clubs. I know players who are or were on it. Some were truly amazing, best in the country. Some were best at promotion. But to say that coaches don't use it is not really accurate. Almost all who are on it and go to the summer showcase go D1 (whether they should or not). Max rankings are a game and make the already VERY flawed process worse. As much as NCAA/NFHCA/Etc. claims to care about wellness and mental health of players, the entire thing is exactly the opposite (with sh-- like this, coaches ghos\ting players, etc.) And I say this as someone who's kid was highly recruited.

Any feedback on DMV Prime now that they are a few seasons in?

100%. MAX just goes by heresay. They have never seen these players play. There are 1,000 instances of a girl who didn't make the MAX list at all totally showing up a top 10 MAX list girl when they go head-to-head.