Off season sports

[lacrosseking2]

Okay i hear all this talk about coaches wanting athletes that play other sports like b ball and football, what about track, but like serious track runners who can actually run? do coaches like that or do they just not care tht much about it.

[laxmj1992]

they will definitely like that. It shows you are fast and you are doing something instead of playing video games.

[cchslaxman]

what about cross country?
i can no longer play football- too many concussions with that and lax combined
i hate soccer- i played this fall but didnt like the sport at all, only my friends on the team but wouldnt make it another season
played basketball freshman year (this year) but will most likely not make it next year for the JV team

would this be a negative thing at all?

[bigbri13]

Soccer is for kids that are too young to play football and for girls, and I'd like to think football looks better as a sport than cross country when coaches look. Playing lax all year is not something that coaches would find athletic. Being athletic means you can learn how to play and pick up a sport fast.

[egrlax10]

what about cross country?
i can no longer play football- too many concussions with that and lax combined
i hate soccer- i played this fall but didnt like the sport at all, only my friends on the team but wouldnt make it another season
played basketball freshman year (this year) but will most likely not make it next year for the JV team

would this be a negative thing at all?

Cross country would be a good sport to do. Also, if you're school offers intramurals or club sports try doing those. If you get cut from basketball, then try doing intramural basketball, if your school offers it.

[CaliforniaLaxer]

you are doing something instead of playing video games.\
EY MJ video games are very demanding things especially when you go online for multi-player. (10). I would play b-ball, basketball, but I want to be on varsity next year (I'm a freshman) so I will do off-season lax.

[cchslaxman]

Soccer is for kids that are too young to play football and for girls, and I'd like to think football looks better as a sport than cross country when coaches look. Playing lax all year is not something that coaches would find athletic. Being athletic means you can learn how to play and pick up a sport fast.

i played soccer cuz i couldnt do cross country, chose to do it a week before the season, and hadnt played since 3rd grade. i played football in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. in the 6th grade season i fractured my 5th thoracic vertabrae and got a grade 2 concussion. skipped 7th grade football and played 8th grade again, and again got another concussion (i scored that play to :] )and have 2 or 3 other concussions from lax. also i have frequent back and neck muscle spasms which get very, very bad. so don't tell me that me no playing football makes me a girl cuz i hit harder and am better than most of the kids that were on the team this year as a freshman.

and for the other person. yea i'm doing intramural. I'm good enough to make it, but i dont want to cause i won't ever be as my dad or my older brother who played basketball at the same school as i attend. i don't feel like having endless talks with my dad bout basketball and all. i'd rather do the intramural, which is very very fun. i go to a catholic high school so the intramural is the feeder school graduates versus each other. very intense stuff. ha

[thor of the kop]

Okay i hear all this talk about coaches wanting athletes that play other sports like b ball and football, what about track, but like serious track runners who can actually run? do coaches like that or do they just not care tht much about it.

im going to say no on the track, mostly because it takes place during lacrosse season, or at least it does in california. id say your best bet would be football, or soccer, maybe cross country.

[yorklaxman]

wrestling is good for fo middies

[Dub C lacrosse]

They would look at high caliber sports, such as football, soccer, and track. Any sport that involves physical conditioning and running and such. Wrestling would also be good especially for face off middies. If you Bowl or play Volleyball, those arent similar to the lacrosse motions and conditioning. Tennis might be good, im in between with that.

[Lax4life528]

Chess!!(10)
But in all seriousness, I've heard tennis helps alot. Football and soccer are probably the two sports that compliment lacrosse the most though.

[Lighning15]

i was thinking about wrestling next year instead of basketball cause i did it in 7th and 8th grade. I cant wrestle and play indoor lax though. should i just work out with the wrestling team to stay conditioned. cause they stay in amazing shape.

[laxfan59]

There are lots of lax players that cross over with ice hockey; however for most of them the hockey came first (starting at 6-7 years old) and then they picked up lax later and it became their primary sport while still playing hockey as the secondary sport. Hockey isn't something that you can just begin playing in HS and then do very well at it. :ahhno:

[lacrosseman192]

The main reason coaches like 2+ sport athletes is simply because your less likely to burn out because your playing sports throughout the year like you will in college. Track and XC are fine because of this

[bigbri13]

No it really isn't, its shows them that you are an athlete if and only if you excel in those sports along with lax.

[laxkid44]

i play soccer and i'm really good at it. i was captain of the JV team this year as a freshman. i play b-ball but i'm not that good. i might try out this year.

[PNWlax]

What about snowboarding? very athletic.

[Serg' Lax]

What about doing something like weight lifting in the winter and/or fall? They frown upon that? I play football but its to time consuming and risky. I just want to play lax.

[msjgaelslax10]

personally, a real good regime for off-season lax that looks good for college coaches is: summer club lacrosse into the fall, meanwhile lifting and running 6 days a week, continue this and wrestling is a great sport to do before spring lax because it gets you in great shape and is good for your power, endurance, and flexibility.

