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Long Stick Mid
02-17-2008, 06:10 PM
I play lsm. I'm a sophmore in highschool. I'm a 145 lbs. 6.0ft. And very fast. And a man down specialist. besides these kinda things what are colleges looking for in player at my position
creeklaxmid
02-17-2008, 06:41 PM
Just hustle and work your off for every loose ball, keep that speed up too.
AttackMan18
02-17-2008, 06:42 PM
If you want to get recruited, you got to spell right.
Are you good in school?
Got to camps.
hbslax4
02-17-2008, 07:09 PM
try to but on some more weight also. at 6 feet you want to be around the 170-180 pound range
JohnsHopkins16
02-17-2008, 07:11 PM
grades,grades, grades
lacrosseman192
02-17-2008, 07:15 PM
well first off wait until your junior year to start sending letters or anything and like attackman said learn how to spell...plus there are hundreds of threads already like this one so just look at them
KurtyG
02-17-2008, 07:26 PM
you should probably learn how to spell getting.
which would invlolve you getting good grades.
Rosie411
02-17-2008, 07:47 PM
well aside from grades (which almost every post has mocked you about with your spelling) from a player going through trying to get recruited/play in college now one big thing is the type of school you want to play at, D-1, D-2, or D-3 which although all three are talented, getting recruited at D-1 is extremly hard unless your simply amazing. However multi-sport atheletes are LOVED by coaches. With this in mind i started xc and winter track and ended up lettering in both as a sophmore and i loved the experience. now you dont have to do track but having an extra sport really helps, and start building muscle, doesnt matter what level your playing at those boys can hit.
lacrosseman192
02-17-2008, 09:16 PM
getting recruited at D-1 is extremly hard unless your simply amazing.
nah thats completely wrong. pretty much any kid that is decent and takes the initiative will get recruited by a d1 school such as wagner, lafayette, or bellarmine who have won probably a combined 4 games in the last season
nah thats completely wrong. pretty much any kid that is decent and takes the initiative will get recruited by a d1 school such as wagner, lafayette, or bellarmine who have won probably a combined 4 games in the last season
I have no ties to Bellarmine so I have no bias. However, I don't think they should be lumped with the other two you mention.
Yes, they were 3-10 last year but 7 of their losses were by 5 goals or less, suggesting they were competitive. That includes a 5 goal loss to MD, 4 goal losses to Ohio State and North Carolina and a 2 goal loss to Denver. They lost one in double OT. They also lost to ND by 8 and Duke by 9 so it looks like they played a pretty tough schedule.
In '06 they were 7-8.
In 2005, I believe they were in DII and played a mixed schedule against DI, DII, and DIII teams as an independent. They were 13-2 that year.
Dizzle
02-17-2008, 11:48 PM
put on more weight man
Rosie411
02-18-2008, 09:02 AM
nah thats completely wrong. pretty much any kid that is decent and takes the initiative will get recruited by a d1 school such as wagner, lafayette, or bellarmine who have won probably a combined 4 games in the last season
just because a team doesnt have a great record doesnt make them any less talented. the fact is some schools have bumped up from d-2 or d-3 as it was said before, and others have EXTREMLY difficult schedules. Even if the school itself isnt that great they're still playing good schools so in order to actually compete at a high level you cant just be decent.... but i see your point
Startsy
02-18-2008, 09:56 PM
GRADES
And
STICK SKILLS
If your an LSM... bro you HAVE to be able to handle the ball as good as a shortstick middie... that means dodging passing and catching effectively with both hands... you get NO slack just because you have a 6 ft pole in your hands.. if you can get that all down your lookin pretty good for getting picked up.
As for Bellarmine...
I automatically just get really angry every time I hear about them... Some Defender in my district pretty much just went STRICTLY so he could say he plays DI when none of the attackmen and middies on my team have any respect for him... I think its a sell out DI school... a bad record is a bad record... play at the level your signed up to play for thats all I have about Bellarmine... sorry
egrlax10
02-18-2008, 10:13 PM
As for Bellarmine...
I automatically just get really angry every time I hear about them... Some Defender in my district pretty much just went STRICTLY so he could say he plays DI when none of the attackmen and middies on my team have any respect for him... I think its a sell out DI school... a bad record is a bad record... play at the level your signed up to play for thats all I have about Bellarmine... sorry
Bellarmine is actually a pretty good team. The record definitely doesn't indicate what their talent level is. As for thinking that teams should play at what level the "signed up for," tell that to Hopkins and Hobart.
GraniteD-PoleB!
02-18-2008, 10:22 PM
lol, i think its funny that this thread turned into a conversation about teams actual playing levels.
lacrosseman192
02-20-2008, 10:14 AM
put on more weight man
put on some weight but not too much, for you being a LSM as a coach i would take the quick as hell kid who can cover anybody anywhere on the field over the bigger guy with average speed who can truck kids. keep working on your speed by doing calve raises/parallel squats and work on getting some sick checks that you can throw in open field without losing your positioning, just keep in mind that even though right know you are ridiculously fast when you get to college you will be average.
and im just curious what is your 40 time