Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are the Next Level girls teams competing in any tournaments this fall?
I know some teams played last week at Fall Roundup and I see some at Laxin Out Loud this coming up weekend.
Looks like they are skipping the most competitive tournaments: Primetime Young Guns, Mid-Atlantic Showcase and Chesapeake Invitational.
Is there HS program falling apart??? Next Level definitely wouldn't get into those competitive tournaments - you're right! But they seemed to have dropped out of sight. Any NL parents on here that can provide any insight? They are not at that calibre and would get killed even in the lower brackets of the real travel tournaments. The only reason they call themselves "travel" is so they can justify the price but at the end of the day it's a rec-level of coaching and play. Most of the parents I know whose girls play there have kids that aren't skilled enough to play for true travel teams like Pride, Capital, and MCE (or would be at the bottom of a B team there), but want to say their kids play travel. Most of their coaches didn't even play in college. They have done a great job of marketing themselves to confused parents who think they are paying for one thing but are actually getting another. No college recruiting happening there. It's really just a way for girls who played rec in younger years to keep playing, which fills a niche for many girls. But NL is not actually a travel-level club.