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Blaze, Igloo,Icon, Express that's the top 4

Blaze, Igloo,Icon, Express that's the top 4

Ok anybody have a 5-12 ? Or in what order would you place teams to tryout for ?
Where would True Blue, Recon, Sharks, Jesters, Legacy place ?

This is true. Parents move kids from a top four team to teams 4-8 and those kids that sat
on the bench for the top four teams are still sitting on the bench for teams 4-8. You are much better off sitting on the bench for a top four team. The simple reason is those top team starters will be recruited before the next four best teams starters. Once those top teams starters are recruited the bench players will step in and be seen. If you think that the bench players on any top four team could help teams 4-8 get better consider this. Igloo Avalanche's first year the team was made up of Black Ice kids that got cut and many former kids that played on the next three best teams. Avelanche was good but not great. This year they added a bunch of kids who did not make Black Ice and Blaze. One would think there would be a significantl improvement in Avalanche. However there was no noticeable improvement. As of now Avalanche is made up of half former Black Ice kids the rest of the kids coming from other top programs and they are still not a top team. There are arguments that suggest it is better to sit on the bench for a top team rather move down to another team. It is very dangerous to move at this stage. If it does not work out your kid may be on a B team the following year.

Ok anybody have a 5-12 ? Or in what order would you place teams to tryout for ?
Where would True Blue, Recon, Sharks, Jesters, Legacy place ?

Outlaws Select, Avalanche, and Ambush are the 5-7 in that order.

cant escape the fact that it is no fun to travel to tournaments and watch your son/daughter not get any light or barely move off sidelines....watching other kids have fun and contribute stinks...and the hotel afterwards is a bunch more fun when you and your kids can say they enjoyed the game(s)
seems like $$ would be better spent with one-on-one trainer...
yes, true that players get better against better talent, but they are still kids who want to play ...

Outlaws Select, Avalanche, and Ambush are the 5-7 in that order.

Outlaws Select, Avalanche, and Ambush are the 5-7 in that order.

I would say based on Head to Head Tourney
Ambush
Outlaws Silver
Legacy
Jesters
True Blue
Recon

Recon, Outlaws Black, and Empire are better then Jesters this year.

1. Igloo BI
2. 91 BLAZE
3. EXPRESS channy
4. Icon
5. Avalance
6. Ambush
7. Outlaws select

It does not matter who is five, six or seven. What does matter is of the five , six and seven teams listed here Ambush and Avalanche have a history of making many player changes each year and they both are looking to make changes this tryout season. The rest of the teams may have a couple of open spots but won't make many changes. So if your kid is looking to drop down or move up to a top 7 team Avalanche and Ambush would be your best chance to make a top seven.

I would say based on Head to Head Tourney
Ambush
Outlaws Silver
Legacy
Jesters
True Blue
Recon

Plain and simple Ambush has always been a revolving turnstile for players , nothing against the team but they claim many competitive traits that will run with Blaze ( far from it) , and along with parents of those players who claim their kid should be playing for Blaze , its a mixture of attitude and denial of why they are not on the AA team. The green grass on the other side will get your son in trouble ! I know parents from an adjoining organization who claim their superstar will be playing for one of these top tier teams next season , BUT the fact of the matter is if you had adequate amount of training throughout the year , had adequate amount of playtime in tournaments , and decent coaching , but still have chip on the shoulder that your superstar should be the team highlight and is good enough to be on such and such top team , then stop and realize this ! its very difficult to crack most of those top teams at this stage in the game , Most are Core Group Teams with sight for 1 or 2 players to replace bottom roster players and possibly 1 or 2 stud players to give an edge ( usually stolen from another top tier team so this is an inside deal not a tryout) , this is a rarity because chances are they are already on a top tier team and are happy enough at this stage of their team decision. , if things don't pan out for their superstar the way they feel it should this can be detrimental for their son in more ways the another. remember the game of Lacrosse is Huge , but everyone knows everyone in this tight knitted community , you start jumping ship it will catch up. At this stage and age of 2021 stick with what works if your son is a good player and is surrounded by other good players, then Best bet is talk with the coaches on what their plans are and how can the team improve moving forward from here on in ,. Most of the time parents never give it a chance , its never really the kids who have the problem , its the parents who poison the kids mind with higher expectations that aren't really realistic for their son or daughter and it ends up biting you and your son right in the [lacrosse] , we have been there and done that with two of our older kids and we have learned a lesson stick with what has been working and watch Core teams grow at this age on..

um.....nope. Not even close.

I guess Outlaws saw what it was like to play some good teams last week they played on Team 91 and was shut out and today blown out in every game.

Do you really think your kid wanted to come out and get beat bad 2 days in a row. so you can say your son plays on a AA team that really is B.makes for great facebook posts and backyard barbecue conversations with people who know nothing about lax.outlaws will never be competitive in 2021.

Do you really think your kid wanted to come out and get beat bad 2 days in a row. so you can say your son plays on a AA team that really is B.makes for great facebook posts and backyard barbecue conversations with people who know nothing about lax.outlaws will never be competitive in 2021.

Blaze is now number one. While blaze is beating the best teams in the country by a lot Igloo is beating sub par teams in PA in close games.