uwec_attack wrote:here here... track and field was nothing but conditioning for our HS football team; linemen did shot put, and wr/cb's did sprints or relays; if you didn't participate in spring sports, you had a real hard time making first (or any) squad. it wasnt my school specifically; it was any school in our area that had this rule
To some extent, this occurred at my high school as well, however, since my school offered boy's soccer (and the defensive line coach was the boy's soccer head coach) many of us played soccer in the spring. Lacrosse wasn't offered in my area. I first started playing in college.
Kyle Harrison has stated in many interviews that he was able to be successful in lacrosse because he was a multi-sport athlete growing up. It's a shame hearing kids say that they wished they had played football or basketball growing up but they had too much of a time commitment wrapped up in their select soccer club. Kids should play as many sports that they can and enjoy all that their high school athletic departments have to offer. Let's face it. Very few will ever make a career of sports and fewer still will make one playing the sport.
