BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2024 5th Grade Fall 2016/ Summer 2017

Sorry bud, I know igloos numbers. It is posted on their site. Express is not, and for a reason. BUT, I know what they are charging. Looks less then Igloo...but.....scratch the surface. Igloo MUCH cheaper for returners. And for non returners it is close to the same, but Express not listing their winter practice. So its more.

Does that make one better then the other, nope. Just giving the facts.

Hear some LI and Md teams may meet in Baltimore on nov 20 for a tournament million is putting on.

Igloo $3100 5 Tourneys w/winter training included
Express $2800 8 Tourneys - $300 for Winter Training

Same price people only you get more lax with Express and more swag at Igloo

Both these teams are 2nd Tier teams. Whos cares?

Lot's of people care. You need more than 2 teams on LI

Boy the express parents are sensitive. Let's hope this will be a great year of lacrosse for 2024.

Should we just have a seperate thread for the daily Wolfpack vs. Taz crazies discussion and leave this thread for everyone else?

That would be great

I agree with this comment 100%. 2-yrs ago it was all WP and last year Taz matched up with them. This year you will see Express step up to play with both of them.Its called parity. Its part of development. The taz and WP parents don't need to get so defensive. It will be more fun and more competition.

Warning ---- Taz Vs Wolfpack discussions can cause irritable Bowel, dizziness, blindness, jealously, rage, delusions, loss in confidence of your son's ability, and an overall disgust for any 10 year old that can play Lax at a high level.
If any of these symptoms occur please consult your PAL Coach immediately and arrange a fall clinic to show you that your son is at least still better than the town kids......

Or better known as, Hillary disease...

Express way to far behind to compete this year vs the big boys

Are you the same person that said Taz could not play with WP???again, It will happen. Enjoy the games, they are going to be close and exciting.

More swag and more practices. Boys get better at practice not tournaments.

Btw, two our your tourneys are express run and two are Nlf. Channy not paying for those so jokes on you.

big boys? you mean hold backs.

Big boys. They are 10. You nerd, get a life.

ha! you clearly haven't seen them play. the best players on both teams are the little guys

No they're not. Couple of big boys on the teams that can play ball

because they are 11 years old...HOLDBACKS

Express is not behind! behind in what???? they are just starting 5th grade. many of the boys are top players on other teams that decided to play for Express. They will compete with Taz and WP for top spot.

We will know soon enough...Fall Ball Tourneys are only a few weeks away.

My son plays on this Express team and I hope all the parents learn that nothing good comes from shooting your mouth off about our team or any other team. Hope we all have a great season and the boys have fun and play some good lacrosse.

Hahahahahahahahahaha

trust me in 8th and 9th grade every kid that is going to chaminade or st ants will leave their current club and play on express. seen it multiple years with my older sons.

Coulnt't agree more! Please have some class and not be the team that trash talks.

Sounds like the person shooting their mouth off comes from a town team and all the daddy talks about is how his son made the Express A team.

The little guys have the adv in many ways because quicker at this age. This will change and they will get pushed around as they cannot dodge and create effectively. There is some exceptions but few. The athletic kids who have decent size and are assertive will win out. They may not be coordinated yet. So parents of shortys who are skilled because they play a lot enjoy it while it lasts. If both parents are relatively short then enjoy now. Say what you want but this is deadly accurate.

Its already happening

My son is the BEST goalie in 2024. Plays for his town team because I don't believe in travel lacrosse at this age. He will try out in 6th grade for a ,7th grade team because PAL is over. abt him but I'm not gonna tell. He just wants to play with his friends

Cue the midgets who will talk about Rob Pannell, sankey, matheis, rice, Cannizzaro, wolf, kavanaugh, Donahue

We all have kids in pal. There is no secret goalie. He very well might be good but the best in the age group are from north shore out east, south shore middle island and south shore nassau west

yes! by 6/7 grade all that matters is SIZE!!!!!

Skill will also trump size. Now if you have both that's another story.

Size is a very big factor in this sport in this day and age. The days of a 5"9 kid being able to hang at the collegiate level is diminishing quickly. Yes if you are a 5"10 Phenom you can make it but most are not. Look at the top 25 schools to play at rosters, the attackman are 6ft + 200+ lbs. the middys are even bigger. Defenseman are forced to be big to handle these size players. Even outside of lacrosse the athletic world is getting bigger and bigger. Compare athletes sizes now to 20 years ago. Big change. If you don't think this is happening go to Dicks and look at the Under Armours mannequins and how big they portray athletes. And that's not a stupid example because the mannequins are wearing the size clothes that are on the shelf next to them. Of course skills matter and always will but size will matter just as much. Both of them and you have a serious threat on the field. My sons are on the smaller size so I see it first hand how they get pushed around even though their skill level is pretty high.



8 players out of 100s playing. Yeah those numbers make sense.

How can your son be classified as "the Best" in any category,if he doesn't play against the most talent players / teams??

If your son is the best we would all know who he is. Lax world is a very small place on LI. Stop your BS, either step up your kid to face the real talented boys or go back you your wife and tell her how great your son is. Dead beat

Have seen it play out time and time again...its not just size although size does play into it...once you start getting into the middle school years when it picks up...the better players have the combination and balance of a variety of factors including skill, athleticism (speed/size/agiligy), IQ and aggressiveness/touchness (intangibles)...when they get to middle and high school...all the kides, at least on the better teams, are all insanely good....they tend to have the unique mix above all to varying degrees...I have learned and watched that all things being equal the determining factor between a top 5% player and the top 1-3%s players (the ones going to the traditional powerhouses, etc.) are the intangibles (being aggressive to goal, toughness, competitiveness to win, etc.)...after that everything else kicks in....now there are some exceptions where a shorter/smaller person comes in but again this is only a few (maybe a team has 1 oddly smaller attackman or a middie)...this can change year to year (intangible and physical attributes)once kids hit puberty...I laugh when these 5ft 9 dads think there 4th grade kid who is a middle is the best in the world...he is gonna be quite surprised when they put the bigger kid who plays LSM on him...oh no! what is poor pappa gonna do know????? boo hoo

the recent prior posts are in connection with the idiot dad who posted "ha! you clearly haven't seen them play. the best players on both teams are the little guys"

right now they might be ...but that will change quickly
go to some 7/8/9 grade games and let us know the size of those players...

Yet, another stellar post.