Originally Posted by Anonymous
They are looking for athletes. Not the first time I have heard this. Many college teams would rather take a kid with more athletic ability then a kid with less but better stick skills. They figure they can coach him up and at the end of the day his physical talent will be too much for the guy with good stick skills but a ceiling. This always upsets parents whose kids have put in a ton of time and developed skills, that a kid who did not put in as much time simply gets taken because he is bigger and faster sends them off the cliff,
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Not looking for polished lacrosse players? So what are they looking for in ninth graders? Those that shave their peach fuzz?


There is no checklist of things that they are looking for. It takes about a minute to decide, if that. It's not a process that can easily be put on paper or described - a top flight prospect is like porn, you know it when you see it.