US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2022 Fall 2013/Summer 2014

huh?

While not perfectly worded this is true. The top 2 teams don't really care about the other 3 teams consider to be in the top 5. A periodic loss here or there is meaningless, #1 plays up often to keep their kids challenged and #2 uses all other competition to practice in order to beat #1. I can assure you that at any age the dominant team couldn't care less about the #3,4 or 5 team. And the #2 team just cares about Being #1. Of course everyone likes to win and hates to lose but when you see a 3,4 or 5 team beat a #1 or 2 team it's usually not a changing of the guard, it's more often than not a 1 or 2 team working plays, trying something new, resting kids for a bigger game etc. when was the last time you saw the best team displaced consistently by another in youth lax.

Really... listen to yourself. My son is on a BOTC board "ranked #2" team. And recently lost badly to a BOTC board "ranked #1" team. Parents and coaches upset. Winning team continued on with chest thumping neanderthal activities. While my son was in the car wanting to know if we could stop at Carvel and what time was the Knicks game on. Put that into perspective.

Really... listen to yourself. My son is on a BOTC board "ranked #2" team. And recently lost badly to a BOTC board "ranked #1" team. Parents and coaches upset. Winning team continued on with chest thumping neanderthal activities. While my son was in the car wanting to know if we could stop at Carvel and what time was the Knicks game on. Put that into perspective.

My kid plays on the 3V a team. He's pretty good, I'd say top 5 on his team. The problem is the coaches are dads. They are nice but not that knowledgable. It's okay for the rest of this year, but I want him out next. Any advice on local select teams? We live in stony brook and my boy is a middie. Any help would be nice.

fl$ have a team at this level?

Things can always change, but as of now Smash is the #1 team at the 2022 year. They have a lot of players from all over that do extra training on the side! It is a very competitive team that constantly plays up for more competition! I would have to say at this year Team Igloo would be next followed by Team LI at the A bracket. The other teams at this age group are less competitive and more along the lines of the B bracket.

Says the Smash daddy! comical!

Yes, real comical to say that Smash is No. 1 when they have not lost to a LI 2022 team. That's just so funny! This subject line has become absurd at this point . We all know that Smash is the best team at this age at this point. And yes, I am a Smash daddy. And guess what, I would also say that Igloo is excellent. They are No. 2 because they have yet to beat Smash, but they are very good. After that, 91 United, Team LI, and Express complete the A teams. Outlaws, HDD, etc. are the B teams. Sorry, all of this is pretty much clear at this point.

Yes, real comical to say that Smash is No. 1 when they have not lost to a LI 2022 team. That's just so funny! This subject line has become absurd at this point . We all know that Smash is the best team at this age at this point. And yes, I am a Smash daddy. And guess what, I would also say that Igloo is excellent. They are No. 2 because they have yet to beat Smash, but they are very good. After that, 91 United, Team LI, and Express complete the A teams. Outlaws, HDD, etc. are the B teams. Sorry, all of this is pretty much clear at this point.

Didn't smash get spanked in Maryland? Anyway, here is the funny thing can you image if smash loses a tournament, the parents heads will explode, kids will get punished etc. if igloo or united or express don't win a tournament but have fun and play good ball nico by cares. Have you ever seen the smash parents on sidelines, they are so nervous and anxious. They all pretend to cheer for other kids on the team and secretly they are all so insecure and nervous that they wish the worst for everyone else on their team and the best for their son. When coach yells at a kid the parent of that kid goes nuts, I have seen it, usually pulls him aside after the game and screams at him until he cries. See, the beauty of not being on that team is we can genuinely cheer for our team and genuinely enjoy ourselves and enjoy good competition. Must be fun for smash kids and parents, oh my bad it's not about fun right?

This is an amazing pile of crap. Stick to your own team. If Smash was such a terrible experience for the kids, they wouldn't hang out together as much as they do off the field the turnover would probably be a lot higher than 1-2 kids every year.

And re: Maryland, yes they got 'spanked' by three goals in a tournament final.

Funny when a smash parent gets mad...maybe they hang out together because half the team is from the same town. We have all seen the nervous parents and the miserable kids getting screamed at by the coach and nobody envies you. Every team has 3-5 kids better than your son. Luckily your coach has been winning, b/c when he doesn't you can be sure there will be a squad the next year.

Smash daddy your such a pathetic loser!!!!!!

Just happened upon this. Every team and player does extra
training outside there own. Please stop saying that about smash.
You sound foolish. Every one does it.

Funny when a smash parent gets mad...maybe they hang out together because half the team is from the same town. We have all seen the nervous parents and the miserable kids getting screamed at by the coach and nobody envies you. Every team has 3-5 kids better than your son. Luckily your coach has been winning, b/c when he doesn't you can be sure there will be a squad the next year.

For the love of GOD leave 3v!!! That league s run by townies. They are all dads who put their kids and kids' friends on the teams.
Any kid that is decent leaves. My son plays for 91 and it's the best decision we ever made. Real coaches, not dads who barely played in high school.

All 3 coaches of the top 2022 Team 91 team are dads of kids on that team. Most of the 91 teams at all ages have dad coaches.

I guess your kid plays for smash. There are other coaches who
are just as good of coaches as those. Please don't turn this into an argument.
Go check other websites and google the coaches.
This is probably the same person who brags how the
Smash kids do extra training!! The coaches of smash were
great players and coaches. But so are some of the other organizations.
Stop.

It is somewhat apparet that many 'elite' travel teams cater to a certain town or cluster of towns one way or another and breaking in would be hard for an out of town/non local player even though he/she may be more skilled than a player who has already been on the squad for some time - from reading these posts it seems to be that way - is this a fact or are the teams diversified in regards to player participation and the towns they are from?? It also seems that a lot of these so called 'elite' teams are based on the north shore of Long Island.....why is that?

It is somewhat apparet that many 'elite' travel teams cater to a certain town or cluster of towns one way or another and breaking in would be hard for an out of town/non local player even though he/she may be more skilled than a player who has already been on the squad for some time - from reading these posts it seems to be that way - is this a fact or are the teams diversified in regards to player participation and the towns they are from?? It also seems that a lot of these so called 'elite' teams are based on the north shore of Long Island.....why is that?