Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
True westchester- trying very hard. But very low level team for the area. But like teams like 91tri-state , will offer their best players a national spot and either entice or keep decent players because they are now on the 91 national or true national teams. At the end of the day, those kids are still on a very low level club team and well below high level lax players. The national club game is what is exactly wrong with lacrosse. But when 91 is very strong in most areas other than tri-state as well as true out in the Midwest , they hook players offering national spots. Facts

ty for the candid response, if your child was not AAA caliber , but not A/B caliber, what is best program in the area ?

There is no such thing as "best program in the area", even for a certain level of player. They are all very different, and even teams within a club can be very different from each other. I have had multiple kids play on multiple clubs over many years and have seen it all - not just with my kids but with other kids' teams. There are teams where all the kids play exactly the same minutes, while there are teams where the best players play a lot more at the expense of others. There are teams with great coaching and instruction but they don't win because they lack speed/athletism. There are teams with great athletes that win with minimum coaching and learning. There are teams that are very structured and run well-versed plays all game long, while there are teams that just roll the balls out and play street ball. There are teams where the volunteer parent team manager has an outsized effect on your kid's experience (both good and bad) while there are teams where everything is centralized through the owner/director. There are teams where everything runs through one kid on offense, while there are teams that are very balanced in approach. There are teams where everything is perfect but they don't win because they are weak at goalie and FO, and everything sours as a result. There are teams that are dominant at FO and the polls get limited game action, which means your kid wins, but if he is a poll he stands around a lot. I can go on and on.

The bottom line is that you just need a team where you kid is happy, wants to go to practice and the tournaments, is getting playing time, and improving and learning the game - this is especially true the younger he is. It is very difficult to find out where this is until you jump in.