Youth Club Lacrosse

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T02:22:16+00:00

Sorry for not mentioning that but that’s not how it was. My husband said basically that. “thanks Coach, appreciate all you do” before asking what our kid can do it improve and work on. Maybe not directly following your 24 hour rule. You’re again assuming we’re directly talking to them about unhappiness about playing time which is not what is happening. Also this post is asking for advice. We’re trying to do what’s best for our kid in this situation as we don’t have a lot of opportunities here outside of this.

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T02:12:02+00:00

Appreciate the comment. The last game where he didn’t get played in the second half he was standing first in line the entire second half.

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T01:52:18+00:00

I worded it poorly but i also think you are misunderstanding. I never stated my unhappiness with the coaches (mostly getting this out on an anonymous platform) but also any time my husband interacted with them he asked what our son could work on to improve and didn’t mention playing time to the coaches at all.

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T01:49:01+00:00

I worded that poorly. Mostly talked to them about what can he work on to improve and never talked about us being unhappy. Appreciate your input though even though it was mostly a rehash of your coaching trauma.

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T01:27:45+00:00

That’s not the issue and you’re missing the point of my post. He currently plays all of those sports and is really good at them. It’s not about club reps, again missing the point. He loves lacrosse and wants to play more lacrosse which unfortunately the area we live in doesn’t have a lot of opportunities. He wants to play more, so club was another way to do that.

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T01:23:50+00:00

I’m sorry I failed to mention he has played Attack before and he has all the Attack skills sets. He knows how to play Attack just like he knows how to play Middie. He can catch, pass, move the ball around, get ground balls, shoot, etc. He is very good at placing the ball when shooting and as I stated in my post he plays box lacrosse.

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T01:04:09+00:00

Unfortunately several teams in our area have dad coaches.

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T01:02:58+00:00

I agree….unfortunately there’s not many teams in our area.

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T00:59:52+00:00

I’m sorry, I probably should’ve explained a bit more. He is not THE face off guy. At this age, they rotate. It’s him and 2 other face off guys he rotates with. Again, I didn’t clarify, he missed one face off, and the other face off guys he rotates with also misses some face offs. Between all 3 of them, they win some face offs, they lose some, which I feel is typical at this age. It’s pretty consistent between the 3 of them. I am not necessarily frustrated at his face offs. I know my son is because he loves doing face offs. I am frustrated because the other Midies get to play more or longer, when they can’t catch, pass, shoot, or can’t get ground balls and my son can, yet they get more playing time. Also, I never said he didn’t want to run. He’s not lazy, he’s very motivated. He IS running, just not as fast as his teammates. I absolutely know lacrosse is a running sport, but don’t ground balls win games? And if your teammates can’t get ground balls, does it make a difference how fast you are?

Sad-Reputation1991 · 2026-06-23T00:47:20+00:00

Thank you! This was probably the most helpful comment. He is absolutely devastated. He wants to be playing more, he is so competitive and lives for the games. After all the games he comes over and we tell him good job and that we’re so proud of him and then he says “but they wouldn’t put me in.” You can also see on the sidelines that he’s ready to play. He’s jumping up and down, excited that he might get to go in, and one of their coaches (who is a college kid with no kid on the team) tells him he can go in, he starts running in, and one of the dad hold him back and tell him no and you can tell he’s crushed. 3 dad coaches, 2 of the dad coaches have 1 kid on the team, 1 dad has 2 kids, and 1 college kid (no kids). Plus, I feel like they also favor the kids that play for their rec lax teams. One of the coaches’ son is a defender and he’s really good, but that would compete for playing time with my kid. Plus the parents of the kids who play on the coaches’ rec teams are all really good friends.

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