Frequently asked questions

Cradle is a lacrosse recruiting app and stat keeper for families. It replaces elaborate recruiting spreadsheets with a directory of every NCAA D1, D2, D3, NAIA and JUCO program, coach emails sent from your own inbox, an engagement tracker, a school fit score and season stats.

Favorite schools from the College and Coach Directory, email coaches with templates, and log every call, camp and game a coach attends. Set follow-up reminders, then sort your list by fit, engagement, RPI or status.

Each coach you email gets a personal, unique link to your athlete’s recruiting profile. When a coach opens it or plays a video, Cradle records it, sends you an alert and adds it to that school’s engagement score. It shows activity, not a promise of recruiting interest, and if a coach forwards the link, the visit still counts for that coach.

Yes. The College and Coach Directory covers men’s and women’s NCAA Division I, II and III and NAIA and JUCO programs, with coaching staff and contact details where schools publish them.

Open the College and Coach Directory in Cradle. It lists every NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA and JUCO lacrosse program, men’s and women’s, with the coaching staff and contact details where schools publish them. Search by school, city, state, conference or coach name, then favorite the schools you want to follow.

Email them from your own Gmail or Mail using templates you write once and reuse. Cradle fills in each coach’s name and school and adds a personal link to your athlete’s profile, then logs the email so you know who you’ve reached. Calls, texts and visits can be logged too.

Coaches look for stats by level and season, highlight video, a schedule of where to see the athlete play, academics (GPA, test scores and an unofficial transcript if you choose) and references. Cradle turns these into one recruiting profile with a link, a PDF and a QR code, and you choose what coaches see.

iPhone today, through Apple’s TestFlight beta. Android is coming. You can also use Cradle in any web browser at app.getcradlelax.com, on a computer or a tablet.

A parent owns the family account and invites others by text. Players get their own login and, unless you change it, see only their own stats and schools. Parents see everything.

No. Cradle is an organizing and communication tool, not a recruiting service. It helps your family stay on top of schools, coaches and stats, but it can’t promise coach interest, roster spots, admission or scholarships.

Yes. The directory covers both men’s and women’s programs, and each player’s stats match their game, like draw controls for women’s lacrosse and face-offs for men’s.

Score games live from the sideline with Cradle, by halves or quarters, or add a finished game afterward. Rec, high school, club and college totals stay separate, standard, sixes and box are never added together, and scrimmages never count toward totals.

Yes. One family account holds all your players. Each one can have their own login that shows only their own stats and schools, unless you choose to let them see each other.

Each school’s score adds up coach activity: a reply from a coach counts 4, a coach at your game counts 3, a video or file opened counts 2, and a profile view counts 1. Emails you send are shown but don’t count, since sending isn’t a sign of interest from the coach.

No. Cradle fills in the email and opens it in your own Gmail or Mail, and you press send. Coaches see it come from you, and Cradle never emails coaches on its own.

No. Rec, high school, club and college stats each keep their own totals, standard, sixes and box are kept apart, and scrimmages never count. That keeps the numbers honest when a coach compares them.