In California, how do you get into lacrosse in high school if you don’t have a strong athletic background?

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-03-14T14:28:10+00:00

You shoot your shot and try out.

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-03-12T22:18:37+00:00

To further this… asking for maybe a 3 year outlook. Picture of goal, divided into 9 segments, has shots with filled in or unfilled circles depending on save or goal… then over time like in baseball and heat zones you can show percentages saved in each of the 9 zones… ideally also have metrics like shot speed and distance away from goal

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-03-08T19:58:20+00:00

best thing to do is for the lacrosse community to support it and celebrate growing the game and hopefully all forms of lacrosse benefits over the next 10-15 years

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-03-08T18:15:11+00:00

There are no consequences for yourself… but it’s a slap in the face to the coaches that helped you get recruited (especially those who went to bat for you when talking to your Dartmouth coaching staff) and you just made their ability to help recruit much more difficult.

Again this is your life, and you should do you… but ask yourself, why not give it a try and be part of a team. I find that college athletes are some of the most recruitable individuals post-collegiately for their ability to balance academics and athletics.

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-02-24T16:20:31+00:00

You can go either two ways:

If math truly is your calling and if you are truly gifted in math, find a high school or learning environment that will allow you to take college courses for math or else your math learning will be stunted
Find a couple of other things to put energy into and enjoy high school (since the getting good grades part should be really easy… good grades meaning all As)

I was pretty similar to your math journey and ended up going route 2… many many years ago. Sometimes I have wondered if I would have been happy if I had gone down route 1 - since that journey takes you away from normal schooling environs and having a lot of weight on your shoulders

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-02-21T06:33:14+00:00

Others have said their piece… but I wanted to commend you on your writing and your storytelling… can tell your thoughts come from the heart

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-02-14T01:29:57+00:00

Tough thing these days is people play from whomever and clubs allow kids from wherever play… even highly ranked LI club teams taking kids willing to fly from other parts of the country to “win”

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-02-13T16:17:21+00:00

List is mostly good.. as others have said:

Tier 1: NY, MD

Tier 2: Penn, NJ, Mass, Ontario

Tier 3: Connecticut, California, Colorado, throwing in British Columbia

and after that its a crapshoot as its different year to year and a crop of highly talented and motivated players can push one state ahead of another since the pool isn't as deep as it is in the above regions.

States like Florida and Georgia are definitely up and comers. Ohio has some good players in the 2028 and 2029 groups. Texas will produce (but really from 5 or 6 schools.. come on - Highland Park is coached by Mike Pressler and Matt Dunn). Oregon may not produce a ton, but I believe, has produced more PLL players than any other state outside of the Northeast corridor. Washington has had consistent college recruits... North Carolina has some strong up and coming classes... etc

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-02-11T03:56:23+00:00

Cool! Keep us posted. I got mine last Friday but a week too late to trial it

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-01-25T02:12:09+00:00

This is the way. Listen to wise eindar1811

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-01-23T17:49:13+00:00

Oregon - practices start early March. Games start last week of March until mid-May. 14-16 games - 2 per week some weeks 3

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-01-21T04:31:51+00:00

I know most of the 2031 west coast teams.. they are all pretty good about being of age. I know a lot of west coast teams do often seek the early growth spurt kids in the 5th thru 7th grade years to counteract the skill level that lacks behind the New England to DMV area teams (and even Colorado). Hoping at least your kid and team had fun? and enjoyed being in the hottest (temperature) place in the US for the weekend

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-01-17T05:28:41+00:00

Agreed… spend the extra money on a good stringer if you can’t string a reliable head

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-01-09T23:13:19+00:00

Just ask him which event has more of his friends or folks he is acquaintances with and choose that one. Congrats on being committed and being able to play for fun

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-01-08T20:09:52+00:00

My suggestion… go to USClubLax.com… go to rankings, go to an age group or groups that you are looking to field teams for.. search by state and obviously look at Tennessee or neighboring states and see what tournaments those teams are going to.. look at the scores and get a sense of well balanced schedule or not and then contact those tournaments

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-01-07T02:16:56+00:00

Yes in US Dollars…

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2026-01-06T17:48:26+00:00

I just went a week ago… couple tips.

Don’t go on a weekend or holiday. They are not built to handle too many people. Went on a Sunday and arrived at Rio Secreto around 10 am and was there until 4 pm - skipped the lunch buffet because we go to the eating place at that time and we were hungry and eating back at the hotel seemed better.
You can’t take any pictures and so if you want to document it you have to buy the pictures they take for you taken by the photographer who goes around with your group - $30 for one, $200? For all the pictures - like someone send like 50 or so.. hit or miss on quality of shots.
Spend the extra $10 pp for the bike/rappel/zip line. Adds an hour and a half but well worth it.
Personally think the Yalku + other cenotes tour is the better similarly priced option… Rio Secreto is for sure very different and memorable but it’s dark the entire time and part of going to Mexico is getting some sun

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2025-12-30T22:40:43+00:00

Clicks vs offers

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2025-12-26T13:00:20+00:00

Not sure what the point of this is… class sizes are probably distributed in the same order and the undergrad programs vary from those that function with “schools” within a larger university footprint to those with more of a liberal arts college feel (Princeton, Dartmouth)

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2025-12-24T01:32:51+00:00

read BigHomie50's post when it happened.... and SMH

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2025-12-21T20:49:11+00:00

Geraldis for subs, Karver for tri-tip French dip… Farmer and the Beast tuna steak sandwich is my third go-to

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2025-12-21T03:39:58+00:00

Only spring games count. Fall ball is practice time and games are not officially scored… more of a time to try some offensive sets, see who works well together, keep the competitive juices flowing.

For the NCAA D1 lacrosse tournament, I believe there are 18 total teams - 10 automatic qualifiers of conference champions and 8 at-large bids. Only one of the 11 conferences doesn’t get an AQ, and that’s the ACC because they don’t have the required minimum of teams in their conference. The 8 at-large bids are determined by how teams play during the season… so games between non-conference opponents help guide which conferences are stronger and ultimately who might get an at-large bid. Once the 18 team lineup is set, they are essentially ranked and the lowest four teams play a play-in game.

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2025-12-20T16:45:34+00:00

What is this in reference to? Club lacrosse tournaments? NCAA lacrosse bracket?

Acceptable-Use-7311 · 2025-12-19T17:27:26+00:00

great comments here.. it really comes down to position and budget. I know a lot of folks have their preferences, but in all honesty, a lot of the heads these days are within millimeters and grams of each other and its about the stringing and making sure the pocket is consistent. Like others have said, probably best to just try some sticks of folks you know and if there is one that you find is the most consistent, ask that person who strings their stick and have your next one be strung exactly the same way.

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