My daughter will be playing in the tournament this Saturday for TG, but truthfully this is our last year of travel lacrosse. I'm finding it to be a complete waste of time. Instead of blowing 3K per year on travel lacrosse we're switching gears and I'm going to blow that money on SAT tutoring and pro college planning. She wants medicine, is carrying a 4.4 GPA, and I'm going to do everything I can to get her into an honors program with a combined MD/BS. We'll still play school ball but it's just for fun going forward. If anything, back of the cage has demonstrated how insane this all is. Enjoy the tournament.
Bravo, and I commend you for this post! The whole club/travel lacrosse stuff is exhausting and aggravating. My child is older and we did the whole thing.
Unfortunately or fortunately , the whole reason people go down the travel lacrosse rabbit hole is all the doors that can be opened to colleges that may not have otherwise? Even with the highest grades. We’ve seen it multiple times where a lacrosse player gets a door opened to the top schools and without lacrosse it would have NEVER happened!
It sounds like your daughter is very smart and you have your priorities straight. Good luck to you and her in realizing all her goals. I don’t blame you for exiting the club lacrosse world! It can be very bad for yours and her mental health! Best of Luck!
