Qusetion for FOGO players/parents: I am assuming everyone will be playing with college rules. After watching college Lax, I am concerned especially with the officiating and the cheating I see. This rule change has destroyed the position and made it more about who can cheat and get away with it. So many kids going early and not being called. In the games I watch you can see kids going against each other twice in conference play with totally different outcomes. There are also Good fogos who play no competition like Lehigh and Hofstra who look like superstars where kids in the BIG ten who would probably be ahead are mostly tied except for Rutgers who stink at face offs. ACC is up and down as well, looking to see what happens Thursday with Duke /ND after the lopsided result last week. Think it will be different this time. It's vey hard to figure out. Any advice?
This is exactly what u want, minus the cheating of course. On any given day, the result will be different. More ground balls, less tie ups, etc ... This is what they wanted and for the most part succeeding. I was against the change but it has grown on me. As for the good kids at smaller schools. This is in any sport and I am not sure what u are saying. In the NCAA basketball there are studs averaging 20 plus points a game where if the played for UNC or Duke would average 10 or 12 or less.
Also unless I am mistaken, one of the reasons for the leaning (or cheating as u put it) as it is presently constructed is because of COVID. Before anyone thinks I am nuts, what I mean is, they ball is placed down first and the refs spend less time adjusting the heads of the sticks. I believe this is a temporary issue and will be fixed moving forward because the sticks will be down AND then the ball is placed. I believe the refs were told to do this to get out of the space bc of COVID concerns. The bottom line is I love the faceoff and hope it stays a part of the game forever. BTW, I am not the parent of a faceoff kid but a long stick defender and the ground balls has made the game more fun. As for advice - train more, get faster and stronger.
