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| Bravemom |
Posted - 07/05/2016 : 12:44:56
So, this is the time of year we start looking for a fall sport. Son is considering trying lacrosse, the fasted sport on two feet, lol!
I have heard golf and tennis are not good fall sports because it can mess with their swing...anyone out there have experience with lacrosse? It looks to me like it would not mess with their swing, but I guess I never would have thought tennis did...
Thanks! |
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| KeithB |
Posted - 07/22/2016 : 23:11:36
Oh yeah, it didn't mess up his swing.
http://www.scholarshipstats.com/varsityodds.html |
| KeithB |
Posted - 07/22/2016 : 22:57:25
My son plays lacrosse in the Fall. He is a good athlete, and could play football if I let him, but I won't at this point (plays flag). I have him playing lacrosse in the event he decides to stop playing baseball at some point, and he enjoys it. Lacrosse is a spring sport like baseball, so you don't have a lot of baseball players playing in the fall, unless they've made the switch (several up here have). Football players that don't play baseball often play lacrosse in the spring. Lacrosse also helps get my son get ready for basketball since a lot of the concepts are the same. Try it. If you are concerned about equipment cost, go to a Play it Again. Coaches can usually rustle up extra equipment as well. |
| CaCO3Girl |
Posted - 07/12/2016 : 14:59:02
I still maintain that natural growth messes up a kids swing, therefore, let them play what they want to play. |
| aj94 |
Posted - 07/09/2016 : 18:37:58
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Originally posted by redsox23
Does Jim Brown count as a "stud"? He was a Lacrosse All American at Syracuse and bought an MLL franchise in New York. He is quoted as saying it was his "favorite" sport.
Obviously he made the right choice to play football...and I didn't say there are never any studs that played lacrosse in history, I said the best studs play football in the fall and not lacrosse.
This talk about how hard and tough it is to play lacrosse, no that's how it is to play football. |
| aj94 |
Posted - 07/09/2016 : 18:31:26
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Originally posted by Renegade44
I'm thinking some baseball players may be good at lacrosse. It looks like organized beat the heck out of each other with a stick to me? Can I bring a bat and just take out some frustration from that last strikeout?
LMAO |
| Bravemom |
Posted - 07/09/2016 : 16:30:05
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Originally posted by Kory
I literally can't take it any more. So many parents talking about "development". Like letting a kid try another sport will hurt their chances at going pro or earning a scholarship. Gimme a break. Let the kid play what they want to play. If a kid wants to grow his hair out, wear funny looking shorts, and whack another kid with a stick, let him/her. The only sport that you should absolutely not force a kid to play is football. They will get hurt if they don't want to be there. But, if a kid wants to play soccer, try archery, whatever, let them. They are kids, let their interests lead them. I see so many parents (many of whom never even played sports) forcing their kids to fit into some impossible mold of what they think an athlete should be.
As long as your child is active, be happy. As long as they are involved in activities outside of school and home, be happy. A stud will be a stud no matter what. There is not much you can do about it. Playing tennis will mess up a swing? Gimme a break.
Wow! Can't believe my simple lacrosse question thread has exploded. This is a great post that I totally agree with.
I am glad that my son loves and has worked hard on his swing, and asked his hitting instructor for guidance about sports to avoid that would hurt his swing. HE does not want to play sports that can mess his swing. He could care less about tennis or golf, but was on the list of options to play in the fall. HIS instructor told us about tennis and golf based on his 20 plus years coaching experience. Lacrosse got a thumbs up. Everybody is happy. |
| 27Baseball |
Posted - 07/08/2016 : 18:18:48
Kory, could not agree more. Let kids play, let them learn to have fun.
As for lacrosse, athletic catchers make great goalies. They get a great opportunity to work on hand-eye coordination and learning to move and block balls. More than they would get playing other sports
The long lacrosse throw is very similar to an outfield crow hop, with less stress on the arm.
And the running is insane.
