HS Recruiting Camps

[lalax3]

I am an upcoming sophmore in mass and i was wondering what are some recruiting camps that give good exposure.

thanks

[lalax3]

for next summer

sry for confusion

[LiveforLax10]

http://www.premierlax.com/home.html

......more like a showcase instead of a camp.

[zippo30]

http://www.premierlax.com/home.html

......more like a showcase instead of a camp.

Did you go last year?

[lalax3]

please recommend camps or showcases from all over and near. i was also wondering wat are some select teams in the mass area.

thanks for the help

[Trilax03]

mass elite is a good select team

[SouthJerzylax22]

Top 205, and peak 150?? (not sure of the number), and then theres team camps that have real good exposure like champ camp and stx shootout

[zippo30]

mass elite is a good select team

HAHAHAHAHA.

Mass Elite is hardly good enough to carry NESLL's jock strap.

[Trilax03]

HAHAHAHAHA.

Mass Elite is hardly good enough to carry NESLL's jock strap.

hmmm....well they're pretty good for the ladies team...well anyway if u r interested here's their site http://www.masselite.com/highlights.html

[GCSLAXER75]

top 205 and uhhhhh TOPlax are good ones

[Trilax03]

umbc, top 205, top 105, and champ camp r all scout camps

[DukeLax2]

hot beds n stx shootout

[SouthJerzylax22]

i went to stx shootout and at some of my games i may of had at least 15 to 20 scouts at my game... i was on a good team but im pretty sure thats how many scouts were at most games.

[groundball88]

what camps are good if youre aiming more towards dIII

[lax4life56]

first of all NESLL sucks. i know that Top Gun's Fighting Clams, and LittleNecks are both great select teams, and you can get alot recruiting time during thier showcases. Go to www.topgunlax.com for more info.

[zippo30]

first of all NESLL sucks. i know that Top Gun's Fighting Clams, and LittleNecks are both great select teams, and you can get alot recruiting time during thier showcases. Go to www.topgunlax.com for more info.

Unless you have DI scholarship potential, or DIII merit scholarship (for sports) potential, you're not going to make it. Top Gun has a select group of kids who will make it each year regardless of their level of play in the indoor league, and then there's a handfull of people that play their way on it.

[ahslax#5#]

wuddya mean by play there way on???

[zippo30]

wuddya mean by play there way on???

Well, they pick the teams from the best players in their indoor league (you HAVE to play their league to make the team). If you look at the past team there is a certain group of players that always are on the Clams, keep in mind they DO deserve to be there, they are very good players. Then every year there's usually a few kids new to the league that just play so well during the season that it'd be stupid to not pick them.

[titanslax]

I'm going to this recruiting camp in November in Massachuetes. I have no clue what the dates, time, or the camp name is. My coach is sending over the info soon, so Ill get back to ya on that one.

[exile lacrosse]

I'm going to this recruiting camp in November in Massachuetes. I have no clue what the dates, time, or the camp name is. My coach is sending over the info soon, so Ill get back to ya on that one.

hey i think ill be tehre too. its at indoor action sports center or something? my friend told me it was like a 4 hour drive form where i live. good thing my parents dont know about htis yet.

[ColtsLax]

look at the Haverford 7on7 tourney, also rutgers and ithicathose are the ones my teams looking at

[titanslax]

hey i think ill be tehre too. its at indoor action sports center or something? my friend told me it was like a 4 hour drive form where i live. good thing my parents dont know about htis yet.

I dont know where it is, I just know a lot of college coaches are going to be there (some 100-150?). ANd i know you play all day saturday and all day sunday.

[DukeLax2]

college coaches dont really go to 7 on 7 tourneys. get on a club team that goes to big tourneys

[exile lacrosse]

I dont know where it is, I just know a lot of college coaches are going to be there (some 100-150?). ANd i know you play all day saturday and all day sunday.

yeah i think the one ill hopefully be at is sat/sun, but im only going one day. whichever one the 15th is i think.

