This is one wacky age group! But mark my word in 2 years there will be YJA and everyone else! All these other teams will be competing at Hofstra for a tee shirt. The best of the best who are serious about playing at the next level will find their way to YJ one way or another.
Originally Posted by Anonymous
This is one wacky age group! But mark my word in 2 years there will be YJA and everyone else! All these other teams will be competing at Hofstra for a tee shirt. The best of the best who are serious about playing at the next level will find their way to YJ one way or another.
Unlikely! The funny thing is that people think being on these mediocre YJ teams are going to get them recruited! Ha
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
This is one wacky age group! But mark my word in 2 years there will be YJA and everyone else! All these other teams will be competing at Hofstra for a tee shirt. The best of the best who are serious about playing at the next level will find their way to YJ one way or another.
Originally Posted by Anonymous
This is one wacky age group! But mark my word in 2 years there will be YJA and everyone else! All these other teams will be competing at Hofstra for a tee shirt. The best of the best who are serious about playing at the next level will find their way to YJ one way or another.
Unlikely! The funny thing is that people think being on these mediocre YJ teams are going to get them recruited! Ha
Maybe the 2023 top YJ team is mediocre, but they will benefit from the club name and will get recruited before all other teams, like all the other top YJ teams. Look at the prime classes being recruited right now, 2020 and 2021. They have more than double the recruits of all the other LI clubs combine. Over the years and every year they are the most highly recruited club in the nation, fact. If you've been in the sport for any length of time you know this, always been that way. So even if the 2023 team is only as good as the other clubs in LI, they still are at a huge advantage over the other clubs. I like the idea of chasing rainbows at other clubs, know many people who have followed that path. Has worked out for some, but most have come to recognize it is a much hard path to recruitment. Good luck whatever path you choose.
Coaches recruit on talent. Good luck with your philosophy. It's not a huge advantage when you are losing every game. The team has a been the laughing stock of the YJ organization and getting worse. Hiding on a bad team is not a good thing, and certainly not a path to recuitment!
I think that what team you are on does play a roll in recruiting at team events. It doesn't make a difference at individual prospect. 1. When a coach sees you at team event and your on a very good team those around you make you look better. If on a weak team but a great player there is only so much you can do without over extending yourself ie. Physically and mentally.
2. When you are at an individual prospect day your play is your play and you can not hide or be hidden.
One other factor is your coaches ability to pick up the phone and call college coaches on your behalf. If there are 2 players that are close in talent and a club coach who has a reputation for producing great players calls a college coach and promotes their players odds are college coaches listen to that club coach.
None of that matters if you're sitting on the bench, which is what many girls on Thorn's team do. Oh, and they are not a very good team in their age group, in case you haven't noticed.