Finally, they learn to compete under a lot of athletic pressure. Football is just not for everyone, including some top end athletes. |
| Kory |
Posted - 07/08/2016 : 16:52:04
I literally can't take it any more. So many parents talking about "development". Like letting a kid try another sport will hurt their chances at going pro or earning a scholarship. Gimme a break. Let the kid play what they want to play. If a kid wants to grow his hair out, wear funny looking shorts, and whack another kid with a stick, let him/her. The only sport that you should absolutely not force a kid to play is football. They will get hurt if they don't want to be there. But, if a kid wants to play soccer, try archery, whatever, let them. They are kids, let their interests lead them. I see so many parents (many of whom never even played sports) forcing their kids to fit into some impossible mold of what they think an athlete should be.
As long as your child is active, be happy. As long as they are involved in activities outside of school and home, be happy. A stud will be a stud no matter what. There is not much you can do about it. Playing tennis will mess up a swing? Gimme a break. |
| brball |
Posted - 07/07/2016 : 19:27:39
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Originally posted by Renegade44
I'm thinking some baseball players may be good at lacrosse. It looks like organized beat the heck out of each other with a stick to me? Can I bring a bat and just take out some frustration from that last strikeout?
LMAO... Good one! |
| Renegade44 |
Posted - 07/07/2016 : 17:40:18
I'm thinking some baseball players may be good at lacrosse. It looks like organized beat the heck out of each other with a stick to me? Can I bring a bat and just take out some frustration from that last strikeout? |
| redsox23 |
Posted - 07/07/2016 : 15:12:14
Does Jim Brown count as a "stud"? He was a Lacrosse All American at Syracuse and bought an MLL franchise in New York. He is quoted as saying it was his "favorite" sport. |
| aj94 |
Posted - 07/07/2016 : 14:59:00
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Originally posted by Bravemom
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Originally posted by aj94
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Originally posted by Bravemom
Thanks everyone for you replies...
The implication is that the best players play football? LOL This must be a geographical mindset...
Correct, the best athletes play football and basketball, and football is king everywhere not just in this "region".
Lacrosse is a niche sport, no major athletes sign up to play that nor is it even offered at most parks because there is no interest.
We will have to agree to disagree. Just because MORE kids pick a sport because you have a better opportunity for a full ride scholarship, peer pressure, or regional expectations, does not mean the best athletes play football.
This sounds like based on YOUR experience the best athletes YOU know play football. It sounds like a subjective and general argument. Do you have anything besides your personal opinion to back this absolute claim that the best athletes play football?
In regards to lax not being offered in local parks, again I think it depends on where you live. Son has many lax opportunities with a local park, feeder team, and a sports organization all within 10 miles of where I live.
When I attended an Atlanta Blaze game (our MLL team) the stadium had tons of kids and lax youth teams that were playing nearby at a tournament.
So, this sport is definitely growing.
Not my claims, common knowledge and fact. Football players are faster, bigger, and stronger; a simple eye test proves that.
And the Atlanta who? Never heard of them, but did the stadium have 70,000 or so in attendance like a Falcons game? Or 90,000 like a GA Bulldogs game?
I did not say lacrosse is not a growing sport or that it's not a good option for those that are not capable or wanting to play football, what I said was big time athletes/big dawgs do not play lacrosse. |
| Bravemom |
Posted - 07/07/2016 : 12:43:16
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Originally posted by aj94
quote:
Originally posted by Bravemom
Thanks everyone for you replies...
The implication is that the best players play football? LOL This must be a geographical mindset...
Correct, the best athletes play football and basketball, and football is king everywhere not just in this "region".
Lacrosse is a niche sport, no major athletes sign up to play that nor is it even offered at most parks because there is no interest.
We will have to agree to disagree. Just because MORE kids pick a sport because you have a better opportunity for a full ride scholarship, peer pressure, or regional expectations, does not mean the best athletes play football.
This sounds like based on YOUR experience the best athletes YOU know play football. It sounds like a subjective and general argument. Do you have anything besides your personal opinion to back this absolute claim that the best athletes play football?
In regards to lax not being offered in local parks, again I think it depends on where you live. Son has many lax opportunities with a local park, feeder team, and a sports organization all within 10 miles of where I live.
When I attended an Atlanta Blaze game (our MLL team) the stadium had tons of kids and lax youth teams that were playing nearby at a tournament.
So, this sport is definitely growing. |
| aj94 |
Posted - 07/07/2016 : 12:23:19
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Originally posted by CaCO3Girl
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Originally posted by aj94
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Originally posted by Bravemom
Thanks everyone for you replies...
