Ok. Time to clear up some more nonsense.

The reason why there are so many unathletic one-sport lacrosse-only players is because lacrosse is the ONLY youth sport that organizes kids by grade, not calendar age.

It is a way for non-athletic kids to compete at a higher level than they can in other sports that are categorized by age.

Want to see who the true athletes are? Look at who the multisport athletes are.

When these lax-only kids are forced to play other sports with other kids (on age) they can't compete. So you will hear lax-only parents say phrases like, "Jimmy is going to "focus on lacrosse this year" (the only sport where his built-in age/size advantage lies).

That built-in advantage is compounded in lacrosse because stickwork is very often a barrier to access. Fortunately for lax-only kids, many of the best athletes don't see or notice lacrosse until high school when learning how to throw can be sold as "probably too hard for you to learn." Additionally, the better multisport athletes are not REALLY focused on stickwork in the offseason. They are playing football, soccer and basketball etc. instead of "hitting the wall."

Advantage-older, less athletic kids just playing lacrosse. At least through middle school.

The goal with most of these lesser-talented, older athletes is that they "focus on lacrosse early" with stickwork and an extra year of age, coordination and size to their advantage. Once the real athletes enter the equation in high school, it's a different story. And it's why you get so many mad, crazy, irate parents when their son doesn't play like he used to in middle school.

Enough about that. Carry on with your circular conversations.