Originally Posted by Anonymous
For recruiting, I do not think anyone does it better than Madlax. It's a brand and part of the sell. He's in tournaments every weekend and seems to seek out solid competition. Now he's worked his way into the NLF group and the college coaches seem to come there to shop.

For playing in college, Blackwolf gets them ready. He seems to avoid competition and make odd (dated?) choices on tournaments to attend. His model assumes that the kids attend private HS so there is an extra boost there.

VLC benefits from the affiliation with the Crabs but they do not seem to go to all of the top-level recruiting events as the Baltimore team does.

In the end, it's about prospect days - particularly with the change in rules. You have to go to the school's camp/clinic so that they can let you know if they are interested.



I have spoken with many college coaches. I think many parents new to the process do not understand that coaches in lacrosse do not have the resources to simply go out and "find" players. They do not attend tournaments to "shop" for players. The primary purpose of a showcase tournament is to watch players they are already interested in and "verify" that they fit the bill. Despite closing any "loop hole" about prospect days, IMHO camps will still be a primary way for coaches to spend time with players. They just cannot formally sell the school. If a kid attends a school camp he is allowed to let the coaches know he is interested. They are allowed to see him up close running the drills they will run if he went to that school. They will then attend the tournaments to watch the player v. competition. At that point I do not think the winning % of the club matters to the coach. However, the team does need to be good enough to play in the higher brackets. If a coach does "spot" another high performing player they may or may not add the player to a watch list. The challenge is that unless the player shows some interest in the school how would the coach know if another player he watched had any interest or could qualify for that school? Too much risk to go after a player not interested with too little resources. They key to all of this is do not let the club take care of this for you. Have your son (not you) take the lead and market himself to the coaches he wants to play for. That is THE best way to get the most out of recruiting.