BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2024-4th Grade Fall 2015 Summer 2016

Blatant fall jam is always good. Lost of travel teams will do Halloween Havoc or the Pumpkin Classic

They are at a level of a decent town team and usually that is what most of the team is. 2024 coach has very good credentials and believe team is made up of his northport kids . Watched a lot of tournament lax last year and did not see them play any of the top team teams and don't think it would have been close .

Don't listen to this fool. Besides pack and taz they are with everyone else. Avengers, express, igloo, TLI

Not all town teams are cheap. Our town is $1500 without fall & winter practices.

Exactly. Besides Pack and Taz every other club team is at about the level of a good town team. The difference being you will pay $2K to play for the club team and couple of hundred dollars to play for the town team.
With so many clubs vying for players and a new one popping up almost every week the clubs are not what they used to be.
15 years ago the handful of club teams were elite teams with only the best players and everyone else played for town teams.
Now there are so many clubs that the vast majority are no better than the good town teams.
parents today think it is a status symbol to be on a club team so they keep shelling out whatever the cost to say their kid plays for a club. It's sad. we're making people rich who figured out a way to market a dream to naïve parents.

With so many clubs vying for players and a new one popping up almost every week the clubs are not what they used to be.
15 years ago the handful of club teams were elite teams with only the best players and everyone else played for town teams.
Now there are so many clubs that the vast majority are no better than the good town teams.
parents today think it is a status symbol to be on a club team so they keep shelling out whatever the cost to say their kid plays for a club. It's sad. we're making people rich who figured out a way to market a dream to naïve parents.

Exactly. Besides Pack and Taz every other club team is at about the level of a good town team. The difference being you will pay $2K to play for the club team and couple of hundred dollars to play for the town team.
With so many clubs vying for players and a new one popping up almost every week the clubs are not what they used to be.
15 years ago the handful of club teams were elite teams with only the best players and everyone else played for town teams.
Now there are so many clubs that the vast majority are no better than the good town teams.
parents today think it is a status symbol to be on a club team so they keep shelling out whatever the cost to say their kid plays for a club. It's sad. we're making people rich who figured out a way to market a dream to naïve parents.

I think the majority of parents on here just want to keep the stick in the kids hand and not fall behind the 8ball so to speak. While the Pack and Taz are both top tier teams, I believe kids can get something out of playing and being coached throughout the year. This is actually our first year playing travel, so thats at least what I expect. Is it a crazy amount of money ? Yes, but Im hoping for all the years activities it will be well spent. As said before, kids and coaches change programs left and right, so winning programs will change from year to year. This is a crazy cycle this travel lax has brought us all into, but hopefully we can build a strong healthy lax foundation for our boys. What we can do as parents is enforce good sportsmanship and morals along the way. That means not being too critical of 9 year old boys, and letting them still have fun at this stage. Are you all willing to give that to them at least ? I know I am.

Yes..yes. We ALL get it. It's the Pack, Taz then the MLL and D1 college programs. What would the rest of us ever do without the pack/taz parents to impart their wisdom upon us.

I never said that. I merely said that they are the elite 2024 teams at this time. I have been around this sport for a long time. Played in HS but not college and both my boys played for good D2 programs but were not superstars. Many of those current "elite" players on Pack and Taz wont even start on their varsity team because they will be passed by other boys who haven't even picked up a stick yet or they will get burned out and just stop playing. Everything changes between 12 and 15 years old when they hit puberty. Don't burn your kids out. Let them be kids and have fun. I just hate what I see this sport becoming. It is going the way of baseball and soccer as a big money youth sport with everyone buying into the hype and chasing a pipedream.

I never said that. I merely said that they are the elite 2024 teams at this time. I have been around this sport for a long time. Played in HS but not college and both my boys played for good D2 programs but were not superstars. Many of those current "elite" players on Pack and Taz wont even start on their varsity team because they will be passed by other boys who haven't even picked up a stick yet or they will get burned out and just stop playing. Everything changes between 12 and 15 years old when they hit puberty. Don't burn your kids out. Let them be kids and have fun. I just hate what I see this sport becoming. It is going the way of baseball and soccer as a big money youth sport with everyone buying into the hype and chasing a pipedream.

4th grade

It cracks me up to see the word "elite" being used to describe 3rd grade lacrosse...

Given the under achievement of you and your boys I'm not sure you should be giving the rest of us advice. Also, do you have a kid in this age group or are you just trolling around?

Easily? Sure you do. Jealousy shining through. Haha go have a catch with your son.

New season. Here come the 'pack haters!

When do teams start practicing?

Igloo will start next week. I am sure WP (2 adays until school started) and Taz have already started.

whats the deal with express? a/b team or team 1/2 or names? from what i hear they are both pretty even with talented kids

Should be pretty even. The crazies on this site will say they are both B teams because they are not the WP or Taz. It's safe to say both teams will be better then last years Express team.

The handful of good players from Avengers made the Express A team. The rest are on Express B. There is definitely an Express A and B team this year.

There are many kids on LI who can make Pac and Taz. I know of a few on our town team alone. The smart parents will allow there child to experience and commit to other sports at this age. Do you know how many times I have seen Taz and Pac helmets playing for other club teams??Can anyone say burn-out.
Let them be able to love the sport when they are 18.