[Z12/AM]

No it really isn't, its shows them that you are an athlete if and only if you excel in those sports along with lax.

Yeah, being good in ANY sport, isn't that being an "athlete." (right on bigbri) I run track and x-country (not track this year, too busy with lax and other things) and also play basketball, but getting faster and doing any kind of physical activity isn't going to hurt you.
Your main concern of getting recruited by a college lacrosse coach is your lacrosse skills. Doing other sports is a major perk, it helps me so much in recruiting. But your coach isn't going to come to your meets to watch you, he just wants to know that you're an athlete, not just a lacrosse player.

[CECmiddie5]

wrestling helps your strength,conditioning,and flexibility.and it kinda helps on groundballs because you develop a certain agressiveness when wrestling.

[cheesehead]

There are lots of lax players that cross over with ice hockey; however for most of them the hockey came first (starting at 6-7 years old) and then they picked up lax later and it became their primary sport while still playing hockey as the secondary sport. Hockey isn't something that you can just begin playing in HS and then do very well at it. :ahhno:

i gotta agree. hockey is probably the most demanding sport i've ever played. 5:30-7:00 AM conditioning practices with the weight vests really gets you in shape. :clap:

[stflaxnewb]

why is everyone hatin on XC. Cross Country is grueling and really good for middies. I got into lax b/c of friends of mine on the cross country team who played it, and now we have almost all of our middies for next year planning on running. Then I run winter track to stay in shape in addition to lifting and team conditioning. Wrestiling is really good too.

[WAHOOWA_LAX]

I ran XC for a pretty serious program at my school. And unless you are the fat kid on the team or you have no motivation to go outside then don't run XC. It doesn't compliment lax AT ALL. You are on the lacrosse field you are running full speed and changing directions in pads. It's a whole different type of shape you have to be in. Football is hands down the best sport to play because of the conditioning and build it takes to be good are similar. Cross country will not make you faster, it will just keep you in shape if thats too hard for you to do on your own with a lacrosse stick and a goal.

[stflaxnewb]

Cross country will not make you faster, it will just keep you in shape if thats too hard for you to do on your own with a lacrosse stick and a goal.

Cross country will not make you faster?!?!? :bull:

I don't care who you are, running 8-10 miles a day for two months will make you faster and build a good base for speed training in between XC and lax season. I'm gonna play wallball 30 min a day after i run from now till next season, plus lift and do body-resistance exercises at home. I didn't say you just should do cross country, just that it helps a lot.

[CoachCraig]

Any coach who doesn't love you playing other sports, especially at the high school level, needs to analyze the situation better. I'd personally want you keeping the competitive drive year round.

That being said, don't get hurt the season before lacrosse (namely football) or else we're less happy.

Also, I personally HATE skiing and snowboarding from a lacrosse perspective...too many injuries, and none of that competitive drive that's beneficial in other sports (unless you do it competitively).

I love cross country as well, who wouldn't love guys who can run all day? Plus injuries are minimal. Just make sure you don't forget how to sprint.

[laxersk8erguy8]

Soccer is for kids that are too young to play football and for girls, and I'd like to think football looks better as a sport than cross country when coaches look. Playing lax all year is not something that coaches would find athletic. Being athletic means you can learn how to play and pick up a sport fast.

This is straight out of the sticky Recruiting 101:

"Jude Collins didn’t start playing lacrosse until he was a freshman in high school. A gifted soccer player and exceptional athlete, he realized shortly after his introduction to the game that lacrosse was the sport he wanted to play in college."

Athleticism is athleticism, which can (gasp) be displayed in a non-contact sport.

Snack on that for lunch.

[maclax272]

i myself run cross country, track and i play a lot of hockey even though lax to me is like an off season sport to hockey, hockey is probably the sport that is most like lax just because of how it is played. so hockey,track,and cc in the offseason

[laxer6]

What about the sport that helps improve balance,strength and provides peace of mind,surfing?

[stflaxnewb]

Surfing's chill, just kinda hard to find in the area that lacrosse is centered in, the North East and following southern states such as Virginia

[dirtysouthlax19]

dom starsia only recruits 2 or 3 sport athletes
ask jimmy frank

[telelax]

Any coach who doesn't love you playing other sports, especially at the high school level, needs to analyze the situation better. I'd personally want you keeping the competitive drive year round.

That being said, don't get hurt the season before lacrosse (namely football) or else we're less happy.

Also, I personally HATE skiing and snowboarding from a lacrosse perspective...too many injuries, and none of that competitive drive that's beneficial in other sports (unless you do it competitively).

I love cross country as well, who wouldn't love guys who can run all day? Plus injuries are minimal. Just make sure you don't forget how to sprint.

you HATE skiing???

this may just be because you're bad at it or you don't live in the ideal environment. If you want a true challenge, try telemarking. The lunge motion with every turn trains your legs to be incredibly strong and provides excellent balance. Maybe thats why no one sees us Colorado boys gettin' knocked around.

