Originally Posted by Anonymous
Yes you can specialize in Lacrosse and be tough. You do not have to be a two sport athlete to succeed. However, playing football gives you a toughness and commitment leg up on those who play only lacrosse.

Look at some D1 Lacrosse player bios

Duke for example:
- Fowler - football/wrestling
- Duprey - football/hockey
- Lobb - basketball/soccer
- Hipps - football (texas)
- Jones - football/basketball
- Haus - football


Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Skill wise, lacrosse all year has its advantages

Athletically, lacrosse all year is fine (especially supplemented with the right strength and conditioning program)

Mentally, there are toughness attributes that a typical prep school, travel club kid does not have and will not gain on the lacrosse field. This is the differentiating factor for a multisport athlete. Football, Wrestling, Hockey and Basketball offer this (preferred sports in that order)

Football is 95% practice and only 5% games. Mostly pain, limited gain.






How many D1 Top 30 college football, wrestling, hockey and basketball coaches are telling high school recruits that they should be playing other sports?

I sugest that you go check the rosters of the top college programs in the sports that you mention. What percent of the players came out of private / prep high schools? What percent played for a "club" team?

Also, what percent of the top athletes competed only with their town team?


Those kids mentioned above played those other sports because they wanted to and liked them. It is doubtful they played to get better at lax. Further, they are all guys who had the god given athletic gifts. No amount of football made them any better at lax. Its just the opposite of what you're saying. The athletic gift allowed them to play multiple sports at a high level. Playing one sport didn't make them better at the other.