However, if the kids just wants to have fun, play with his friends and go to a few local tourneys a year, does it really matter what team he is playing on. The kid and parents will be happy. College lax is not everyone dreams.
Careful with this! :-)
Too many people on here can't wrap their heads around that being the endgame for some (maybe most). Some kids just want to play on a team that's more competitive than Rec and their parents don't get caught up in the LE vs BBL vs Tri-state nonsense.
I think the goal for most of these kids playing club is that they get significant playing time in junior and senior year of high school. In that case, getting playing time at a good A or even high level B team makes the most sense especially if the HS coach is the director or a coach on that A or B team. If they want to play in college (and I mean Division 1 lacrosse) then the parents and kids will do whatever to get to that dream. The real issue is the parents not knowing the difference between kids that have Division 1 potential, Division 3 potential potential or just HS potential.
Interesting perspective, but I imagine that the bulk of the parents on this forum have kids that hope, whether realistic or not, to pursue lacrosse at the college level. However, I 100% agree about many parents not having any perspective about their kid's skill level, I hear too many parents telling me about the prospect days that their kid went to at a school that the kid has absolutely no chance to play at. The parent always tries to cover themselves by saying that their kid probably can't play at the school, but they just went to the prospect day for the "experience"...yeah, right.
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