[OHBCI31]

top star is alright...its good for good player...top 205 is great for great players...and i have also heard hot beds is good.

[valax100]

"good for good players" vs. "great for great players"

makes no sense

[OHBCI31]

are you kidding... top star is a good camp only if you are a good player... top 205 is a great camp only if you are a great player (if you suck you shouldn't wasit your money on camps)... now what dont you get about that?

[DukeLax2]

ive heard top star isnt that good as far as coaches from d1 beign there, if ur a good player, liek d3 calliber go, top 205 is like d1 or salisbury. bluechip is good, but dont be fooeld by bluechip 225 i tihnk it is

[titanslax]

are you kidding... top star is a good camp only if you are a good player... top 205 is a great camp only if you are a great player (if you suck you shouldn't wasit your money on camps)... now what dont you get about that?

TOP 205 is a very competitive recruiting camp. The top D1 Coaches go to this recruiting camp every year and recruit some of the next big college players. You need a coach reccomendation to go to this camp and then you need the approval of the camp personell to go there. If you have the chance to go there, you better play your arse off. I'm hoping to go there this summer. Well see how my season go this year. It's a lofty goal, but it defiently is somehting to shoot for. And something to be pissed off about if I dont make it. Blue Chip is also another very good recruiting camp.

[OHBCI31]

i agree rock....lets just focus on making varsity this year

[laxman59]

what about Graph Tex Blue Chip lacrosse camp (formerly STX Blue Chip) run by Jake Reed

[valax100]

i made fab 40 at top star and it got me plenty of looks

[Laxin2266]

Dont waste your $$ on recruiting camps, unless ur a major stud you will be lost in the shuffle. Pick out a few schools that you would like to play for and go to their camps, meet the coaches etc. Its better than any showcase.

Check this out

edit: url wont work just go to unnoficialvisit.com

[DukeLax2]

if u go to top 205 u will get college letters. if u go to champ camp or hotbeds or stx its a bet u will get some kind of looks.

[mike182]

i got a letter for 205 i was just wondering what its like how many kids how many coaches....

[Mr_laxmaster]

2 sessions, about 400 kids per session. They have an all star game for each session. You want to make that, or make sure you stand out. Tons of coaches.

[Nreeder33]

My coach sent in recomendations to "Blue Chip" in fairfield, "Top Star"in Pensylvania and "elite 180" im not sure where, and One at springfeild im not sure of the name either.

[lyonslax98]

yeah didnt wanna start a new thread so i bumped this one...

alright i'm 6'0'' 190 lbs and i play defense and a little lsm. i was wonder what an impressive 40 time would be. i know the general ballparks for football but i was wondering what kind of speed lacrosse coaches look for out of my size.

[CTlaxHead]

Dont waste your $$ on recruiting camps, unless ur a major stud you will be lost in the shuffle. Pick out a few schools that you would like to play for and go to their camps, meet the coaches etc. Its better than any showcase.


I'd have to agree with this statement. pick out a few colleges that you are interested in and then go to their camps.

205 and peak 200 are great. But those are major markets. If you are misplaced on a bad team, or happen not to bring your A game one of the days, it will be a big waste of money.

On the other hand, these camps do attract a lot of colleges so I guess there is one out there for everyone.

[UNCdefense]

not in relationt o ur size, just in general an awesome 40 time would be around 4.6, 4.5.....i heard the new goalie for UNC runs a 4.2 soooo.haha...at these camps they're not really gunna care though, as longa s your confident & you dont get burned easily you should be fine, i run all the time to get quicker but hardly ever time my 40
anyways, how much are most of those camps mentioned?

