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I would be frustrated if my Son was playing JV St.A or Chaminade as a 10th Grader. I see so many Sophmores having great seasons in Newsday. The landscape has changed with all these camps and prospect camps any public school kid has a great shot at College. If you attend these Schools for the education that's great, but if you think by going to the private schools for College Lacrosse , that's done. Syosset,Massapequa, Manh, GC, Ward Melville and Sachem carry just as much weight.

I would be frustrated if my Son was playing JV St.A or Chaminade as a 10th Grader. I see so many Sophmores having great seasons in Newsday. The landscape has changed with all these camps and prospect camps any public school kid has a great shot at College. If you attend these Schools for the education that's great, but if you think by going to the private schools for College Lacrosse , that's done. Syosset,Massapequa, Manh, GC, Ward Melville and Sachem carry just as much weight.

Does anyone know of any D1 prospect camps on either the weekend of May 30-31 or June 6-7?

Very quiet here on the 2017 board, everyone must be satisfied with the way things are going for the boys lol Oh for the good old days of the top ten club rankings....

My son is a committed 2017 but not in LI or MD. We are noticing many of the other kids who have committed are not playing club any more or playing lesser clubs so they can be the stud. Frankly in my area varsity season is a bunch of games against mediocre teams with 3-4 competitive games. He is lucky to be on one of the competitive teams so practices are beneficial. However, I feel that it is important our son gets in the 20+ games against mostly competitive teams every summer playing club until he starts college. The commitment is of course never iron clad, and just the first step to actually getting on the field in college.

Is this common in LI?

Incredible to think that these kids are now sophomores and still have 2 falls and 3 summers ahead, but have few real places to go to keep competitive and challenged. Club ball is so watered down to begin with, then it just gets diluted by committed kids and their parents just not wanting to stay with that money grab shuffle. I can't blame them since club ball has become with few exceptions a complete waste. What to do? College coaches are going to be very underwhelmed to see kids who have not developed in their last 2-3 years of HS. I am really concerned there isn't a place to go to fill the competitive cup. Ideas anyone?

yes play the summer circuit with your HS team?

We're not from LI meaning that considering my son goes to a public school, training non-HS season with the HS won't do anything to help him develop. I can see the bennies of private schools for lacrosse, but think it is silly to cough up tens of thousands in tuition to get to lacrosse training. Has this sport evolved into something that can offer decent training somewhere? I just don't know. 3 club tournaments is ok I guess, but my guess is a lot of commits are ditching club lacrosse. And that basically means 100% of the kids who play at decent prep school programs. What to do?

You are right. Just plain working out and doing drills is solid. I am going to cajole my son to rally his mates to just meet informally to play pick up lacrosse. Works for basketball players.

i agree. my son is a 2018 goalie currently starting on JV and will be playing with varsity for the summer doing showcases and a few prospect days. I have had it with the $3000 summers with the damn travel teams. Not necessary. He made a list of schools he is interested in from a lax as well as educational standpoint and that is what we are focusing on.

We are from LI and we have 8 D1 committed players on our varsity team and none of them, including my son, plays for a travel team. They don't want injury.

We are from LI and we have 8 D1 committed players on our varsity team and none of them, including my son, plays for a travel team. They don't want injury.

We are from LI and we have 8 D1 committed players on our varsity team and none of them, including my son, plays for a travel team. They don't want injury.

We are from LI and we have 8 D1 committed players on our varsity team and none of them, including my son, plays for a travel team. They don't want injury.

They need to keep developing their skills. That is a mistake to stop playing.

Wow, not that I could blame parents and kids for wanting to pass on $3,000 worth of watered down club ball this summer but this is just abysmal on many levels. The club tournaments are now set up so that there's a free for all to sign up 40,50,80...teams for a cowfield event with maybe a handful of decent club teams that don't play each other until the end. Now if top kids drop playing club, the garbage can smells even more. This is a disaster for the kids and the coaches who recruited them. There isn't any way kids will develop unless they are being competitively challenged. So unless your kid goes to a prep school doing year round lacrosse, that is just not available? What a joke. My son will do summer club for a good 2017 team, but I am already hearing this kid and that kid may just blow it off. Kids who didn't get recruited or committed just don't want to do it because they feel it is too late and no point, committed kids just don't want to do it either because they feel they don't need to. So sit on the couch all summer? Jesus what a mess.

Can you imagine just playing for the fun of the sport?

He is on twitter as I write this. talking about Boys Latin and St. Paul's game

HS lacrosse will never get the proper coverage it deserves with localized coverage and bloggers. TY lives in Baltimore so he will cover games close to him. Unless a major network organization picks up HS lacrosse we will never get great unbiased national coverage. I am not 100% sure which school he went to (I think St Pauls School)but I do know he gives MD schools a bit more love. Lets also hope he doesn't get funding (advertising dollars on his site, plane tickets to cover tournaments, etc.) from one of the bigger travel programs because than it will be all about that team and its players.