Early Recruiting In College Lacrosse

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The Effects of Early Recruiting in College Lacrosse

In recent years, there has been a growing trend in college athletics towards the recruitment of younger and younger kids. In 2012, an eighth grader by the name of Dylan Moses was offered a full ride scholarship to the University of Louisiana at the age of 14. This singular event has since opened the flood gaits for early college recruiting. By the time Dylan Moses entered high school, he had no less than eight scholarship offers to big-name division 1 programs. Since then, there have been cases similar to Dylan's all across the country. In March of this year, an eighth grade lacrosse player from Long Island verbally committed to play lacrosse at Penn State University following his graduation …show more content…

Players begin to become overly cocky and arrogant in the way that they play the game. This of course is not true in every case but we cannot ignore the fact that this does happen. Players begin to feel that they are the best player on the field and begin to ignore any team dynamics and the concept of working together with other players for a common goal. They may be reluctant to pass the ball or they may take selfish shots at the goal, in the hopes that they themselves will boost their own stats. This is detrimental to any team overall and can become a huge problem for their coaches at any level. If a kid is no longer open to coaching because of their "I'm the best" mentality, then they lose any potential they had to get any better at the game of lacrosse. On the other hand, a player may become so overwhelmed by the pressure of their college commitment, that they may make stupid decisions on the field, because they are nervous or worried about screwing up. A player who is afraid to make a mistake is not going to be able to perform at a high level on the

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