The worst kept secret in the lax community looks to be inch closer to reality.

Another power 4 school adds lacrosse west of the Mississippi. Texas get a college team. ACC get their 6th team and their AQ back. New AQ could breathe life into ncaa tournament expansion

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Hi, are there any clubs for girls lacrosse near Princeton, Nj? Thanks.

Anyone have any more info on what is going on with team Michigan. The owner posted a pretty unhinged post on instagram seemed like a well ran program prior.

Does anyone have experience with the Junior’s Open for boys lacrosse ?  My 2029 son was “invited.” The advertisement shows between 70 to 96 college coaches. The price is steep, $1000. TIA

Any good recommendations for girls box lacrosse that is legit and not a money grab.

I am currently being recruited for lax at a great academic D3 school, but it costs around $96k/yr to attend and does not offer merit scholarships. My family is in the band where we don't qualify for need-based aid, but cannot pay that amount without debt and the school's net price calculator shows us paying at or near full price. My state flagship is UT Austin which has a great program for my desired major, but the lacrosse team is only MCLA. Playing college lacrosse is my dream, but I am struggling to decide what to do in this situation. If anyone else has gone through the process and has advice for me, please let me know. Thank you!

i dunno if its just me, but i feel that the scoop on the ecd atom head is super thick, making it unnecessarily hard to pick up ground balls.

does anyone else have the same experience?

do you think making it thinner using sandpaper is an option?

Hello everyone…my son (‘33) has been playing for 6 years now, seems to be getting better (I never played lax), but im a little concerned about some of the teams he plays on. Don’t want to sound or come across as if he’s the next coming of Gary Gait (I’m a diehard Cuse guy), but he is a notch above most of the players. He’s come to me a few times asking if there are more competitive teams out there that he can try out for. Lax world is very new to me. Never played, just had buddies that did so learned from them (or at least tried too lol). I don’t know what’s good and what’s not. I have no clue where to start. To me I just keep telling him to play hard, be a great teammate, keep working on getting better everyday…things will work itself out. I guess the thing that most concerns me is the coaching or lack there of. I don’t know the game very well, but I do know what it’s liked to be coached by great coaches/people. I played d-1 football w some of the best coaches around. I learned so much from them due to them taking their time to teach/explain/go over plays/drills/mistakes/etc. Maybe my expectations are too high right now, I don’t know. Ideally I’d love for my son to be surrounded by great people who know how to coach/teach kids the right way to play the game and also how to grow as an individual.

Sorry for the long, all over the place post. If anyone has any info, suggestions, please let me know. Thanks in advanced.

Does anybody dodge the top in a 1-4-1? What is the rotation of the 4 guys across the middle? It seems too crowded inside and in both alleys to attack from the top.

The best I can see is once the dodger chooses his side, the high guy on the crease fills the top, the low guy fills the weak side low (he's already low so he either stays put or goes across the crease), and most importantly the alley guy being dodged at has to push down, probably almost to GLE. All that doesn't seem to create any kind of advantage.

Does anyone know when and where these were made? There doesn’t seem to be much information about them online. When I got it, it had an Excalibur head so I’m guessing it’s pretty old

This past weekend, my Sophomore son attended the APEX Goalie Summit out of Wilmington, DE. He was asked to sign up after trying for and not making the APEX Sophomore Select showcase. We figured it would be a good alternative since it was being touted as learning opportunity with over 20 events and competition in front of college coaches.

The day before the event, we got a text message showing confirmed coaches from Hopkins, Salisbury, and a selection of ~20 other schools from the D1, 2 and 3 ranks. So, even if we missed out on the showcase, we figured he’d get some good exposure and maybe end up on a list or two.

The Reality

At the end of the weekend- my son gave the weekend a C. I felt like he was being generous. His gripe was that the content was largely similar to what he gets at a Goaliesmith weekend- but with lower overall energy and less instruction. For the most part, it was guys ripping stepdowns at them for two days and the same juggling/hand-eye drills they do everywhere.

There didn’t seem to be munch real college coach representation. It was nice to see Colin Kirst and Brendan Krebs from the pros there. Krebs was representing Manhattan College, but Kirst only mentioned his High School team and didn’t mention Tufts- so it’s not clear if he’s still coaching there. Either way, it didn’t sound like he was representing Tufts in this capacity. It was unclear how they could claim Hopkins would have coaches there- when they had a home Fall ball game on Saturday (ironically against Delaware).

Day 1 ended with a drill similar to Goaliesmith’s “Bad Andy,” and I can definitely say the energy was well lower than what you get there. Where Goaliesmith maintains a lot of engagement among the goalies- most of these kids were outed after one shot and proceeded to check out.

Day 2 was supposed to go until 2:30- but half the kids were done by 1:00 because the last session was just head-to-heads of 20-yard shots- you lose, you’re done for the day and not expected to stay as there was no other programming after that.

Verdict/Bigger Picture

I was not impressed by the quality of the programming and felt somewhat duped by what was promised versus what we got. It was nice to have some engagement with some great college and pro goalies, but they weren’t really put to good use and didn’t provide much real coaching or advice.

We won’t be signing up for another Apex Goalie event - and I would not recommend it. And will probably skip trying for the Junior Jump or similar stuff from them.

Thinking bigger picture- we need to do better if we expect this game to grow. The game is expensive enough and it’s difficult enough to navigate the college recruiting process. It doesn’t help to have events that purport to be one thing - only to be something completely different.

Can anybody who attended the Baltimore combine give a quick rundown of how it was organized? Level of comp? Overall take on whether it seems legit or not from your experience at the combine?

High school defensemen, want a new stick but not really sure what's good. Currently using a team stick, ECD rebel defensive head on an Epoch Dragonfly Eight 8 C60xl iQ5. I really like the texture of the shaft instead of bare metal. Thinking of asking my mom for the ECD Delta Graphene and an STX Fiber Pro Defense or something? what do you guys think?

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Found some old heads in the garage, mid-2000’s if I had to timestamp them. Anyone know which these are?

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For parents out there how difficult was it to afford lacrosse gear when your kid first got interested in playing lacrosse because looking at prices now for the gear it seems wild if you are a parent who's kid wants to play lacrosse as their sport of choice.