Kyle, I've admired your work for a while, and finally became a paying subscriber this morning. This article struck a chord with me (in the best way).
My son fell in love with lacrosse after losing interest in baseball in 6th grade. We also live in one of those forgotten areas of NH (Keene) and I was one of those Dad's with little lacrosse knowledge helping out his 14U team this year! Luckily his head coach was a former D1 lax player at UVM, so he's getting great instruction between that and his club team.
I would say there is a great need for #1 and #4. My son is a 2028 but has dreams of playing college lacrosse so #1 would be great for a kid like him (and his parents) that are new to this landscape.
Another thing I think would be extremely beneficial is some basic outlining of the club options in NH/VT/Maine - especially for those that are newish to the sport and not "elite." When my son started to like lax and wanted to up his game I didn't know where to begin. As you know there's nothing within an hour's drive from us in any direction. He played one year with the NE Oaks, now plays for the NH Tomahawks and had a great experience with both.
Sorry for the novel, but just wanted to let you know I appreciate your work and love of this sport!
Matt, thank you so much. I appreciate you doing that.
I would be happy to do a full club breakdown for you or anyone else. In the meantime, here is a great state-by-state resource for clubs: https://www.usclublax.com/clubs
Please let me know if I can help you with any specific questions.
Having gone through the process (with a son just finished D2 as a thoroughly enjoyable experience) I’ve always said there is a definite need for this type of consultation that you are proposing (even more for International players i.e. Canada). Good luck. Let me when your hiring. :)
I like 1 & 4. I see a strong need for both. The others are good ideas, but maybe less needed or important? I am in Vermont and we also struggle with how to best educate newer coaches. And having coached for 30+ years I am also constantly reminding kids that D2 & D3 might be a better fit, especially if they want to play and contribute. Anyone can probably be the 7th or 8th attackman on a mid- to low-ranked D1 team. But wouldn't you rather be a real contributor somewhere else? Not to mention that you also get to be a real student the other half of the year and maybe study abroad.
Love ideas 1 & 4, but especially #1!
Kyle, I've admired your work for a while, and finally became a paying subscriber this morning. This article struck a chord with me (in the best way).
My son fell in love with lacrosse after losing interest in baseball in 6th grade. We also live in one of those forgotten areas of NH (Keene) and I was one of those Dad's with little lacrosse knowledge helping out his 14U team this year! Luckily his head coach was a former D1 lax player at UVM, so he's getting great instruction between that and his club team.
I would say there is a great need for #1 and #4. My son is a 2028 but has dreams of playing college lacrosse so #1 would be great for a kid like him (and his parents) that are new to this landscape.
Another thing I think would be extremely beneficial is some basic outlining of the club options in NH/VT/Maine - especially for those that are newish to the sport and not "elite." When my son started to like lax and wanted to up his game I didn't know where to begin. As you know there's nothing within an hour's drive from us in any direction. He played one year with the NE Oaks, now plays for the NH Tomahawks and had a great experience with both.
Sorry for the novel, but just wanted to let you know I appreciate your work and love of this sport!
Matt, thank you so much. I appreciate you doing that.
I would be happy to do a full club breakdown for you or anyone else. In the meantime, here is a great state-by-state resource for clubs: https://www.usclublax.com/clubs
Please let me know if I can help you with any specific questions.
would love to see some of 4.
Having gone through the process (with a son just finished D2 as a thoroughly enjoyable experience) I’ve always said there is a definite need for this type of consultation that you are proposing (even more for International players i.e. Canada). Good luck. Let me when your hiring. :)
I like 1 & 4. I see a strong need for both. The others are good ideas, but maybe less needed or important? I am in Vermont and we also struggle with how to best educate newer coaches. And having coached for 30+ years I am also constantly reminding kids that D2 & D3 might be a better fit, especially if they want to play and contribute. Anyone can probably be the 7th or 8th attackman on a mid- to low-ranked D1 team. But wouldn't you rather be a real contributor somewhere else? Not to mention that you also get to be a real student the other half of the year and maybe study abroad.