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.
Politics are everywhere including employment, promotions, sports etc. Players of equal talent you can make the case that favorites play a part. But....on a whole in sports the best players play. No coach is going to sit his/her best players.
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