Zone defense at this age serves no purpose other than to win. It does nothing for their development.
True, because they will never play a zone defense as they advance through high school and into college. If they are playing the ball in their zone, communicating and recovering away from the ball, how is this hampering their development.
Clearly a comment from someone who knows nothing about lacrosse.
My 35 years of coaching at the youth, high school and college levels would say otherwise, you are still playing the ball recovering and communicating which are the basics of playing defense. High school coaches could care less what a kid plays at the youth level and college coaches have the same thoughts of a kids high school experience. They are going to take the players and put them in the best position for their program and schemes.
