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Turtles???

I love how coaches and club owners put the blame on parents when they move their kids to other teams. When parents pay a lot of money for player development instead the clubs focus on a few players just for wins to promote their club. Maybe if coaches and club owners can put their egos in check and realize maybe it’s on them and would have more play retention, build a strong team with depth

Agree, and as long as there is money involved, clubs will continue down the win at all costs path. It’s not about the kids, it’s about their pockets. Only thing you can do, is find the right fit for your child, development and PT. If they are happy, having fun, and want to go back for more, you are winning.

Does anyone know tuition costs for the main 6 clubs for this age.
Legacy
Express
S2S
Rebels
91
Igloo
And is it the same for A and B teams

A and B teams pay the same

Express Chucks still #1??!!
Just went 0-3 at NAL.

Between 3-4 k for each one of thiseb

Need an igloo vs stealth game!!

Need an igloo vs stealth game!!

S2S had a good day going 3-0 in bracket play. Had a good first half with Igloo in the Chip game but fell apart in the second half of the game. There is a lot of talent on the team and excited to see how they develop and the chemistry grows over the Winter heading into Spring ball - Really great coaching too.

Hats off to Igloo turning it up in the second half in the Chip game.

Nice to see Eskimos and S2S go 3-0. They will be battling for 2nd best team on island.

Okay!!
PPV

What does PPV stand for?

S2S is a nice story, but slow down on being one of the best. They are a 30-40th ranked team

Slow down Strong Island. None of these can compete with ML, NL or the Hawks. Not even close.

LI will Have 3/4 Teams in top 10 in Country if they go by Age, Not Grad year.
LI is and will always be the BEST

Another mom drinking the rebels kool-aid. Doesn’t get it.

Madlax tied with West Coast who Igloo crushed yesterday.
Hawks lost to Sweetlax Florida who S2S also beat yesterday. Did someone post LI team can’t compete with ML & Hawks? Give it up — LI lacrosse is as strong as ever.

Any thoughts / feed back on this weekend's NorthShore Invitational in Mt Siani?

Is that a town tournament?

There are no 2031's playing in that tourney.

4 '31 teams competed. Lower level competition though I believe.

Is it better to be on a winning lower level team or a losing yet competing upper level team? I know you’ll take coaching, fit, and fun into consideration but if you’re not winning games or tourneys, what toll does that take on a 10 year old? Do you switch to a lower level team just to win?

I think there's a balance. A team constantly getting shutout every game is probably counter productive to growth. All things equal i'd take a losing(but competing) team in a more competitive bracket as long as my kid is getting playing time. Winning is one if the last things I care about as a parent personally.

Our experience last year with our 10YR from being on a lower-level team that was consistently losing was that although he was getting a lot of field time, we saw a regression in the game. The level of competition at practice coupled with the inability to compete made kids complacent. Moving him to a more competitive A with better players and coaching around him and having him compete for field time has already shown in improvement in his game. Agreed at this age winning is not important, but in their mind it is, and they need to know how to motivate them selves to play hard and work harder.

FWIW - I completely agree...but also think it depends on the training. If the training is good, I personally would prefer to be on a team that's competing at a higher level even if my kid wasn't playing a lot and/or the team was losing competitive games. I think you need to play better teams to get better, even if you're losing + you get better playing with better kids.

Winning will matter less and less as they age up especially when they get to high school where it is meaningless. I agree with the previous post that winning is lowest on the list. My son playing against the best competition was kind of the most important for his development which is somewhat myopic

Pay Per View. They are talking about televising the Stealth Vs Winter Soldiers game and charging.

LOL

Winning HS lacrosse games is meaningless? You realize that will be the pinnacle for 93% of your kids right? 7% of HS athletes play college athletics. That’s perhaps the absolute dopiest thing ever written on here.

Must be a S2S parent. They enjoy losing

Playing the right competition (for your child) in the right position is paramount. Most winter trainings are the same between programs. Lower level teams lack parental support for lax and their kids maybe playing other sports. Winning should be in the cards, getting destroyed is counterproductive. If a kid is ready to make a jump to a positive feedback loop that is a AA team is good, if he’s ready. Which means he now will play the right competition AND in the right position.

Only noteworthy thing at the N shore tournament is that Spallina’s 30 team had 30 kids and some are 31s.

some kids play up. way it should be.

Rebels weren't even there most are done with tournaments.

Umm. Talking about club lacrosse here. Wins and losses for club lax at the high school level is just not very important. Most people don’t care and if a kid is trying to get recruited, that’s their main focus. You are probably the parent still yelling wheels at your junior in high school which makes you the dope

Now High School lax (not club) is a whole different story. That stuff is for realzz and much more important

Totally agree with the OP. Club lax wins and losses are meaningless. Look at the the 2024 2025 2026 forums. No one posts about games because no one cares. Except maybe you

Well the Titans parents probably care about Win and losses as they just got beat by seemingly the BBL B team (shore). At some point the kids playing up with 30s may play 31s + Spallina could rock the apple cart—something to pay attention to. Seems like no 32 team has a lock on anything!

Top 5 in Northeast Rebels, BBL Black, Sweet lax, Igloo, 2Way , Fun Fall, look forward to spring/Summer.

How can you not have S2S in the conversation? They beat BBL Black at the NAL.

Spallina could rock the apple cart?? - What does that mean?

No 32 team has a lock??

Isn’t there a ‘31 Spallina? Fun fact: bbl shore (B team) lost to legacy blue devils a few weeks ago in Deleware. So now one could say 91 titans are on par with Blue Devils. In the 30 forums a guy mentioned the table was set for 91 to right the ship this passed weekend. Well that didn’t happen….

91 also lost ANOTHER coach!!!!