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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 4958572, member: 229"]
Every college lacrosse coach I know first question they ask; do they play any other sports?  Shay at Yale has said he prefers to recruit multisport athletes.  IMO, one of the differences is, yes HS coaches encourage 1 sport focus - that's a problem, but outside that pressure, kids are now making those choices on their own because they see a legit opportunity to play in college and get to the league.

All the great athletes I see today still play multiple sports, but THE very BEST players I see on the soccer field, basketball court, baseball or lacrosse field, the best players train at their sport of preference year round.  They are usually the best kids on the field for the sport they focus on.  I don't know any NY kid who trains for football year round.  Not 1.

I'll go down to a sports complex tonight at 4pm and there'll be 4 fields, 3 will be occupied by soccer and 1 lacrosse.  When the lax kids leave the field at 5pm there will be HS girls soccer walking on.  AAU basketball and club hockey is running on weekends now to.  I bet you could not find 1 football thing to do if you tried.  I don't know if I've ever heard of an out of season 1 night a week football clinic/workout.
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