I agree 100 percent. Most teams charge thousands of dollars and only give 8-14 practices and 5 tournaments. Many kids sit on the bench. My question is how does a kid get better with limited practice in the spring and summer and nothing or very little in the fall and winter? I know igloo has practice all year which is great but they have parent coaches. Paying thousands of dollars and not practicing all yea or with parent coaches works great for the club's profit but not too good for the kids.
Originally Posted by Anonymous
My son is a good lacrosse player, never played travel. All parents please help me here, why would I shell out $3,000+ (including travel) to join LI Express, Igloo or 91s B team? From what I read here manhasset has a town team better than all of those teams and team LI may be better also. So these teams are some combination of ranked 4-6 on LI. Seems smash is number 1, with nobody even close. Seems like a huge waste of money just so parents can say their kids are with a "top" organization. For half the price my son can get equal training, less pressure and more play time which equals more fun. Am I missing something?
