This isn't
a season.
It's a launch.
BTB families — what you're about to read isn't a normal newsletter. This month marks the biggest infrastructure leap in the history of our club.
A new website. A new staff operating system. An Online Academy launching September 1st. A Recruiting Hub. Exclusive trainers. And a tournament season already producing hardware. Everything below is built around one promise: your player gets the highest standard of development on Long Island — on the field, off the field, and into college.
Four launches.
One mission.
We rebuilt the engine. Here's what's now live for BTB families and staff.
bethebestli.com
More than a website. The central resource for everything BTB and everything travel lacrosse. As we grow inside the lacrosse industry, we're holding ourselves to a higher standard — and the new platform reflects it.
An interactive experience built to develop players off the field, keep families locked into BTB events, and deliver constant updates on what's happening across the travel lacrosse world.
Private, role-based access ensures parents and coaches see what's relevant to them — securely.
Visit Site →BTB-OS
The all-inclusive, integrated hub our coaching staff operates from every day. Attendance, schedules, communication, and every BTB system — unified into a single platform.
Coaches access a complete library of practice plans, drills, and the ability to build their own personal playbook. Every workflow that used to live in five different places now lives in one.
Attendance is closely monitored because it directly impacts player development and team performance. Parents receive proactive alerts if their player's attendance puts them at risk of consequences — such as reduced playing time in a tournament — well before any decision is made. The goal is transparency and partnership, not surprise.
For BTB families: more consistent coaching, faster communication, zero information falling through the cracks.
BTB Online Academy
The off-field development engine. Built by Coach Dan. Launches September 1st.
↓ Full story in Section 05
The Recruiting Hub
A centralized resource for every BTB family navigating the college process. Timelines, contact strategies, film standards, exposure events.
Explore Hub →
Setting the
standard.
Two BTB teams. Two championships. One incredibly proud club.
Tournament season is officially underway, and the 2034 Snipers and 2032 Riptide have set the tone with their first championships of the year. To the players, coaches, and families behind these wins — congratulations. The work showed up.
Snipers
Penguin Invitational Champions. First tournament of the season. First chip on the wall. The standard is set.
Riptide
Spring Lax Jam Bracket Champions. First tournament championship in program history. The girls set the tone.
Class on every
sideline.
To every BTB family and player who's already taken the field this season — thank you. The way our teams have conducted themselves, the way our parents have represented the club, the energy and class shown on every sideline so far — it has been first-class across the board. That doesn't go unnoticed, and it's the foundation we keep building on.
As we grow,
we hold the line.
BTB is on the scene more than ever — more teams, more tournaments, more eyes on us. With that comes responsibility. How we present ourselves, how we behave, our energy, and our sideline conduct all reflect the entire club. Every player, every parent, every coach carries the brand. The standard is the standard — for everyone, everywhere we play.
The season is just
getting started.
These wins belong to the entire club, but the season belongs to all of us. To every BTB team still preparing, training, and waiting for their moment — we're cheering you on. Hit the ground running. Represent the standard. Your moment is coming.
Exclusive
trainers.
Year-round.
BTB is fully committing to elite trainers working exclusively with our players.
No more competing for time. No more random schedules. A locked-in fall, winter, and spring training calendar — built around BTB athletes.
Steve
Bentz
A massive addition to the BTB staff. Steve will lead our overall player development strategy and head the SAB Training partnership — bringing structured, position-aware skill development to every age group.
Training
Position-specific stick skill, IQ, and lacrosse-specific player development. Built for BTB. Reserved for BTB.
Athletics
First step, change of direction, conditioning. The work that shows up in the 4th quarter.
A full schedule for
every age group.
In August, BTB will release the complete training calendar — Fall, Winter, and Spring — locked in for every age group across the club. Stay tuned for the official announcement.
The Online
Academy.
Built different.
Coach Dan has spent the last six months building this — drawing from over twenty years of coaching experience — to create something the travel lacrosse world hasn't seen.
Practice gets you reps. Tournaments get you exposure. But the players who actually get recruited — who play varsity early, start in college, lead programs — are doing the work between practices that nobody sees. The Online Academy delivers that work, year-round, on every player's phone.
Knowledge that scales
with the player.
Each age group gets its own track. As players grow, the depth grows with them. Concepts compound year over year — never repeated, always built upon.
Four pillars. Every tier.
Film Study
Read the game faster. See what coaches see.
Lacrosse IQ
Decisions, situations, schemes. The mental game built systematically.
Position Training
Attack, middie, defense, goalie — specialized work, not generic drills.
Off-Field
Recruiting, character, leadership, accountability. The full athlete.
Finish a tier.
Earn your spot.
Every player who completes a tier earns a permanent place on the BTB Wall of Fame — featured directly on bethebestli.com. Public recognition for private work. Proof that the off-field grind is being seen.
The work today is
the recruiting edge tomorrow.
Knowledge compounds. A 2034 player who masters Foundation Tier this year arrives at high school years ahead of peers who skipped it. By the time the recruiting process starts, BTB players have already done the hard work — and it shows.
Tryouts &
Camps.
Mark the calendar. Spots fill fast.
Supplemental
Tryouts
2033–2031 · 10–11 AM
2033–2030 · 10–11 AM
📍 Plainedge Park
Girls: Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Boys: Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Open evaluations: Thursday, July 30, 2026
Two camps. Sign up for any consecutive days that fit your schedule.
Positional
Camp
Three days dedicated to your position. Attack, midfield, defense, FOGO, LSM, and goalies each get their own track with position-specialist coaches.
Futures
Camp
Three days built for the next generation. High-energy, fundamentals-first coaching from the same pros who lead our travel teams. Fun, but serious.
Meet
Coach B.
"Hey BTB family — I'm Coach B, and I'm pumped to meet all our players, future players, and the families that make this club what it is."
