Please, the HS plays from Feb to June with 5 summer tournys...clubs are playing year round.
It means more pratice for those of you that still dont get it.
next, if your HS features the stud--which they all do--he is the one that the recruiters come to see. The better than average kid never gets a realistic chance to show his/her talent during school ball.
If you think all those coaches on the sidelines during summer are watching every kid in the summer tourny's you are nuts. Have you been to any of the events? I have, they are watching the 4 kids they are trying to recruit, a kid that wasnt on their radar is wasting his time.
So, drum roll, it is up to the kid and his parents to get the kid noticed. If your HS will not feature your son (remember the state champs at WM are sending like 4 kids to play at college, the rest are not playing at the next level) and one of those kids never set foot on the field until this year and so he got no looks until now. Cornell told him you can come to our school as a walk on.
so, for all but the three or four studs, and we know that on WM there are ten kids (same goes for east and west and sachem and lots of schools) that will be better off playing their summers at a club. Anyone that tells you different is drinking the HS koolaid.
Not every kid can play at top level D-1, but lots of kids can play at second level D-1 and D11 and D111.
Parents need to realize that no one will do this work for your kid except you, not the HS for sure. Club structure is hear to stay because the model works and they provide a helpful service and give more opportunity to shine. it is simple, more practice, more events, more opportunity.
How much playing time can any kid get, even the stud, with 30 kids on a team and a 40 minute game??? Math is math, wake up! | 
