I haven't heard of any from Pride yet which is surprising as they have more talent than YJMA, which has a handful of commits. Perhaps the pride girls want high academic D3, or are waiting to see where other players commit.

back to the topic at hand...

Any commits from Pride yet?

Anonymous wrote:Sorry I'm new to the area. STAB?

Private school in VA.

St. Anne's Belfield

Anonymous wrote:I have had 2 daughters go D1. In both cases, college coaches talked extensively with both the club recruiting director and the HS coach. In our case the HS coach had a relationship with the players since middle school years so in fact knew my daughters much better than the club and the input had more credibility. It is funny to read some posters on here make such declarative statements based upon their limited experience.

Funny indeed. Nothing like reasoning definitively from one set of experiences in one relatively small geographic region. Especially when hundreds of girls get recruited every year with zero access to a top club based on their location.

Sorry I'm new to the area. STAB?

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Anonymous wrote:I have had 2 daughters go D1. In both cases, college coaches talked extensively with both the club recruiting director and the HS coach. In our case the HS coach had a relationship with the players since middle school years so in fact knew my daughters much better than the club and the input had more credibility. It is funny to read some posters on here make such declarative statements based upon their limited experience.

Then your kid plays for one of the icon coaches noted above.

This all started with your comment about STAB, which is a unique situation since the coach also runs the club your kids play for. None of that is relevant to this discussion.

Anonymous wrote:I have had 2 daughters go D1. In both cases, college coaches talked extensively with both the club recruiting director and the HS coach. In our case the HS coach had a relationship with the players since middle school years so in fact knew my daughters much better than the club and the input had more credibility. It is funny to read some posters on here make such declarative statements based upon their limited experience.

Then your kid plays for one of the icon coaches noted above.

I have had 2 daughters go D1. In both cases, college coaches talked extensively with both the club recruiting director and the HS coach. In our case the HS coach had a relationship with the players since middle school years so in fact knew my daughters much better than the club and the input had more credibility. It is funny to read some posters on here make such declarative statements based upon their limited experience.

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Anonymous wrote:HS Coaches can help but not having a good/connected one does not hurt. But there are great HS coaches out there that do help asa supplement to club. KJ at SSSAS and MH at GC are good examples of those kinds of schools where your HS coach can play a role in your recruiting.

I would go further -- having a good, well-connected HS coach can make a big difference in recruiting. Is it absolutely necessary, no.
But, many college coaches also call the high school coaches for character references, and proactive HS coaches also call the college coaches, and those recommendations can and do make a difference, especially for high school coaches with good track records.

Yes but the point is the vast majority of those inbound calls to HS coaches would never have happened had they not been noticed first during the club tournament season. If parents reading this think that simply playing for a good HS team is enough to get recruited they are mistaken.

This is wrong. A high school coach can have a huge sway in recruiting. However, a kid will show had a kid shows. It’s not just up to tournaments for your kid to get noticed. You need to get to their camps, send videos, etc. hs coaches spend more time with players than travel coaches do. They vouch for the attitude, teamwork, and daily interactions with families, commuity and other teams. Majority of coaches are connected through hs and college, if you don’t realize this, you don’t understand the lax world. If your relying straight on a club coach, you’re also missing out.

This is just not true. Having just gone thru the process out of the approximate 45 schools that expressed interest
In my daughter one(1) called her high school coach. The college coaches rely on the club recruitment directors and their personal interactions and their players interactions.

Can the high school coach matter? If they are icons, yes. If the student is in the margins and the college coach makes an effort to call, perhaps. Otherwise , no.

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Anonymous wrote:HS Coaches can help but not having a good/connected one does not hurt. But there are great HS coaches out there that do help asa supplement to club. KJ at SSSAS and MH at GC are good examples of those kinds of schools where your HS coach can play a role in your recruiting.

I would go further -- having a good, well-connected HS coach can make a big difference in recruiting. Is it absolutely necessary, no.
But, many college coaches also call the high school coaches for character references, and proactive HS coaches also call the college coaches, and those recommendations can and do make a difference, especially for high school coaches with good track records.

Yes but the point is the vast majority of those inbound calls to HS coaches would never have happened had they not been noticed first during the club tournament season. If parents reading this think that simply playing for a good HS team is enough to get recruited they are mistaken.

This is wrong. A high school coach can have a huge sway in recruiting. However, a kid will show had a kid shows. It’s not just up to tournaments for your kid to get noticed. You need to get to their camps, send videos, etc. hs coaches spend more time with players than travel coaches do. They vouch for the attitude, teamwork, and daily interactions with families, commuity and other teams. Majority of coaches are connected through hs and college, if you don’t realize this, you don’t understand the lax world. If your relying straight on a club coach, you’re also missing out.

