Great link. Puts it all into reality. Hit the books, it is all that really matters in the end.
I figured out with my older guy that there were about 120 kids who started playing youth lacrosse with him in second grade. By the time they got to HS there were 10 of them still left. Then consider that those 10 are part of the 100,000 such kids in the US playing HS lacrosse and that only 13% of that group will play any type of college lax. "Chasing a dream" is putting it mildly...It is fun and you never want to wonder what could have been, so we help our kids anyway we can. However, it is a huge long shot for established HS kids much less people on here puffing their chests about their 4th grade teams. Many of those kids won't even be on their HS teams. Read BOTC long enough and you start thinking that unless you go to a very top D1 school that you are some type of loser....it is just not reality.
This is great post, however a little misleading. I understand your numbers but most of the people that come on this board have kids that are playing at pretty high levels. If your son is on a top club at this point his chances at finding a spot in college lacrosse are pretty good. For example, Sweetlax 2017 team has 13 D1 commits already I believe? Thats just one example. However, unless your son is in the top 5 percent of players in his grade, he is going to need help getting into a school to play lacrosse. This is where your club and college coaches come in. For the parents its all about putting your kid in an environment where he can succeed and make the most of his opportunities when he gets them. Thats what this whole thing is about.
