It is obvious that this system of one or two girls doing all the scoring for the team does not work, look at the top 10 teams only one listed has a girl on the leading scorer board. I blame the coaches for this, there are plenty of talented players that can be utilized/ included in the scoring if only plays were set up and the proper time was taken to practice them. It is just easier for these coaches to just sit back and let their leading girl run wild. Another problem with this is unlike club ball you can not switch teams if you are unhappy so you have to suck it up and live with it.
One of the reasons you want to get out of intramurals and get to school ball is to get away from coaches that let a few kids dominate. You hope that the school coach does a better job of working more kids into the offense. Club ball doesnt help this either, everybody is looking out for their own stats these days
Spread the shots out is a great plan but you need multiple high skill level girls to get it done. Let's face it, for some of these players (not all cases) passing the ball away to another player who can't get the job done is not a great option. The good players will pass anyway but many teams do not have more than one or two girls who can take to goal for real. Every team has many willing to go to to goal, [lacrosse] bent, only to get a weak, ill advised, dribble of a shot off in non free space, when well defended (doubled and tripled even). Set plays with cutters and feeders is great lacrosse, but you need multiple players with crisp skills to do it, that leaves many coaches conceding to go to goal mentality. Point is, don't always blame the coach.
But woudn't the perfect time to develop those players be when there is a huge point spread? Why keep the skilled players in, racking up the points, when the win is already in the bag? Who does that benefit? Oh yeah, the player who wants to be the Newsday point leader. Isn't part of the coach's job to develop the players?
Agreed, players and parents think unless they are getting 5+ a game its not enough. Unfortunatly lacrosse which is a beautiful game can also be a very selfish one. The landscape has never been more competitive and that is driving some bad behavier by clubs, players and coaches. Got to get mine...
How about holding Coaches accountable ? The stronger programs are strong for a few reasons. many play travel and many play longer than just the school spring season. Too many of these Coaches ( Connetquot ) don't take the time to develop players on any level. They talk about travel ball, and then back off the actual coaching during games. I witnessed the Connetquot team take a beating yesterday. Many of the school players are on various travel teams. The head coach, who has been there for years, did not coach thru the game. It was a free for all with no team play, no set plays being run and no positive actions from the coach. To maintain your coaching position shouldn't the coach have to meet any standards. Year after year of losing records with no justification is really paying for a losing season. The coach gets paid to stand on the sideline and do as little as possible. Just my opinion
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