[lyonslax98]

not in relationt o ur size, just in general an awesome 40 time would be around 4.6, 4.5.....i heard the new goalie for UNC runs a 4.2 soooo.haha...at these camps they're not really gunna care though, as longa s your confident & you dont get burned easily you should be fine, i run all the time to get quicker but hardly ever time my 40
anyways, how much are most of those camps mentioned?

i think 205 was like $575. most of them are over $500 i think. of course that doesnt count travel expense which for me (chicago to maryland) might be a lot. also some of them are with travel teams (champ camp) so you'd have to pay extra for the coaches and stuff.

and speaking of 205, who else is going?

[mike182]

I'm going dont really know what to expect i went to blue chips 225 and made top 100 as a junior but i hear 205 is a lot more intense

[Jmull-laxer24]

what about the dixie 150, is that a good camp/recruiting place?

[laxn]

Are 205 and Blue Chip invitational, i dont think it's open but how is it done?

[laxmax838]

Are 205 and Blue Chip invitational, i dont think it's open but how is it done?
Top 205 is a recommendation from your coach, Blue Chip can be a recommendation from your coach, depending on who your coach is, or a college coach can ask to see you there. Blue Chip is harder to get invited to, only 114 kids from around the country. One session for rising Juniors and one for rising Seniors.

[mholms322]

Dude Breakers is pretty sick, we from Baltimore

[I Rip Corners]

You want to play in as many camps, tournament as possible. You want to get as much exposure as you can. The bigger camps are usually where the bigger colleges are. Top 205 is a great camp but there are so many people there, if you want to get noticed there you have to make the all-star game. Graph-tex bluechip is also a great camp, very selective. Top 150 will get more of the DIII schools. Some good tournaments are the Tri-state tourny down in jersey, king of the hill in pennsylvania is the best if you want to get looks by ivy schools. only 16 teams play in it and all are coached by college coaches. I played for charles river select and it was coached by Anderson and Wojcik from harvard. Champ camp, and stx shootout are both great too.

as for talking trash about nesll whoever is saying stuff is really confused. nesll is a youth league for u-13 and u-15. after that there is a select team for u-17 and u-19. the u-19 nesll team is very very good. this year with no rising seniors and a couple of rising juniors they came in 5th place at champ camp. losing to the dukes in the quarterfinals. the dukes won the tournament. the clams didnt even make the playoffs and mass elite was also no where to be found. so there goes the whole nesll sucks thing huh? and nesll u-19 came in 2nd place in the tristate tournament where topgun again did not make the playoffs.

[CTlaxHead]

The best breakdown of the camps i know would be this:

Reed's Blue Chip - Best recruiting Camp for the best players in the country. Every top college coach attends.

Top 205 - Most top d3, d2, and d1 college coaches attend. Mid-atlantic D1 schools and most of your acc schools to heavy recruiting there. But if you are on a not so great team, you will not be seen.

Peak 200 - Same as top 205 in most aspects, but attracts those northern top d1, d2, and d3 schools.

New England Top 150 - Great if you are looking to play for Nescac's, Ivy's, Patriots League, and some other top academic schools. Most all of the teams from each of these conferences attend, plus Georgetown, ?and maybe Siena?

I don't know much about Dixie....

[homeskillet313]

Dont waste your $$ on recruiting camps, unless ur a major stud you will be lost in the shuffle. Pick out a few schools that you would like to play for and go to their camps, meet the coaches etc. Its better than any showcase.

Check this out

edit: url wont work just go to unnoficialvisit.com

i agree, like im going to be a sophmore, and arent very good yet, but in the last year ive improved greatly and plan on doing the same thing every year, and i went to the michigan camp this year. john paul the head coach, was actually pretty involved, as was the assistent coach and a bunch of players. they also had coaches for all of the club teams that are in the same conference as michigan. they werent even there for scouting, they coached the teams you were on which is 10x better then an outside coach watching a game because they learn your tendencies and weaknesses and can help you improve

[LAXMomx3]

My son received a letter today to attend the Top 205 camp in June. I've been reading this forum and am wondering two things. Would his having attended Princeton's camp and playing for Bill Tierney this past summer (as a rising sophomore) have gotten him an invitation to this camp? As it is, I've read on one of these threads that you have to be "approved" by the camp personnel as well as being recommended for this Top 205 camp. I've sent an email to the coach to see if he recommended my son because if he did he hadn't yet mentioned it.

