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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 3148800, member: 780"] This lax clubs/tournament stuff is all about one thing: College Recruitment. Not without some evidence, many believe that lacrosse is their kid's ticket into highly competitive colleges that their kids couldn't get in without the college lacrosse coaches support. And a lot of that has gone on. I have seen kids, who I didn't think could walk and chew gum at the same time get into Ivy league schools and schools like Duke. (The faculty at the high school supported my analysis) But that's a smaller number than the parents think AND more importantly, the game at the high school level has grown so much that the pool of lacrosse talent is now nationwide. SU had kids from California and Florida last year. They used to recruit from West Chester County, Long Island and West Genny high school and win championships. (And that frozen place they found the Powell brothers) In lacrosse, parents would save themselves a lot of time, money and disappointment if they would do a few simple things?" First is get a realistic assessment of how good an athlete the kids is independent of stick skills. I always ask, "Does Johnny play any other sports besides lacrosse?" and "Did you or your wife play a college sport or a high school sport". If the answers to these questions are "No" and "No" this kid may not have quite the athletic talent the old man thinks he does. Colleges won't be fooled quite so easily. Club coaches aren't going to discourage any paying customers. They are going to hold out that golden promise as long as they can an as long as your checks don't bounce. Second, they need to get the NCAA Guide to Recruitment that lays out all the rules. I have talked to parents who did not know the difference between the recruitment rules and scholarships for DI and DIII. The third is to understand the recruiting process from the college's perspective. They are trying to get people to apply, so they can select from among applicants. So there's a lot of encouragement that might not be that sincere. At Division III, because there are no scholarships and no paid campus visits, the idea is to get as many people as they can to apply and enroll by suggesting to everyone that their school's lacrosse team couldn't live without them. The Admissions Office and Financial Office loves them for doing this. [/QUOTE]

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