[FlintHillLax#19]

wait so is it necessary to play two sports to play in college???

[baboonlax09]

football and lacrosse compliment eachother very well, I know a lot of good football players who are starting lax because they know that it will keep them in great shape viceversa . . .

[gclark94]

wait so is it necessary to play two sports to play in college???

No, it doesnt mean that but it will stilll help a lot if you play multiple sports. All the post above you means is that if you dont play multiple sports, you will not be playing lax at Virginia.

I would reccomend starting cross country this fall because it is not something that you will have to have been playing/running for 4-5 years to make the team. At my school JV XC is no cut.

Plus, if you have any chance of getting recruited by a good school you will have to be in top condition.

Runnning XC will also make you faster (asuming you run hard everyday) because it will make your strides longer. After running XC I was pouncing on ground ball and then taking them up the field like never before.

[linkinprk3dglax]

lacrosse is my offseason sport 4 football..... even though i enjoy lax beta

[viperslax22]

wrestling is a great way to get in shape for lacrosse, i did it before last year's lax season and was in great shape, but i didn't do it before this year's season and my performance suffered. its great for endurance and strength for middies, XC also helps build endurance.
running with your lax stick is also a good idea

[torreylax]

dom starsia only recruits 2 or 3 sport athletes
ask jimmy frank

I think this is stupid, I personally do not enjoy any other sports enough to give 2-3 a day to, but that doesn't make me any less athletic.

[ripper]

I play football i use to play b-ball but i stoped because my coach got so mad in one game that league fined him.

[clutchlax]

i play alot to stay inshape this year i play footballl hockey bball lax and summer lax and summer baseball cuz my friends made me play baseball

[AlbanyPower25]

I ran Indoor Track during the winter for my school. My school is very serious about all of its sports including track and i made the team. I play defense and i know the stereotype is they are fat and slow, but i am 6'2'' and about 190lbs and after track ended i could def tell the difference on the lacrosse field. I only ran short sprints which were 200s, 300s, and 50s, also High Jump, which made me very quick as well as going to the weight room with the team right after track practice ended everyday. If you are going to run Track, attack and defense i would suggest the short sprints and the middies run the long distance sprints, also middies consider doing XC that gets you in amazing shape.

[EHSLAX12]

probably the most all around beneficial sport is wrestling. it helps improve your reflexes (if you get good at it) and helps with your conditioning and flexibility. face off middies probably get most of the help from it, our fogo is dirty and is one of the best wrestlers in new york state. as mentioned before, you do gain a certain agressive trait and it does help interms of ground balls. for goalies, like me, it helps a lot with flexibility and reaction. being able to defend takedowns by blocking or reversals translates into you being about to think quickly and react even faster. this season i moved my stats down quite a bit because of it...i improved my save pct, lowered my gaa and lowered my overall ga for the season. also if you lift according to a specific plan in the offseason and commit to some amount of conditioning regardless of playing a sport or not youre already doing something good for yourself. self motivation is the best of any.

I ran Indoor Track during the winter for my school. My school is very serious about all of its sports including track and i made the team. I play defense and i know the stereotype is they are fat and slow, but i am 6'2'' and about 190lbs and after track ended i could def tell the difference on the lacrosse field. I only ran short sprints which were 200s, 300s, and 50s, also High Jump, which made me very quick as well as going to the weight room with the team right after track practice ended everyday. If you are going to run Track, attack and defense i would suggest the short sprints and the middies run the long distance sprints, also middies consider doing XC that gets you in amazing shape.
if albany did wrestling or even went to his schools tournament he would understand. he probably does know of his school being ridiculous at wreslting, especially that hunter kid....btw, your school is mcridiculously huge. like its the size of a medium college.

[Dan.]

Not to jack the thread but I have a few questions.
I quit football this year as I got no time and didn't miss practices and off season work outs. So that leaves me with only playing lacrosse. I thought about doing wrestling but thats everyday afterschool and on saturdays and i have a job so that kind of rules that out. But the track coach is also the football coach so do you think thats gonna be awkward or anything?

[AHS_laxer]

This is straight out of the sticky Recruiting 101:

"Jude Collins didn’t start playing lacrosse until he was a freshman in high school. A gifted soccer player and exceptional athlete, he realized shortly after his introduction to the game that lacrosse was the sport he wanted to play in college."

Athleticism is athleticism, which can (gasp) be displayed in a non-contact sport.

Snack on that for lunch.

lmao, this Jude Collins guy has pretty much the same story as me, a soccer head until indroduced to lax in freshman year.

[g0ast]

Has anybody thought about trying out playing a summer box league?

Out here in AZ they have them all the time during the summer - yes in the heat - but not outside, it's indoors and omg it makes it so much better!

Plus playing box is like playing in a hockey/basketball styled lacrosse game since you run both ends... If you wanna get your endurance, stamina and footwork improved, play box.

Not to mention if you play D in field (like I do), using the short stick forces you to use your body more than your stick to guard someone, something I've grown to apprecieate and make me better in field.