The implication is that the best players play football? LOL This must be a geographical mindset...
Correct, the best athletes play football and basketball, and football is king everywhere not just in this "region".
Lacrosse is a niche sport, no major athletes sign up to play that nor is it even offered at most parks because there is no interest.
WOW, tell us how you feel AJ94!
A quick google search says at a D1 school there are 12.6 lacrosse scholarships offered for the men, as opposed to the 11.7 for baseball...BUT...football has 85!
So, I'm going with Football is king BUT lacrosse isn't too shabby!
LOL. CaCO3 I am not knocking lacrosse but these implications being implied by some posters like my son is a stud and he chooses to play lacrosse over football in the fall and boys like lacrosse because of the "contact", I am just not buying it.
I see all the big, strong, or fast boys on the football field in the fall. |
| wv2ga |
Posted - 07/07/2016 : 10:47:36
Lacrosse was mainly a Northeastern to Mid-Atlantic sport but is growing in the South. Lax will poach a few boys each season from baseball given the up-tempo nature of the sport.
With KSU and the Swarm, the sport is getting more exposure in Atlanta plus KSU hosts a Spring tournament with the top NCAAA teams. |
| CaCO3Girl |
Posted - 07/07/2016 : 09:45:08
quote:
Originally posted by aj94
quote:
Originally posted by Bravemom
Thanks everyone for you replies...
The implication is that the best players play football? LOL This must be a geographical mindset...
Correct, the best athletes play football and basketball, and football is king everywhere not just in this "region".
Lacrosse is a niche sport, no major athletes sign up to play that nor is it even offered at most parks because there is no interest.
WOW, tell us how you feel AJ94!
A quick google search says at a D1 school there are 12.6 lacrosse scholarships offered for the men, as opposed to the 11.7 for baseball...BUT...football has 85!
So, I'm going with Football is king BUT lacrosse isn't too shabby! |
| aj94 |
Posted - 07/07/2016 : 08:23:39
quote:
Originally posted by Bravemom
Thanks everyone for you replies...
The implication is that the best players play football? LOL This must be a geographical mindset...
Correct, the best athletes play football and basketball, and football is king everywhere not just in this "region".
Lacrosse is a niche sport, no major athletes sign up to play that nor is it even offered at most parks because there is no interest.
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| Bravemom |
Posted - 07/06/2016 : 19:09:32
Yes, we experienced a sudden love of basketball. It was so fast paced and it came so easy to him, he was rethinking baseball...until he got back on the field and the love came back. Honestly, I don't care what he plays as long as he is involved in an activity.
Unfortunately, lax equipment is expensive...why couldn't he have fallen in love with soccer?! |
| mzag920 |
Posted - 07/06/2016 : 15:49:13
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Originally posted by bballguy
Be careful. Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the south and many athletic kids are leaving baseball to play competitively.
This is 100% accurate - I have (2) high school sons, one in lacrosse, one in baseball. This past spring, there were more kids who went out for lax than baseball at our HS. Many of my baseball son's friends have initially tried lacrosse as a 2nd sport during fall seasons, and most have stayed with it and given up baseball.
The only thing to worry about when it comes to taking the fall off from baseball to try lacrosse, is your son may decide lacrosse is more fun, and may not go back. I can't say I disagree. The lax games are much more fun to watch, and this is coming from someone who played baseball into college. |
| baseball713 |
Posted - 07/06/2016 : 15:41:30
My son tried lacrosse last fall and hated it because he got a bad/inexperienced coach. I didn't realize until the middle of the season that lacrosse's season is in the spring (like baseball) and the kids who plays in the fall are more relaxed/less skilled (like fall baseball). The head of the program told me that he has a hard time finding good coaches in the fall bec it's off season. My son's coach has all 20 kids in ONE line passing the balls back and forth for the first 40 min of the EVERY practice (sometimes, he's on this cellphone for most of that 40 min). It drove all of us baseball dads (some who are type A travel baseball coach) mad. After the first few practices, some of us dads offered to take half of the kids to form a second line for the drills. The coach refused saying he needs to see all the kids in the drill.
