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Anonymous wrote:This is the 4th or 5th year in a row that Capital has taken the majority of their top team from Pride. What does Pride do for development that the other teams don’t? Seems like the other clubs should be doing better.

Take kids from Great Falls, McLean, Arlington and Vienna. That’s the gist of their development program.

And pay for extra training outside of practice with private lessons, camps, and conditioning.

All the series players are doing these things, not just Pride kids.

And Pride actually pays Healthy Baller to come in and do speed and agility in the Fall and Winter twice a week, separate from their team training.

Pride has the best reputation at the 4-8th grade level. They do a good job of getting kids excited when they are young. Look no further than the Cap'n Cookie truck that pulls up after some clinics - smart move. All of the better kids want to play there so they are ahead from the start. As a poster above mentioned, they cater to Mclean, Great Falls, Arlington, etc. which are traditionally the better lacrosse areas in NOVA. Alexandria has some talent but not compared to those areas. Pride does very little to "develop' kids, they just get the better kids early on. Many have parents or older siblings that played lacrosse and generally come from "lacrosse families". Their model is the same as Stars and everyone else. Let's not give them too much credit.

Totally this. It isn't Pride, it's the kids they get. But even some of the "lacrosse" families I know are finally leaving Pride behind this season.

Many would LOVE to leave. But where do you go unless to a Maryland club? That is the root issue - none of the NOVA clubs are good.

Nailed it. The NOVA club scene is a total disaster. None are good and now the Capital progression is on the decline.

“None are good . . .” Didn’t Pride finish ranked no. 7?

Is this going to be the same old stale argument every time reality is put out there that the club lacrosse scene in NOVA isn't good?

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Anonymous wrote:Capital Blue breakdown is Pride-11 Stars-6 Next Level-3 True-1 where’s the last girl from?

12 overall from Pride. Think it's 2 from NL. MDU is the other club in addition to Stars and True.

So much for that BLC partnership.

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Anonymous wrote:So is the blue team 11 pride 6 stars 3 next level and 2 yellow jackets?

Yellow Jackets mid Atlantic or south?

Didn’t a girl from True make it as well?

Didn’t see one of NL best players at tryouts- did she try out for a MD team?

How did you see any girls? Parents weren’t suppose to watch. Also there were 164 girls there so even if you “didn’t see her” doesn’t mean she wasn’t there.

I assumed she meant her daughter didn’t see her and that girl moved to Maryland so I would assume she tried out for a MD team.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the 4th or 5th year in a row that Capital has taken the majority of their top team from Pride. What does Pride do for development that the other teams don’t? Seems like the other clubs should be doing better.

Take kids from Great Falls, McLean, Arlington and Vienna. That’s the gist of their development program.

And pay for extra training outside of practice with private lessons, camps, and conditioning.

All the series players are doing these things, not just Pride kids.

And Pride actually pays Healthy Baller to come in and do speed and agility in the Fall and Winter twice a week, separate from their team training.

Pride has the best reputation at the 4-8th grade level. They do a good job of getting kids excited when they are young. Look no further than the Cap'n Cookie truck that pulls up after some clinics - smart move. All of the better kids want to play there so they are ahead from the start. As a poster above mentioned, they cater to Mclean, Great Falls, Arlington, etc. which are traditionally the better lacrosse areas in NOVA. Alexandria has some talent but not compared to those areas. Pride does very little to "develop' kids, they just get the better kids early on. Many have parents or older siblings that played lacrosse and generally come from "lacrosse families". Their model is the same as Stars and everyone else. Let's not give them too much credit.

This makes no sense. If this was the case, STARs and other clubs should be getting better each year and beat Pride. That isn’t happening.

Check your reading comprehension. If everyone trains the same but many kids are better at the start, which team will be better in 8th grade?

You said Pride doesn’t develop. So this would mean their kids shouldn’t be getting any better and the other teams that are developing should be winning. This isn’t the case. You can’t have it both ways.

None of them develop. Yes, they hold practices and clinics but the coaching is often horrible. Maryland develops talent.

I guess you get ranked 7th in the country by being average.

LOL, I don't believe any of this 'they don't develop their players' talk. They're very transparent on their website with what their program entails to develop skills.

Also wish the bashing of whole groups of players who are upper ES and lower MS age would cease. You don't like Pride? Cool, fine. Go do your thing. Don't trash other people's children and their teammates.

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Anonymous wrote:So is the blue team 11 pride 6 stars 3 next level and 2 yellow jackets?

Yellow Jackets mid Atlantic or south?

Didn’t a girl from True make it as well?

Didn’t see one of NL best players at tryouts- did she try out for a MD team?

How did you see any girls? Parents weren’t suppose to watch. Also there were 164 girls there so even if you “didn’t see her” doesn’t mean she wasn’t there.

Anonymous wrote:has anyone heard if anyone is declining an offer from Capital Orange or Blue?

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Anonymous wrote:This is the 4th or 5th year in a row that Capital has taken the majority of their top team from Pride. What does Pride do for development that the other teams don’t? Seems like the other clubs should be doing better.

Take kids from Great Falls, McLean, Arlington and Vienna. That’s the gist of their development program.

And pay for extra training outside of practice with private lessons, camps, and conditioning.

All the series players are doing these things, not just Pride kids.

And Pride actually pays Healthy Baller to come in and do speed and agility in the Fall and Winter twice a week, separate from their team training.

