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Kyle Saunders retweeted
6 Dec 2025
Siena Men's Basketball honored Liam Gleason prior to tonight's game.
Every player wore a Siena Lacrosse shirt during warmups. Every coach wore a Siena Lacrosse quarter-zip with "LG" patched onto the sleeve. A moment of prayer/silence was also held. @SienaLacrosse @SienaMBB
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Kyle Saunders retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Short term, it means having (a) volunteer parents who love lax reaching out to their childrenās friends and getting them out to try the sport and (b) having a robust system of scholarships and handout equipment that allows kids to try the sport without huge financial commitments.
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Kyle Saunders retweeted
3 Mar 2025
I think it comes down to town programs being ultra aggressive getting very young players (K-4) into the sport. Long term, the best programs build a lacrosse culture in their town that draws large numbers of young players and makes it competitive with tee ball and youth soccer.
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3 Mar 2025
Create a culture where every playerās experience matters (even the ābad/new onesā) .
Retaining players into HS should be the #1 focus of public youth programs.
If it hasnāt been the focus the last 3-5 years, your HS program is likely on life support/will be in the near future.
3 Mar 2025
What about kids that are already good? They have to practice and play with ābad/new kids? ā
This attitude runs a lot of new players off in the current model. I blame the parents.
Kids actually have the ability to be inclusive of their peers. Adults get in the way of that.
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What about kids that are already good? They have to practice and play with ābad/new kids? ā
This attitude runs a lot of new players off in the current model. I blame the parents.
Kids actually have the ability to be inclusive of their peers. Adults get in the way of that.
3 Mar 2025
I think making it more convenient to play is huge for recruitment, retention, and growth.
Watching from a distance, the Deuces in-house league seems to be thriving.
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3 Mar 2025
I think making it more convenient to play is huge for recruitment, retention, and growth.
Watching from a distance, the Deuces in-house league seems to be thriving.
3 Mar 2025
Make k-6 grade lacrosse local.
Play in-house or team up with the next town over to create a local league. Make it rec.
Modified 6s. Fast, fun, and physical.
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3 Mar 2025
Make k-6 grade lacrosse local.
Play in-house or team up with the next town over to create a local league. Make it rec.
Modified 6s. Fast, fun, and physical.
3 Mar 2025
Itās a complex issue so Iām not sure that thereās a simple solution.
A good start might be to push the start of the youth season back to March. Better weather. Fewer cancellations.
Fewer conflicts with hockey and basketball.
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3 Mar 2025
Itās a complex issue so Iām not sure that thereās a simple solution.
A good start might be to push the start of the youth season back to March. Better weather. Fewer cancellations.
Fewer conflicts with hockey and basketball.
3 Mar 2025
Over the course of just two-three years, the unintended consequences wreak havoc on youth and eventually high school programs.
This is why so many High School programs lack JV teams.
Club lacrosse infiltration at the youth level killed them.
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Kyle Saunders retweeted
3 Mar 2025
and most importantly over saturation..it is heartbreaking to see successful programs fold because someone new moves into the area and wants a slice of the pie instead of combining and joining forces for good they decide to start a new program to splinter whatās already successful
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Kyle Saunders retweeted
3 Mar 2025
I think ultimately it boils down to people wanting to see immediate success v trusting the process..
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3 Mar 2025
Over the course of just two-three years, the unintended consequences wreak havoc on youth and eventually high school programs.
This is why so many High School programs lack JV teams.
Club lacrosse infiltration at the youth level killed them.
3 Mar 2025
All seems to make perfect sense except for the inherent bias/power those decision now makers haveā¦
How teams are formed, talent is identified, leagues are formed/run, and how success is measured is all viewed through the lenses of club lacrosse at the YOUTH/COMMUNITY level.
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3 Mar 2025
All seems to make perfect sense except for the inherent bias/power those decision now makers haveā¦
How teams are formed, talent is identified, leagues are formed/run, and how success is measured is all viewed through the lenses of club lacrosse at the YOUTH/COMMUNITY level.
3 Mar 2025
āYouth lacrosse as it is, feeds the club lacrosse machineā¦ā
Hereās basically how it works.
Club coach takes community lax job bc XYZ parent(s) on the board have affiliation w/ club coachās program.
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Kyle Saunders retweeted
3 Mar 2025
This lead to the best kids in the metroplex knowing each other and respecting each other in high school games. This lead to younger kids in the school programs striving to get better so they could make that āselectā team because they put in the workā¦
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Kyle Saunders retweeted
3 Mar 2025
If you were excelling at the middle school level there was one maybe two āselectā teams. But it was truly the best, not favoritism for what school you played for or coach you knew. This lead to DFW teams performing and winning multi state tournamentsā¦
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Kyle Saunders retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Pre 2010 lacrosse in DFW was truly about getting as many elementary/ middle school kids as possible to play. It did not matter where you went to school or how much your parents madeā¦ there was a team willing to have you no matter what level you were at.
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3 Mar 2025
āYouth lacrosse as it is, feeds the club lacrosse machineā¦ā
Hereās basically how it works.
Club coach takes community lax job bc XYZ parent(s) on the board have affiliation w/ club coachās program.
3 Mar 2025
The youth model is broken.
Youth lacrosse as it is, feeds the club lacrosse machine.
As such, only the ābestā get any type of ādevelopment.ā The rest will either sink or swim.
VERY FEW believe that EVERY playerās experience matters.
This is why you see the death of publics.
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3 Mar 2025
We arenāt growing.
Change course.
Immediately.
3 Mar 2025
The youth model is broken.
Youth lacrosse as it is, feeds the club lacrosse machine.
As such, only the ābestā get any type of ādevelopment.ā The rest will either sink or swim.
VERY FEW believe that EVERY playerās experience matters.
This is why you see the death of publics.
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3 Mar 2025
The youth model is broken.
Youth lacrosse as it is, feeds the club lacrosse machine.
As such, only the ābestā get any type of ādevelopment.ā The rest will either sink or swim.
VERY FEW believe that EVERY playerās experience matters.
This is why you see the death of publics.
3 Mar 2025
Anyone else upset about Texas Lacrosse & where weāre at right now?
The vibe I get is,āno, not really.ā
Troubling given how many publicās canāt field a JV team this season & how many youth programs are in dire straights.
We arenāt growing.
Change Course.
Immediately.
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3 Mar 2025
Anyone else upset about Texas Lacrosse & where weāre at right now?
The vibe I get is,āno, not really.ā
Troubling given how many publicās canāt field a JV team this season & how many youth programs are in dire straights.
We arenāt growing.
Change Course.
Immediately.
3 Mar 2025
āHow do we Grow the Game!?
āDo what the Olympics are.ā
āSIXES.ā
āYeah, throw some new un-athletic kid in the goal.
Weāll play a format that invites them to get crease cranked from 3 yards by bad shooters, & weāll see if they have the balls to stick w/ the sport.ā
ā#GTG šā
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