In any event, the other question I have is with all this talk about the need for getting on a "good" team or the All-Star team to be noticed. Does anyone know how they go about team selection?

Any info is much appreciated. While I have three LAX players, only one is a boy. Defense. And yes, he is definitely a strong player. Added bonus, starts as defensive end and running back for football as well.

[hbslax4]

what about Graph Tex Blue Chip lacrosse camp (formerly STX Blue Chip) run by Jake Reed
That is by far the best recruiting camp out there. almost every D1 coach will be there. top 114 kids in the country.

[CHSLAX22]

wats better going to camps that give you good exposure (like the top 205 which im going to), or to pick colleges that you wan tot go to and go to there camps?

[faceofflax15]

Hows MidWest99.

[wilsontopowell]

My son received a letter today to attend the Top 205 camp in June. I've been reading this forum and am wondering two things. Would his having attended Princeton's camp and playing for Bill Tierney this past summer (as a rising sophomore) have gotten him an invitation to this camp? As it is, I've read on one of these threads that you have to be "approved" by the camp personnel as well as being recommended for this Top 205 camp. I've sent an email to the coach to see if he recommended my son because if he did he hadn't yet mentioned it.

In any event, the other question I have is with all this talk about the need for getting on a "good" team or the All-Star team to be noticed. Does anyone know how they go about team selection?

Any info is much appreciated. While I have three LAX players, only one is a boy. Defense. And yes, he is definitely a strong player. Added bonus, starts as defensive end and running back for football as well.

for all state your coach should recomennd you and other coaches as well. to get on the traveling team here in minnesota the MN elite team there are tryouts in the spring sometime. by the way who is your son?

[ctlaxs9]

hotbeds in delaware.

[lax_agent003]

i got accepted into top 205 but i dont understand how the two sessions are split up. Is one for rising juniors only and the other for rising seniors only? if so which session is which

[lax4life1319]

does anyone know how good the rising junior elite camp at stonybrook is?

[mass_elite21]

a pretty good one-day showcase to do if youre not on a club team (or if you are!) is New England Premier Showcase. Its up at UNH and they break about 250 players up into teams and just let them battle it out. A lot of d2 and d3 coaches head up there, and a handful of d1. every game is professionally taped so you can buy your games if you need footage for a highlight tape, and at the end of the day the make 2 all-star teams and have them battle it out. I had a really positive experience, and got a lot of calls from d2 and d3 schools

http://www.premierlax.com/home.html

[greenday1217]

does anyone know how good the rising junior elite camp at stonybrook is?


i am in 9th grade my season didnt even start yet and i got a letter from them initing me there. its a rising junior camp n i dont kno y they invited me if this summer im going 2 b a rising sophmore do u have any ideas y i got invited?

[lacrosseman192]

i am in 9th grade my season didnt even start yet and i got a letter from them initing me there. its a rising junior camp n i dont kno y they invited me if this summer im going 2 b a rising sophmore do u have any ideas y i got invited?


yeah i started a forum on this b cuz i got that letter too and i have no clue how u get invited and i dont no anythin about it

[Preplax18]

Jake Reed is where its at i went to the sophmore jake reed camp and im goin to the junior jake reed camp.....both camps are sponsored by nike it is legit....these two camps are the real deal

[stalax15]

someone said don't be fooled by blue chip 225 what does that mean and is it true only 114 kids go there.

[shakeNbake]

blue chip 225 and jake reeds are two dif camps, blue chip anybody can go, jake reeds is the best 114ish

[Preplax18]

im going to jake reed's