Pride has the best reputation at the 4-8th grade level. They do a good job of getting kids excited when they are young. Look no further than the Cap'n Cookie truck that pulls up after some clinics - smart move. All of the better kids want to play there so they are ahead from the start. As a poster above mentioned, they cater to Mclean, Great Falls, Arlington, etc. which are traditionally the better lacrosse areas in NOVA. Alexandria has some talent but not compared to those areas. Pride does very little to "develop' kids, they just get the better kids early on. Many have parents or older siblings that played lacrosse and generally come from "lacrosse families". Their model is the same as Stars and everyone else. Let's not give them too much credit.

Totally this. It isn't Pride, it's the kids they get. But even some of the "lacrosse" families I know are finally leaving Pride behind this season.

Many would LOVE to leave. But where do you go unless to a Maryland club? That is the root issue - none of the NOVA clubs are good.

Nailed it. The NOVA club scene is a total disaster. None are good and now the Capital progression is on the decline.

“None are good . . .” Didn’t Pride finish ranked no. 7?

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Anonymous wrote:This is the 4th or 5th year in a row that Capital has taken the majority of their top team from Pride. What does Pride do for development that the other teams don’t? Seems like the other clubs should be doing better.

Take kids from Great Falls, McLean, Arlington and Vienna. That’s the gist of their development program.

And pay for extra training outside of practice with private lessons, camps, and conditioning.

All the series players are doing these things, not just Pride kids.

And Pride actually pays Healthy Baller to come in and do speed and agility in the Fall and Winter twice a week, separate from their team training.

Pride has the best reputation at the 4-8th grade level. They do a good job of getting kids excited when they are young. Look no further than the Cap'n Cookie truck that pulls up after some clinics - smart move. All of the better kids want to play there so they are ahead from the start. As a poster above mentioned, they cater to Mclean, Great Falls, Arlington, etc. which are traditionally the better lacrosse areas in NOVA. Alexandria has some talent but not compared to those areas. Pride does very little to "develop' kids, they just get the better kids early on. Many have parents or older siblings that played lacrosse and generally come from "lacrosse families". Their model is the same as Stars and everyone else. Let's not give them too much credit.

This makes no sense. If this was the case, STARs and other clubs should be getting better each year and beat Pride. That isn’t happening.

Check your reading comprehension. If everyone trains the same but many kids are better at the start, which team will be better in 8th grade?

You said Pride doesn’t develop. So this would mean their kids shouldn’t be getting any better and the other teams that are developing should be winning. This isn’t the case. You can’t have it both ways.

None of them develop. Yes, they hold practices and clinics but the coaching is often horrible. Maryland develops talent.

I guess you get ranked 7th in the country by being average.

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Anonymous wrote:Capital Blue breakdown is Pride-11 Stars-6 Next Level-3 True-1 where’s the last girl from?

12 overall from Pride. Think it's 2 from NL. MDU is the other club in addition to Stars and True.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the 4th or 5th year in a row that Capital has taken the majority of their top team from Pride. What does Pride do for development that the other teams don’t? Seems like the other clubs should be doing better.

Take kids from Great Falls, McLean, Arlington and Vienna. That’s the gist of their development program.

And pay for extra training outside of practice with private lessons, camps, and conditioning.

All the series players are doing these things, not just Pride kids.

And Pride actually pays Healthy Baller to come in and do speed and agility in the Fall and Winter twice a week, separate from their team training.

Pride has the best reputation at the 4-8th grade level. They do a good job of getting kids excited when they are young. Look no further than the Cap'n Cookie truck that pulls up after some clinics - smart move. All of the better kids want to play there so they are ahead from the start. As a poster above mentioned, they cater to Mclean, Great Falls, Arlington, etc. which are traditionally the better lacrosse areas in NOVA. Alexandria has some talent but not compared to those areas. Pride does very little to "develop' kids, they just get the better kids early on. Many have parents or older siblings that played lacrosse and generally come from "lacrosse families". Their model is the same as Stars and everyone else. Let's not give them too much credit.

This makes no sense. If this was the case, STARs and other clubs should be getting better each year and beat Pride. That isn’t happening.

Check your reading comprehension. If everyone trains the same but many kids are better at the start, which team will be better in 8th grade?

You said Pride doesn’t develop. So this would mean their kids shouldn’t be getting any better and the other teams that are developing should be winning. This isn’t the case. You can’t have it both ways.

None of them develop. Yes, they hold practices and clinics but the coaching is often horrible. Maryland develops talent.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the 4th or 5th year in a row that Capital has taken the majority of their top team from Pride. What does Pride do for development that the other teams don’t? Seems like the other clubs should be doing better.

Take kids from Great Falls, McLean, Arlington and Vienna. That’s the gist of their development program.

Because these kids have some sort of super human capabilities when they come from that area? Or are you referring to their strong rec programs?

Lacrosse is a money sport. Follow the $$ and you will find strong lacrosse teams with long traditions. Yes, all of these areas have strong rec teams and look at high school and you will see these area schools do well.

Anonymous wrote:Capital Blue breakdown is Pride-11 Stars-6 Next Level-3 True-1 where’s the last girl from?

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Anonymous wrote:So is the blue team 11 pride 6 stars 3 next level and 2 yellow jackets?

Yellow Jackets mid Atlantic or south?

Didn’t a girl from True make it as well?

Didn’t see one of NL best players at tryouts- did she try out for a MD team?