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| Summer 2012 FCA boys and girl club teams. The majority of coaching staff are volunteers like me who know the game . |
A parent in a local
youth program asked a question via email that I thought made for an informative
post. Earlier this summer his child who is going into 4th grade went
to a lacrosse camp that a local club team program ran and he enjoyed the
experience. The club team is part of full time lacrosse business by the same
name that includes for profit teams, tournaments, camps, and a retail store. The
child his excited to play this fall and as a result the parents are considering
signing the child up for the club team that ran the camp. But before doing so
the parent wanted advice on how to select a club program. As the parent states,
the “main priority is finding a program that is fun and will allow” his child
to play with friends in their community as much as possible. He ends his email
with “any insights and advice would be much appreciated.” I responded, I encourage my
son to enjoy many different sports. He can specialize in college should he have
that option. He has the stick in his hand most of the year because he's a
fanatic. But he's now the same way about hockey. It's much the pattern that I
had and I didn't start playing lacrosse until 8th grade. I didn't
experience burnout until the end of my college career—and perhaps it was
frustration after losing in the championship game for the second season in a row
to Hopkins and because I felt lacrosse had become too high a priority in my
life and I needed to gain some balance. Below
are links to what I've said about this and related topics. More to come.
My Earliest Exposure to
Lacrosse: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=elliot
Lacrosse in My Home Town of Croton on Hudson and Boarding and Yorktown: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/2010/01/be-steve-mabus-in-your-lacrosse-world.html
My Take On Youth Lacrosse Clubs:
http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/2012/05/club-team-lacrosse-and-tournament-scene.html
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