The sad thing is that I think my son would have loved lacrosse if he got a decent coach. Now, he's totally written off lacrosse. |
| bballguy |
Posted - 07/06/2016 : 14:41:05
Be careful. Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the south and many athletic kids are leaving baseball to play competitively. |
| Bravemom |
Posted - 07/06/2016 : 14:39:31
Double post |
| CaCO3Girl |
Posted - 07/06/2016 : 14:28:53
quote:
Originally posted by Bravemom
Thanks everyone for you replies...
We have had two different hitting instructors who played professional baseball, and instructed players who are currently playing in the MLB, tell son to play other sports in the fall.
Funny thing...both encouraged son NOT to play football. The both said soccer and basketball were great sports to work on agility and speed. These instructors who have also been head coaches of good EC teams, agreed that their best defenders were kids that played soccer. Son did it and did well, wants to try something else. I don't want him playing a full baseball schedule in the fall..,neither I nor his instructor are fans of year round baseball. Arm needs a rest, and he needs to work other muscles and stamina
The implication is that the best players play football? LOL This must be a geographical mindset...
Nope, not endorsing a sport we have never played.
PS Football head coach tried mighty hard to recruit son...so, we are not playing because....we don't want too.
Glad that worked out for YOU....head coach finally *metaphorically* beat my son down enough that he did go out for football.
My son said baseball players are obviously the better athletes though because the football is like 10 times the size of the baseball and most people still miss it if they have to try to catch it while running! |
| Bravemom |
Posted - 07/06/2016 : 13:46:47
Thanks everyone for you replies...
We have had two different hitting instructors who played professional baseball, and instructed players who are currently playing in the MLB, tell son to play other sports in the fall.
Funny thing...both encouraged son NOT to play football. The both said soccer and basketball were great sports to work on agility and speed. These instructors who have also been head coaches of good EC teams, agreed that their best defenders were kids that played soccer. Son did it and did well, wants to try something else. I don't want him playing a full baseball schedule in the fall..,neither I nor his instructor are fans of year round baseball. Arm needs a rest, and he needs to work other muscles and stamina
The implication is that the best players play football? LOL This must be a geographical mindset...
Nope, not endorsing a sport we have never played.
PS Football head coach tried mighty hard to recruit son...so, we are not playing because....we don't want too.
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| aj94 |
Posted - 07/06/2016 : 13:38:08
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Originally posted by CaCO3Girl
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Originally posted by aj94
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Originally posted by CaCO3Girl
I know of a few Major level kids that played lacrosse in the fall. To be blunt, kids are growing, they themselves are messing up their swings with their growth...I wouldn't worry about a sport doing it to them, they should bounce back pretty quick after a few sessions in the cage.
And by the way, one of the best pitching drills involves a tennis racket (or rag) and to pretend to serve, it gets the kids to follow through on the pitch...so maybe tennis isn't SOOOOO bad.
Define "major" level? Just because one is on a team rated as "major" by USSSA does not necessarily mean they are a player with major skills.
No top rate travel player that I know of (and I know some that were 1st round MLB draft picks) has ever played Lacrosse, when it's not baseball they are either on the football field or basketball court.
This seems like a promotion to try to get people to sign up their son for Lacrosse which is fine, but trust the real big dawgs are on the football field in the fall not playing Lacrosse.
I define Major as kids who play on teams that compete with teams such as the ECB Astros, 643 Cougars, Georgia Jackets...etc, and don't get run ruled but actually compete.
In fall there is the football option, but there have been numerous articles lately about football injuries and how many parents are saying no to Football for their kids.
http://nypost.com/2016/02/23/this-doctor-refuses-to-let-her-son-play-football/
http://beingamom.life/lebron-james-wont-let-his-sons-play-football/
http://www.concordmonitor.com/Archive/2016/01/ConcussionsYouth-CM-011116
Basketball is more of a winter sport, so in the Fall the choices I have seen lately are Lacrosse, Football, Fall soccer, or Fall baseball (rec) if your kid wants to be on a team in the Fall.
Okay I can agree with that..and yes football is not for everyone but someone commented about Lacrosse having "contact", I wasn't aware it was a contact sport just looks like something for those who don't want to deal with the actual full contact of football.
And there are some year round basketball programs but yes basketball is generally played in winter league. |
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