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Anonymous wrote:A valid valor complaint-- why is my fourth grader daughter's extemely not great team travling all the way to north carolina for a tournament this weekend? They do not need to go that far to find competitive games. There are girls on the team who would not be rec team stars. This was not mentioned at the parent meeting at the beginning of the season. Do the coaches get a kickback or something. I just don't understand the point.

Our old Valor coach scheduled my kid's team two years in a row for some crap tournament two states away. Turns out he went to college in that area and would meet up with his old college buddies that weekend.

Are you still with Valor?

heck no

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A valid valor complaint-- why is my fourth grader daughter's extemely not great team travling all the way to north carolina for a tournament this weekend? They do not need to go that far to find competitive games. There are girls on the team who would not be rec team stars. This was not mentioned at the parent meeting at the beginning of the season. Do the coaches get a kickback or something. I just don't understand the point.

Our old Valor coach scheduled my kid's team two years in a row for some crap tournament two states away. Turns out he went to college in that area and would meet up with his old college buddies that weekend.

Are you still with Valor?

Anonymous wrote:A valid valor complaint-- why is my fourth grader daughter's extemely not great team travling all the way to north carolina for a tournament this weekend? They do not need to go that far to find competitive games. There are girls on the team who would not be rec team stars. This was not mentioned at the parent meeting at the beginning of the season. Do the coaches get a kickback or something. I just don't understand the point.

Our old Valor coach scheduled my kid's team two years in a row for some crap tournament two states away. Turns out he went to college in that area and would meet up with his old college buddies that weekend.

Anonymous wrote:I have seen too many nasty lacrosse and football injuries among my. son's friends to encourage either sport! Not worth it.

Girls lacrosse is really a different sport than men's lacrosse.

I have seen too many nasty lacrosse and football injuries among my. son's friends to encourage either sport! Not worth it.

Sounds about right from my experiences as a failed HS basketball player turned D1 Lax player in college.

The girls lax setup today is quite advantgeous despite less options as only the most competitive schools in the country have LAX teams. See all ivys, Hopkins D1 for Lax only, and then the NESCAC schools in D3 amazing academic opportunities. If you have a girl play lax, if you have a boy practice FG kicking for the D1 kicking opportunies at SEC schools. Its happened!

A valid valor complaint-- why is my fourth grader daughter's extemely not great team travling all the way to north carolina for a tournament this weekend? They do not need to go that far to find competitive games. There are girls on the team who would not be rec team stars. This was not mentioned at the parent meeting at the beginning of the season. Do the coaches get a kickback or something. I just don't understand the point.

The kids who play lacrosse at our large public HS are the ones who wanted to play soccer but were cut.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of former ECNL players playing D1 lax now. Natural fallback if you put just a litte time into stick work. Soccer athleticism translates wonderfullly to lax

I've heard lacrosse described as a good sport for kids who are athletic but don't stand out at other sports.

Lots of former ECNL players playing D1 lax now. Natural fallback if you put just a litte time into stick work. Soccer athleticism translates wonderfullly to lax

Anonymous wrote:Why is the lacrosse section so much more less drama?

Lacrosse is grouped by graduation year.

Anonymous wrote:Why is the lacrosse section so much more less drama?

hardly any kids play lacrosse.

Why is the lacrosse section so much more less drama?

Anonymous wrote:My wife told me our daughter's coach is trying to make them play a year up in the spring. We didn't finish top of our division this fall by a long shot. How is that even an option? So coaches get to just tell NCSL where to place teams?

This is a common strategy for #1-2 teams for a club at U10 and uncommon for lower level teams. This is especially beneficial for teams who have played together and were successful at U9.

There are a ton of benefits to this and pretty much no downside playing lower/mid level NCSL U11 for a year going from 7v7 to 9v9 and then moving up to higher tier or even the other league. It is also a way to increase roster 1-2 spots w/a 1-2 yr plan of the team and coach/coaches sticking together.

Anonymous wrote:My wife told me our daughter's coach is trying to make them play a year up in the spring. We didn't finish top of our division this fall by a long shot. How is that even an option? So coaches get to just tell NCSL where to place teams?

Yes, NCSL is just a schedule service. Coaches/clubs choose their division.