Kids should set personal, measurable goals in the off-season instead of stressing about their team’s conditioning test. When they focus on improving themselves—not chasing other people’s standards—they build real confidence and arrive at tryouts already winning.
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There’s a moment every offseason where the panic starts to creep in.
A kid opens his email.There it is — the conditioning test. Mile times. Shuttle runs. Push-ups. Numbers stamped on a screen like a judge’s verdict.
And suddenly, the kid isn’t thinking about playing lacrosse anymore.He’s thinking about survival.
But here’s the thing no one tells him — the test isn’t the monster.The monster is the way he’s looking at it.
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