Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
New to board: welcome to high school lacrosse 2022 dads, your high school coach won't care what your opinion is (even if you're right). College recruiters care even less. Best to sit quietly on the sidelines (it took me a while to learn this) and cheer positively. Don't complain about refs (that's really hard sometimes) or your club coaches. Spend your time making sure your son gets good grades and reaches his potential on his standardized tests. Complaining about holdbacks or genetic shortcomings is a loser's game. Life's unfair, deal with it. Don't let the college recruiting process get to you. Have your son enjoy his high school experience and do all sorts of extracurriculars if he's so inclined. Don't do prospect camps: they're a giant rip off. Play for a good club team and be the best player you can be (work with a position coach, lift, run, watch film) if you want to go D1. If you're good enough the colleges will find you. Trust the process and don't succumb to the noise.

I like what you just wrote. But I would like to hear more about your thoughts on Prospect days. What if a coach asks you to come to his schools prospect day after seeing you play at a tournament or on Video? What if you have two or three schools that your son has as his "Dream Schools" I would agree its not a good idea to think you will get a spot on UVA or JHU at there prospect days. But if you are a D2 or D3 level player I would suggest prospect days at schools you really want to go to.


Coaches ask you to come to prospect days to pay their assistants.Period. If you want your son to receive an offer, play really well in several well attended tournaments and have his high school and club coach, let it slip (only if its true) to your target schools that he's being pursued by a number of top notch programs (D1, D2 or D3). Have your son prepare well for his coach's interview: teenagers often bomb these if unprepared. Having dream schools is fine: don't get caught up in going to one. The odds are slim unless you're an elite player/a superstar as a sophomore in high school. Use lacrosse to get into a school you want to attend first, play for second. Focus on the majors of the upperclassmen. Does the team reflect who your son wants to be when he grows up?


I hear you but I fine it really hard to believe that if a school has reached out to you and said they think you could be a fit. How would this $150 paid to this school for your son to see the coaches coach and see the school hurt his chances of playing for this school. I agree 100% that you should not go to a prospect day blind with no talks with the coaches before hand. But the two prospect days my son has attend so far have really helped him lock into what he wants lacrosse wise and somewhat school wise.