Club Directors Panel: What Do You Do in February?
High school season is around the corner. What are club doing in the winter months?
Club Directors Panel: How Do You Handle Blow Outs?
Every coach, player, and parent has experienced a blow out. What happens when your team takes a ten point lead into half time of a tournament game?
Club Directors Panel: Tryouts
The recruiting process has also accelerated the club team tryout timeline. A vast majority of club teams are now hosting tryouts in August and September to ensure their teams have been selected ahead of the November tournament circuit. This CDP asks what makes a good tryout?
Club Directors Panel: Do rivalries exist on the summer circuit?
The summer tournament circuit is over. Tryouts for next season have already begun which means the second season of the Club Directors Panel is here.
Club Directors Panel: What are you looking for when selecting your team?
Just because you want to play for a certain club this summer doesn’t mean they want you to play for them. What are some things our Club Directors are looking for when selecting their teams?
Club Directors Panel: How Many Players Do You Carry?
High school athletes could conceivably play in an event every day of the summer beginning in June. This means that there’s a good chance they’re tired by the time early July hits. In early July, temperatures increase. Clubs have to find the right balance between ensuring their boys get exposure and ensuring they aren’t exhausted by the second game of the day.
Club Directors Panel: How to Email a College Coach, Written by a College Coach
A previous Club Directors Panel focused on how clubs are preparing their families for the accelerated recruiting process. Ryan Danehy, co-director of Go Blue and current assistant at Michigan, shared valuable insights from both sides of the process and then provided a great template for emailing college coaches.
Club Directors Panel: Managing Expectations
How do you manage a player, and perhaps his family as well, who comes off of a disappointing summer circuit?
Club Directors Panel: Late Bloomer In Lacrosse
We are assuming this late bloomer took a big step up in one year. We’ve seen it happen before, so what should this player do to maximize his rapid talent spurt? Suppose this hypothetical athlete was, at best, projected to be a depth player on a middle of the road D3 team, and then, all of sudden, a growth spurt and/or lacrosse development kicks in and he’s looking like a low end to middle D1 contributor. What can this kid do? What is the process going to be like?
Club Directors Panel: High School Teams Vs Club
Our fourth Club Directors Panel presented a bit of a challenge for our participants, because we asked about attitudes of those associated with off-season lacrosse. By no means are we being accusatory of our panel, but as the scene continues to evolve, we are simply wondering what they’re experiencing from their side of the table.
Club Directors Panel: Tournament Selection
Week Three of the Club Directors Panel finds us discussing how many tournaments a club should participate in, and how these clubs select those events. Should you play in three tournaments or five? If you play in too few events are you risking not being seen by coaches? If you play in too many events, are you risking injury or being over exposed?
Club Directors Panel: Early Recruiting & Coaching Staffs
We’re off and running after a spirited Week One of the Club Directors Panel. This week we dive into something a little more specific, the accelerated recruiting process. Perhaps the most intriguing part of lacrosse today is the development of D1 coaches accepting verbal commitments from sophomores and freshmen.