Just saw the 2020 black roster! I only know a few of the girls but I'm sure it's going to be a good team! So congrats to all the girls and we are looking forward to a great season!
The first year teams at TG seems to attract better and better players each year, it is very competitive and getting much harder to break into on black and even on purple. The club is without a doubt building a very strong base with the quality of the younger teams. The days of starting young to get a foot in the door are now gone with this club. Good luck to all the girls who made it. To all the other girls, keep working hard and have another crack at it next year and good luck to you wherever you decide to play this year.
Give me a break ,you really need a reality check.The first year kids are 8 9 10 years old ,you have no idea what type of player they will develop into.Every club is getting better kids trying out young because kids are staring earlier and the sport is growing.
My experience is you can easily spot talent at this age. Will puberty spring a few kids? yeah, will other athletic kids start later and rise straight to the top? Yes. But I have seen this with all my kids in all the sports they play and it repeats itself over and over with only a few kids as exceptions, so yes you can definitaly spot athelets and talent at this age. Most either have "it" or not. "It" canot be taught or trained, it is inside the kid. If your daughter has been playing on average as long as others her age and your waiting for her to develope into that high level standout, you very well may be dissappointed, but it does happen in a blue moon, good luck.
What a complete tool. Any parent who has any lacrosse knowledge or a descent coach can take a kid who is average athletically and make them into one of the better players in this age group.Over half the kids that make the black team will not be on that team by the time they are in 9 grade.The team a year older has kids who are more athletic and were more advanced at the same age, matter of fact the best 2020 player is on the 2019 probably because the coaches realize that younger group needs a lot of work and she would have no one of equal ability.My experience is that blow hards like you usually have no idea what they are talking about and their kids either burn out or are average at best.
So your rant all started from these points that you feel are not reality:
1) The first year teams are attracting better and better talent each year. >I've been with the club from the start and this is very true, every year the number and talent of the girls at tryouts increases. 2) It is getting more competitive and harder to make the black team each year. >obviously this is true, more and better girls trying out = harder to get roster spot. 3) Club is building strong base at the younger team level. >time will tell on that, but it sure looks like it. 4) The foot in the door by starting young is disappearing. > with more and more kids and talent showing up each year this is also easy to see.
The only thing I can come up with here is that your daughter plays for a TG team and it is not her first year and you are overly competitive and will not accept the thought that the talent coming in could possibly be better than your daughters team. Another good guess from your comments is she plays on 2019, so this reaction does not suprise me because I have read all the thoughts and comment about this team from last year. Its been clearly documented that many of the parent from this team feel this was the best team ever to be put together in the history of travel lacrosse. Even if your daughter is not on that team, the general point that has you rattled is that TG is attracting more and better talent each year, well its not a personal jab at your daughter and her team, its a blanket statement that if you took a poll from people who have been involved with the club for several years, you would find most everyone would agree.
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