Lacrosse Players Advice?

go up to him and ask if you can talk to about why you didnt make the u17 team. tell all those reasons why you want to play up. ask him if there is a chance you could get moved up. and from now on you have to work really hard at every practice and game and play well every game. so you cant be getting baked anymore before practice. and whenever hes watching you just make sure you dont do anything that makes you look bad. so dont worry theres really no pressure on you

Damn good advice.  Definitely talk to him in person.  Let him know exactly how you feel.  I wouldn't admit that part of the reason I wanted to move up was because of friends though.  Worst case scenario he won't let you move up now.  If that's what happens, stay positive and ask him to explain to you exactly what you need to improve on in order to play at the same level as the guys on the other team. Just by talking to him you'll demonstrate that you're serious enough about lacrosse to want to improve and be more competitive.  If you work hard good things will happen.  Even if you don't get to move up at some point this season stick with it and I'm sure you'll make the better team next year.  And finally, find a brick wall someplace and play some wall ball.  Outside of going to practice that is literally all you need to do to get sick at lacrosse.  Spend the majority of your wall ball time throwing and catching with your off hand.  Seriously.  I can't stress that enough.  If you want to be really good, get to the point where you can cradle, pass, and shoot ambidextrously.  Most d-poles at a high school level aren't going to be able to shut you down if you can shoot both ways.  Work hard.  Good luck.

I am a starting attack for varsity and my best advice is to always have your stick in your hand(no homo) stick tricks, just cradling what ever you can do, always be practicing something if your hands are free, this helped me improve immensly.

just talk to him in person, be honest, stick up for yourself, and make a good case why you should be on the u17. if the evidence is there, he'll most likely move you up, but if you don't belong on the team, you'll stay on the u16 team

just flat out tell him. tell him how you hadn't played in a while in the winter due to skiing. honestly, if he is a good coach he should let you play on that team. as long as you prove that you should be on that team and when you talk to him make sure it is good.

then if he doesn't let you on the team, If I were you id say it's time to bitch him out. tell him about how he's a bad coach and he never listens to what anyone has to say, whether it be through e-mail, phone or even in person. if you do this right he will probably either think about it or just be the dick that he is and kick you off the team. either way you were straight up with him.

remember that if you do get on the u17 team. don't be nervous, I'm not sure how to say this but basically you do want to show him that he made the right choice so try your hardest and focus, BUT at the same time don't get nervous about it. last year, before every lacrosse game I used to get so nervous because I was put on varsity as a freshman and I felt that I needed to live up to something and not fuck up. halfway through the season I realized that I was just hurting myself and I almost needed to take an "I don't care" approach. Only to a certain extent though. I still practiced everyday making my weak hand stronger with wall ball and other exercises. When it came game time though I just let everything go and just went out and played lacrosse and really that is all you have to do.

I hope this helped and good luck with everything. lacrosse is a fun sport, I love it. By the way, what position do you play??

this was my fault that i didnt make it clear

he was our varsity coach last year. then he got up and ditched us and went to another team. now the next time i will really see him, and he will see me, it when the summer season starts. and he doesnt really seem to look at email, athough he is running a business.

so i cant talk to him easily. i can send him an email, but i doubt he will respond. also, its not that i had friends on that team, its that i played with them last year and we were dirty, we won everything and we played well as a team

and as for my lacrosse skills, trust me, im always hitting the wall and i have some of the best stick skills on my team, and im a defender. i have been playing since i was about 8, its always been my main sport. i dont think its really a question of am i good enough, because i know i can keep up. maybe not stand out, but keep up.