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Maybe you should have made better business decisions in your life and you could be one of the parents with money. I am so sick and tired of parents complaining about people that have very successful careers and make a large income. I for one am not ashamed of having money. Money buys a better life, influences people, and I am able to provide my daughter with the best coaching, private lax trainers, and private speed and agility trainers. I for one teach my children that having money is a good thing. Nothing in life is handed to you. You must go out and take it.

Maybe you should have made better business decisions in your life and you could be one of the parents with money. I am so sick and tired of parents complaining about people that have very successful careers and make a large income. I for one am not ashamed of having money. Money buys a better life, influences people, and I am able to provide my daughter with the best coaching, private lax trainers, and private speed and agility trainers. I for one teach my children that having money is a good thing. Nothing in life is handed to you. You must go out and take it.

Then you should have been involved instead of letting it happen then complain. At least she did something.

You are correct, and lacrosse is a money sport. People think because we are in a big district we dominate in lacrosse, but that is not the case, because we are not an upper class district. A lot of the B & C class towns have money, and when we scrimmage them, we get killed. Their parents can afford the best camps, clinics, travel, privates, speed and agility training. Money can buy skill in this sport.

I disagree that money can buy skill. My daughter has played on a travel team with a girl for the past 4 years. Her parents are VERY well off and she is fortunate to have a private trainer for just about everything. 4 years later she is still slow, uncoordinated and has terrible stick skills. Money can buy opportunities but it can't always buy skill.

I disagree that money can buy skill. My daughter has played on a travel team with a girl for the past 4 years. Her parents are VERY well off and she is fortunate to have a private trainer for just about everything. 4 years later she is still slow, uncoordinated and has terrible stick skills. Money can buy opportunities but it can't always buy skill.

I disagree that money can buy skill. My daughter has played on a travel team with a girl for the past 4 years. Her parents are VERY well off and she is fortunate to have a private trainer for just about everything. 4 years later she is still slow, uncoordinated and has terrible stick skills. Money can buy opportunities but it can't always buy skill.

In our program the Booster club is only there to assist the head coach with his plan for the season. Booster Club President and assistant plan fundraising and social events only. All team related issues are between the coach and the players. Btw the booster club people are hand picked by the coach. This keeps the butt kissers away.

Our coach hand selects her "helpers" who all happen to play for her club program. How our AD and school let her get away with her clear conflicts of interest is simply amazing.

In our program the Booster club is only there to assist the head coach with his plan for the season. Booster Club President and assistant plan fundraising and social events only. All team related issues are between the coach and the players. Btw the booster club people are hand picked by the coach. This keeps the butt kissers away.

Our coach welcomes the butt kissers, and definitely favors those who belong to her travel program.

What town? Any guesses?

Just got me email about selling cookie dough with the threat that if we don't sell she is telling the coach on us

Yes, I agree, money doesn't work in all cases, but if the girl has some athletic ability she will get better with all the extras, these are the girls we see standing out at the high school level.

There are many attributes that great players possess. Good players will do well in several categories, very good players in most categories and great players in all categories. This is a rare player, you might see a player or two on the blue or black team and that's it. Even on these elite top teams most of the players are far from a complete player in all these categories. The first three categories players can work on and improve, the rest you have to be born with.

1) SKILLS- cradling, left, right, shooting, dodging, rides, slides, checking, draws, boxing, transition etc.....

2) CONDITIONING- strength and cardio.

3) Lax IQ- This goes beyond knowing the rules, gamemenship and team philosophy. There are a million do's and don'ts that only seem mastered by college players.

4) SPEED- and know how and when to use it.

5) AGILITY - The ability to change direction on a dime and leave a defender in the dust. The hand speed to check that ball out and catch it before it hits the ground. The ability to constantly put your body in the way of an attacker turn after turn. Agility may be the most important attribute a player can have.

6) Athleticism - Could have left this one off as it is just basically a term we use to define a player with the above attributes.

7) Field Awareness - Not just being aware but acting on it and taking advantage of it, making the right decision every time so the player must be unselfish which rules out about 80% of players right off the bat.

8) Aggressiveness/hustle - Please do not mistake this for go to goal disease. It pertains to aggressiveness on all around field play.

The scary part of this is it will be lost on most parents out there, with the parent goggles on.

Just got me email about selling cookie dough with the threat that if we don't sell she is telling the coach on us

I like it. This is a good list. I very much agree with #7. The great players have great game sense and not just tunnel vision, and not just passing to their friend.

It's always the travel parents with their fingerprints on the booster clubs. We just want to play school lacrosse and not write the $4,000 check you do every summer. How come other school sports do fine without all this meddling? We play school sports to get away from your politics...

and what credentials do you have to post a list and/or like or agree with it?

It's always the travel parents with their fingerprints on the booster clubs. We just want to play school lacrosse and not write the $4,000 check you do every summer. How come other school sports do fine without all this meddling? We play school sports to get away from your politics...

Our coach has made it very clear that if you don't play travel for her program then you have a problem.

It shouldn't be any clearer for you. Call your AD and make a complaint.

You whiners make me sick!

You whiners make me sick!

Same as anybody else with eyes, a brain, and experience.

Not a whiner. Just a parent of a great kid who also happens to be a great player (D1commit) who is sick and tired of the politics.

and what credentials do you have to post a list and/or like or agree with it?

The points of the list are dead on, what does it matter if it came from a veteran D1 head coach or Suzie's mom from the PAL team. Perhaps you could expand the list or fine tune it but you really can't take anything off of it or argue any of the points are wrong or unimportant. Sorry if your daughter doesn't show well on the list, put your goggles back on, life is alot easier to accept when you are ignorant and oblivious.

Very touching. Who cares. If you can't take the heat get out.
Otherwise what do you whiners propose?
Do you want NO involvement from anyone other than coaches?
Because your weak and can't seem to handle HS sports maybe you should find another hobby. Maybe bingo will work. Oh wait....who's gonna call the numbers and handle the markers and cards and money.....POLITICS IN BINGO TO....WAHHH

Nobody cares that you play on the "A" summer travel team or that your daughter committed in 3rd grade. Save your BS for summers and leave school ball alone.