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Introduction
This is undoubtedly a very
exciting time in your lives, having obviously worked hard
both on and off the field has earned you the opportunity to
try and be recruited to play collegiate lacrosse. We
at LAX Recruiting commend your successes you have achieved
so far and would love to help you through the recruiting
process.
Before we go much further we want to make sure that both
parents and players understand that we are excited about the
potential of all recruits but we also want to instill upon
all of you that this recruiting journey that you are
stepping into hopefully is being pursued for the sake of a
quality college education. Sometimes during the
glamour of the recruiting process we forget that education
is what is important and that lacrosse is a vehicle that has
possibly opened the door to additional opportunities at
possibly a lower cost.
Coach John Thompson Sr. of Georgetown University asked the
same question of all his recruits when he met them. As
the recruit would sit down in his office he would point to a
deflated championship ball in a glass case on his desk and
ask the recruit what that symbolized. The recruits would
respond with things like "Teamwork Wins Championships", "We
Expect Excellence", etc. Coach Thompson would then explain
to the recruit that at some point the air will come out of
the ball and at that time your education is what you have to
fall back on.
This analogy is true for all sports, especially lacrosse.
Remember that the air could possibly come out of that ball
at any time and when it does you must enjoy the school you
select for the academic experience.
Now that you have decided to take this journey down the path
of playing college lacrosse, there are some responsibilities
for both the player and his parents:
Recruit
This is your dream! Make sure you share exactly what you
are looking for with your parents prior to embarking on this
very important journey. Do the best you can both
academically and on the field! I cannot stress the
importance of academics enough. The higher you're GPA and SAT
scores are, the more choices you will have! Every coach will
ask about grades first and then talked about his program and
the student’s interests afterwards. Most schools offer
significant discounts for students that have GPAs and SATs
above a certain level. Stay Clean! One incident
concerning alcohol or drug abuse will kill any chance of a
scholarship opportunity. NCAA Division I and II
schools can and will now administer drug testing so don't blow your
chances.
Parents
It is very important that Parents be involved in their
child's recruiting process. It is however very important
that you remember that your child is the recruit, not you.
Way too often parents get involved and make decisions for
their children based on what they want which could be very
different from what their child wants. Make sure you
understand your child's dream and stay realistic, while we
would all love our children to play at Virginia or Hopkins
this level is not for every player. Your son probably is not going to do what is necessary, and
the coaches are too busy running their own programs to put a
lot of time and effort into getting your athlete looked at
by college coaches! So, that leaves YOU! You will have to
organize, manage, and lead throughout this process.
Hopefully we at LAX Recruiting can help you along the way.
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