This is just not true. Having just gone thru the process out of the approximate 45 schools that expressed interest
In my daughter one(1) called her high school coach. The college coaches rely on the club recruitment directors and their personal interactions and their players interactions.

Can the high school coach matter? If they are icons, yes. If the student is in the margins and the college coach makes an effort to call, perhaps. Otherwise , no.

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Anonymous wrote:HS Coaches can help but not having a good/connected one does not hurt. But there are great HS coaches out there that do help asa supplement to club. KJ at SSSAS and MH at GC are good examples of those kinds of schools where your HS coach can play a role in your recruiting.

I would go further -- having a good, well-connected HS coach can make a big difference in recruiting. Is it absolutely necessary, no.
But, many college coaches also call the high school coaches for character references, and proactive HS coaches also call the college coaches, and those recommendations can and do make a difference, especially for high school coaches with good track records.

Yes but the point is the vast majority of those inbound calls to HS coaches would never have happened had they not been noticed first during the club tournament season. If parents reading this think that simply playing for a good HS team is enough to get recruited they are mistaken.

This is wrong. A high school coach can have a huge sway in recruiting. However, a kid will show had a kid shows. It’s not just up to tournaments for your kid to get noticed. You need to get to their camps, send videos, etc. hs coaches spend more time with players than travel coaches do. They vouch for the attitude, teamwork, and daily interactions with families, commuity and other teams. Majority of coaches are connected through hs and college, if you don’t realize this, you don’t understand the lax world. If your relying straight on a club coach, you’re also missing out.

I’ve had multiple D1 athletes play this sport. I think I know what I’m talking about. Their college coaches never contacted their HS coaches - ever - during recruiting. You say the “majority of coaches are connected through HS and college.” If you think coaches at BI, PVI, SJC, Oakton, Riverside, Potomac (all of whom have / had D1 commits) are connected with college coaches, you don’t know the DMV lax world at all. Of course players need to go to camps. Of course they need to send videos. Of course the kid has to be a great player and have a good attitude. But if your kid isn’t on a club that will give him / her good exposure during the summer tournaments, and you’re relying heavily on your HS coach to get your kid recruited, odds are you and your kid will be disappointed in the end. Truth hurts. Sorry

Yes! YJMA has several I believe JMU, Longwood, Mercer, Highpoint, and CNU

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Anonymous wrote:HS Coaches can help but not having a good/connected one does not hurt. But there are great HS coaches out there that do help asa supplement to club. KJ at SSSAS and MH at GC are good examples of those kinds of schools where your HS coach can play a role in your recruiting.

I would go further -- having a good, well-connected HS coach can make a big difference in recruiting. Is it absolutely necessary, no.
But, many college coaches also call the high school coaches for character references, and proactive HS coaches also call the college coaches, and those recommendations can and do make a difference, especially for high school coaches with good track records.

Yes but the point is the vast majority of those inbound calls to HS coaches would never have happened had they not been noticed first during the club tournament season. If parents reading this think that simply playing for a good HS team is enough to get recruited they are mistaken.

This is wrong. A high school coach can have a huge sway in recruiting. However, a kid will show had a kid shows. It’s not just up to tournaments for your kid to get noticed. You need to get to their camps, send videos, etc. hs coaches spend more time with players than travel coaches do. They vouch for the attitude, teamwork, and daily interactions with families, commuity and other teams. Majority of coaches are connected through hs and college, if you don’t realize this, you don’t understand the lax world. If your relying straight on a club coach, you’re also missing out.

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Anonymous wrote:HS Coaches can help but not having a good/connected one does not hurt. But there are great HS coaches out there that do help asa supplement to club. KJ at SSSAS and MH at GC are good examples of those kinds of schools where your HS coach can play a role in your recruiting.

I would go further -- having a good, well-connected HS coach can make a big difference in recruiting. Is it absolutely necessary, no.
But, many college coaches also call the high school coaches for character references, and proactive HS coaches also call the college coaches, and those recommendations can and do make a difference, especially for high school coaches with good track records.

Yes but the point is the vast majority of those inbound calls to HS coaches would never have happened had they not been noticed first during the club tournament season. If parents reading this think that simply playing for a good HS team is enough to get recruited they are mistaken.

Anonymous wrote:HS Coaches can help but not having a good/connected one does not hurt. But there are great HS coaches out there that do help asa supplement to club. KJ at SSSAS and MH at GC are good examples of those kinds of schools where your HS coach can play a role in your recruiting.

I would go further -- having a good, well-connected HS coach can make a big difference in recruiting. Is it absolutely necessary, no.
But, many college coaches also call the high school coaches for character references, and proactive HS coaches also call the college coaches, and those recommendations can and do make a difference, especially for high school coaches with good track records.