r/Womens_lacrosse

Any insight into how the tryout process is at schools with club teams who also have strong D1 programs? Daughter is interested in UConn, Stony Brook and Albany and wants to play club rather than pursuing D3 at a smaller school; wondering if they take all comers or if she should expect tryouts and cuts?

anyone else have ideas on what will make the Boston guard not lose all their games?! yikessss

It's her first year playing club (and I never played lax)... as we get ready for the start of practices and fall tourneys quickly after that, I'm trying to prep. Does she need 2 sticks?

any other helpful tips anyone has are appreciated, too!!!!

Hi guys! I'm a high school freshman playing lacrosse. I started lacrosse this March and I'm just ADDICTED to it! I mean, I really love playing the sport! But, tbh I think I'm hot great at it. I'm good at catch balls and ground ball, but I want to cradle like professional Lacrosse players like Charlotte North (She's my favorite lacrosse player). So, because I want to be like her, I always watch her cradle, shoot, and catch balls. It feels like she's a literal god to me. I really want to learn her skills and any other lacrosse skills that can make me stand out in the team.

My goal this year is to be captain or vice captain of my school's women's lacrosse team. I need help! Especially, I want to learn the "shooting cradle" (I don't know if it's a real word,,sorry) which is I think a cradle that you do before shooting (or when you're doing catch ball and you do this cradle before throwing it to your friend. it's not like "cradling" but you hold the stick horizontally and like shake it a little bit? I don't know how to explain..sorry...) Anyways! I want to learn many great skills to be captain this year! I may be just a freshman, but I want to use Lacrosse as a Extracurricular activity to got to Stanford, but when I asked the senior players in my school, they said that to use Lacrosse as an Extracurricular activity, you gotta be chosen as a player for the national teams...Anyways.... I really need your help...

P.S, I want to do wall ball, but there are no 'wall' like walls in my school or my house area...And even if I do it, I'm so scared that the ball will hit my face :(

I started playing women's lacrosse earlier this year. I’ve been using an STX stick, but since I’ve improved a lot, I’m looking to switch to a Gait model. My friends mostly use the Gait Air or Apex, but I’m considering the Whip.(Because I'm interested in the Charlotte North Gait Whip 2 design.. heehee) I usually play midfield or attack.
I’m having trouble choosing because I don’t really know the differences between these sticks... Any recommendations?

Now that the two World Championships have finished, I am interested in people’s thoughts on their impact on the growth of the sport. There are two aspects for me: TV exposure and the number of American players in rosters outside of the American team.

I am not overly familiar with how TV distribution deals are done but given the coverage for the College and WLL games already in place, I don’t think World Lacrosse TV was the best option for showing the World Championships. Whilst revenue was generated from already committed fans, I don’t see how this attracted a new audience to the sport.

The other issue I saw being discussed a lot is the number of American born players on the rosters of other countries. I know that this is within the rules as they stand, but is this really the direction the sport wants to head, when the final of the Div II Championship and the final 4 of the Division I Championship was almost entirely made up of American players? I don’t think this provides any incentive to players in developing countries, when the opportunity to play for their Nation is taken away from them by a player who may well have had nothing to do with growing the sport in their country. 

Thoughts?

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Hi all, sorry I just need to rant a little and get some opinions.

I’ve been playing lacrosse for about a year now, and tbh I love lacrosse and I know this might sound dramatic to some peoplezzbut I’m still not very good at it. Honestly, I love playing it recreationally, but sometimes I feel like if you’re not good enough, people don’t really take you seriously or even look at you like you matter.

Maybe I’m just overthinking it, I don’t know. But it really hurts. There were times I’d only be on the field for a few seconds before they asked me to sub out bcz someone else was going back in. I know I’m not as good as that person, and I understand they play better than me, but it still stings.

There are also times when people won’t pass me the ball and if I do get it it feels like I’m not even trusted to cradle bcz they worried I’ll drop it. We have a competition coming up..and I honestly feel like the same thing is going to happen again. I even told one of them, they can opt me out.

Honestly, I feel like I’m only there as a temporary player so the stronger players can rest and not bcz they actually want me on the field. Someone even said before, “We just need more subs so those who actually play can rest”

Am I overreacting? Cz at this point I jz want to leave and even tho I love lacrosse so much, I feel like there’s nothing I can change.

I just volunteered to coach a high school girls lax team and we have two TryLax Free days next week, 2 hours each practice. I plan to go over the basics of GBs, cradling, throwing/catching, shooting, and defense. Does anyone else have any basic skills I should add to that list? I’d also love if anyone had any drills or games I could put in my plan.