Originally Posted by Anonymous
If you think they are developing kids at 14 years old then there is a problem. Most kids at that age are where they need to be. What travel A team is still developing kids at this stage of the game? Doesn't say much for the organization that they are developing kids and are an A team. The kid that left went to 91 because he was looking to go ivy league or to a top D1 school. He has geeat academic skills as well as lax skills. Great athlete and hard worker. Don't let them make you think they developed him. His parents wanted to get him to go to top recruiting tournaments. Trust me not many kids going to D1 schools with the complete package. He's one.


If you think college lacrosse players are not developing every day you are wrong. They work incredibly hard and develop and refine their skill set. High school players do as well. To say a pubescent 14 year old is fully developed as an athlete is an uneducated and frankly moronic statement. It shows your lack of knowledge regarding the sport and your misguided skill set as a parent of an athlete.

Athletes of all levels, be it 14 year olds, 18 year olds, 21 year olds, or professional athletes are always improving and growing as players if they are committed to their sport and respect the knowledge that they can always improve and always get better. It is those athletes who do not think they need to or they can improve who do not.

So do your child a favor and tell him in all areas of his life, he should work hard and strive to get to the next level, both on and off the field, and you'll have a superstar on your hands, and I don't mean just as an athlete, I mean the whole package.