What steps to take to get noticed by colleges for taking Face-offs?

[laxer69]

Any one have any advise?

[TRELAX]

I'd say get your amazing stats in the papers. Usually local papers run the divisional leaders in goals, assists, save % and face off %.
Go to camps where it says there are face-off contesats/clynics in the brochure.
And finally, be known as the best, I mean by everyone. If players start to recognize you, that means coaches will too. I wear bright yellow shorts to indoor everyweek, so everyone remebers i'm the only one of the field in bright yellow shorts. Some kids will take face all night but if I step to the X there have been SEVERAL instances EVERY week where a kid will walk to the wing and ask his teammate to take face. It just makes me feel awesome to see that. Kids that aren't on your team recognizing your skills, thats when you've found something you're good at.
Finally, when coaches ask you what position you play. say "middie AND I TAKE FACE." or "face-off SPECIALIST and I run middie." never sya jsut one, they want versitile players. I play middie, faceoff and attack, so I basicly only leave on man-down. Most of all, play each face 100% every single time. Always win, always go in looking to win, be dominant. People will respect you no matter what your size if you are cool and confidant.

[pumba]

I'd say get your amazing stats in the papers. Usually local papers run the divisional leaders in goals, assists, save % and face off %.
Go to camps where it says there are face-off contesats/clynics in the brochure.
And finally, be known as the best, I mean by everyone. If players start to recognize you, that means coaches will too. I wear bright yellow shorts to indoor everyweek, so everyone remebers i'm the only one of the field in bright yellow shorts. Some kids will take face all night but if I step to the X there have been SEVERAL instances EVERY week where a kid will walk to the wing and ask his teammate to take face. It just makes me feel awesome to see that. Kids that aren't on your team recognizing your skills, thats when you've found something you're good at.
Finally, when coaches ask you what position you play. say "middie AND I TAKE FACE." or "face-off SPECIALIST and I run middie." never sya jsut one, they want versitile players. I play middie, faceoff and attack, so I basicly only leave on man-down. Most of all, play each face 100% every single time. Always win, always go in looking to win, be dominant. People will respect you no matter what your size if you are cool and confidant.

That is very very good advice!

[laxer69]

Great points, thanks for the imput.

[ontheblackrock]

TRELAX def. gave you some good advie bro.
Stats being posted as many area's as you can is to your advantage. If your coach doesnt take stats of your face-offs then thats pretty odd, but if he doesnt; ask him to. Explain to him the reason for the stats, and say hey, if I'm doing well and get some good stats do you mind posting them in the paper for me? Most coaches will stick their neck out to get their players into the schools they want to go to. Any good coach I ever had has.

More advice for you is to post your player stats on as many sites as you can.
http://www.lacrosse.org/membership/index.phtml - US lacrosse is definitly a big one.
http://www.laxpower.com/ - thats another good site
http://www.youthlacrosseusa.com/hsnews/ - Go to this site and get as much news posted about you as you can.

A player from my school who graduated last year, was quinn cooke. I'm not sure if you have heard of him but he got a ride to maryland. Quinn's name was in the washington post nearly all season long. He was marked as the "go to guy" the hottest player. Not only is this reputation due to his playing, but also his marketing. The coach, definitly helped out the players reputations as much as he could. Oakton being all around very talented at lacrosse, it naturally drew attention from media. Then Quinn scoring as much as he did, the coach would put his name out for the press. This got around and soon enough, at games he was being doubleteamed, he'd pass the ball off get an assist, and after a couple times the players wouldn't gaurd him thinking he was just gonna pass and someone else was going to score. This whole rep worked to his advantage, a reputation can make a good player an AWESOME player. Think about it, if you have a rep of being the best and so hard to defend and beat, then naturally people are going to be siked out and intimidated. This will lower their performance, and make them think twice about what your going to do; which we all know is lacrosse what your going to do has to be natural and fast. If you think too long or hesitate, it's too late.

Basically what I'm saying is you have to market yourself. You have to work with your coach and all the media you can get your hands on to list your stats. Film is great, get your mom or dad to bring a video camera to your games, record every single one of your goals, face-offs, checks, etc. Even at summer leagues you want this all down to send a college coach a video. Start early so you have alot of footage.

Hope I could be of some help to yah.