JV PLAYERS

who are some jv players that really stood out last year that will make the jump to varsity?

I can pretty much speak for Middleton here, but the entire attack lineup for us could easily play varsity this coming season, granted if all of them could get bigger in size...

also had a number of middies and defense who will make a nice transition to the higher level.

Guru wrote:

I can pretty much speak for Middleton here, but the entire attack lineup for us could easily play varsity this coming season, granted if all of them could get bigger in size...

also had a number of middies and defense who will make a nice transition to the higher level.

[b]Waunakee beat the offense in double OT they could barley score 3 goals on a firtst year goalie. The deffense completley shut down their attack and the middies were a little factor

of the freshmen at Marquette high, i'll venture to say that a few of them will be swing players from JV to Varsity over the course of the spring, eventually they'll develop into impact players by june. 3 attackmen in particular and at least two middies will probably start the swinging, but i will want them to remain on the JV so i dont lose my better players ha.

Goalielife101 wrote:

[b]Waunakee beat the offense in double OT they could barley score 3 goals on a firtst year goalie. The deffense completley shut down their attack and the middies were a little factor

If you were trying to say that Middleton's attack aren't meant for Varsity, you're sadly mistaken. I've been playing against one of them in fall ball this year that seems like he would be good enough to play Varsity, and I know there's another one on their team that is quick enough to play. Both lack size, but they're both quick and are fundamentally sound. And nothing against your offense, but you also barely put up 3 goals on a first year goalie while playing our JV B team.

Verona will have to fill the spots of 15 graduated seniors. Chances are good that we will be starting the same guys for Varsity that we started for JV this year, especially at attack and defense. We had a couple of swing guys between Varsity and JV so hopefully the experience there will help.

Lets be honest...who cares what JV players are going to make the jump to V. When it happens it happens, and when it does, then they are just another part of the V team. Every year people will make that jump regardless of skill due to the fact some teams need to fill the spots.

This is a very opinionated topic, and therefore no one is right or wrong.

that transition probably means something to every JV player on here thought.

True, but I'm just playing devils advocate here and saying that making V isn't the biggest deal.

for the sake of argument,

generally in high school sports the shift from the JV level to the Varsity level is actually quite a big deal. Perhaps this is not very noticeable in Lacrosse, or to some of us who completely surpassed the JV level and went straight-away to Varsity, but for most players the game changes radically. It's tough to argue that the levels are close enough to the point that the transition from JV to V means little more than filling empty spots on a roster. I think many of us on the forums would agree that the Varsity game is 10 times faster and 20 times more technical than the JV game. After coaching only one season at the freshman level of the game, it's painfully obvious to see the differences on how the game is played. Not only is the game slower and "less technical"(not a whole lot of skill involved), but it's also more based upon individual athleticism and individual performances on the field, not so much the team(as it is on varsity).

i dunno this is a good debate to follow up on. but i totally disagree that "making V isnt the biggest deal". to me, varsity status means quite a bit. How do you think recruitment goes for a sophomore who played Varsity vs one who played JV?

I tend to agree with SiouxLax it's not really a big deal to make Varsity. If that's your goal, you need to set them much higher. What matters is whether you make an impact at the Varsity level. And as far as recruitment, I would argue that playing JV as a sophomore means very little versus playing Varisty. A college coach will not only look at what level they played at but how much they improved. If that Varsity player doesn't improve and stays at the same level, but that JV player improves and comes to a level playing field with that player for Junior year. It will show a college coach not only does that player have a good work ethic to make such improvements, but that there's potential. A lot of players peak early and don't do what's necessary to improve. So really, who cares who makes Varsity? I care who will make an impact, not who will be standing on the bench.

i think that is a very true statement.

on our team last season, there were 2 freshman who played on varsity and received great amounts of playing time and did very well.

the sophomores on the team were very frustrated at first, and with good inital reason... who wanted freshman coming in and taking a varsity spot that the sophomores were hoping for?

but as the season went on, it was obvious that those freshman had the talent and were ready for the varsity level, and when a few sophomores moved up to the varsity team once the jv team was done playing and teh varsity had made the playoffs, they completely realized the change in the games pace. i think that was a great learning experience for them... its about drive and determination.. and the freshman on our team obviously had more of that.

I gotta say that coaching against the Verona Orange JV team last season, I think that they will be fine filling in spots on Varsity. They all seemed athletically superior to all the other JV teams. I think they went undefeated, too.

did anyboyd play against arrowheads jv 1 team last year i heard they were good? who were there stand outs if u can remember

lacrosseman1 wrote:

did anyboyd play against arrowheads jv 1 team last year i heard they were good? who were there stand outs if u can remember

Idk, i played them on two occasions, once in the beginning of the season when things were still getting straightened out, and then once again in the championship game, their goalie stepped up in the championship game, but i don't think they had anyone that was really, that good.

did u guys win or no?

did u guys win or no?

i heard their midfielders were really good is that true

Who knows....you'll have to wait to find out.

lacrosseman1 wrote:

did u guys win or no?

nope, unfortunately they made a very impressive 2nd half run and beat us 12-10.

KmLAX42 wrote:

lacrosseman1 wrote:

did anyboyd play against arrowheads jv 1 team last year i heard they were good? who were there stand outs if u can remember

Idk, i played them on two occasions, once in the beginning of the season when things were still getting straightened out, and then once again in the championship game, their goalie stepped up in the championship game, but i dcon't think they had anyone that was really, that good.

Ok we played them for ournfirst game and it was a bad game for us itcwas our goalies first game and he struggled. Arrowhead had three seniors on their if squad and a bunch of jrs idk most their v was frosh

most of their varsity was not freshman, so idk where you got there from. they had 2 JV teams, very few freshman were on varsity.

AHS Varsity last year had one freshman on it.

ya ur a idiot arrowhead had 1 freshman on it last year and the only reason was because his family started the program

lacrosseman1 wrote:

ya ur a idiot arrowhead had 1 freshman on it last year and the only reason was because his family started the program

Get your facts straight before you say anything....

The reason he was on V is because he could lax better than everyone else who tried out.

I also see you're from Arrowhead...why asking so many questions about YOUR program? You should know more than anyone here.

how do u know i am from arrowhead. cause im not