My son is in the 5th grade, we are in a northern Westchester "hot bed" for lacrosse. I've been told by 3 or 4 different parents that my son "has to play for XYZ summer club or he'll never play in HS because the Varsity coach runs the club". I have refused to be pressured into registering him for the team in spite of being invited by the program director. He plays for a summer program that has no connection to our HS program and everyone knows this HS associated club is far inferior to the one he plays on now.
What is a parent to do? My son loves playing for this other club, has many friends on the team and is being coached by a few highly qualified coaches.
If your good you play.....period.
I have posted thi sbefore, but if you think there are no politics involved in youth sports, you are naive. There are politics involved in mulit-million dollar pro sports, so it easily happens at every level below it.
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