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Do not fear failure. If you are constantly worried about messing up you will always grip your stick too tight and never be able to play to your potential. And with that, Give 100%, 100% of the time. If you are going hard and you are passionate about what you are doing, it doesn’t matter if you make a mistake, you just learn from it. Everyone makes mistakes, it’s about having a short memory, becoming better from the mistake, and worrying about executing the next play.

How to Beat a Zone Defense

Posted in Team Concepts.

Zone defense in lacrosse is a defensive strategy where defenders cover specific areas of the field rather than individual offensive players. To beat a zone defense in lacrosse, you need to be able to move the ball quickly and accurately to create scoring opportunities.

How to Beat a Zone Defense

Finding Space: Part II

Posted in How to Play Lacrosse, Team Concepts.

If this concept of this finding space is to move to the next level, players must now formally execute it as they run their offense. We introduced the concept of motion offense at Adelphi University to teach the concept of finding space to our players (Lacrosse Magazine, February 1986). Richie Speckman, one of the most […]

Finding Space: Part II

16 Defensive Tips

Posted in Defense, Lax Tips, Midfield.

How is your defensive game? Do attackers with quick feet blow by you? Are you losing time on the field because you just can not seem to be effective enough in the back? Defense is tremendously hard. It seems like in any sport you play, whether it’s lacrosse or not, playing defense is a grind.

16 Defensive Tips

Helmet Reconditioning

Posted in Boys Equipment.

Hampton Roads Lacrosse players are required to have a helmet that is NOCSAE Certified. The Team/Club will consider newly purchased helmets to be NOCSAE Certified for 3 years from the date of manufacture, so long as they remain in undamaged condition.

Helmet Reconditioning

What Makes A Great Teammate?

Posted in Players.

Not every lacrosse player has been blessed with great talent, but every player regardless of ability can be a great teammate. Here are 12 qualities of a great teammate. Do these qualities describe you or your young player?

What Makes A Great Teammate?

10 Important Boys’ Lacrosse Rules

Posted in How to Play Lacrosse, Officials.

Safety is a big part of coaching lacrosse. The sport involves a lot of contact, so youth coaches must not only stress skill development but also explain lacrosse rules to youngsters to promote safe play. It’s especially important to coach beginners about the proper way to handle their lacrosse stick.

10 Important Boys’ Lacrosse Rules

Age & Eligibility Guidelines

Posted in Coaches, Officials, Parents, Players.

US Lacrosse establishes eligibility guidelines in order to promote the game of lacrosse among the youth of America in a safe and sportsmanlike environment. To best achieve this goal, US Lacrosse believes that leagues, associations, and other organizers of youth lacrosse should seek to provide playing opportunities that, as much as possible, establish a “level […]

Age & Eligibility Guidelines

Philosophy of Trying

Posted in Lax Tips, Players.

Almost everyone in the world has heard of Michael Jordan. He is probably one of the greatest basketball players who ever lived. But, did you know that he was cut from his high school basketball team when he was in the tenth grade because he was not good enough to make the team? The man […]

Philosophy of Trying

The Athletes’ Creed

Posted in Lax Tips, Players.

The Athletes’ Creed was created by those who play for the love of the game. It is a set of principles written by sports leaders and everyday athletes from across the country. It’s a proclamation of what the game stands for and how to be a better athlete, teammate, and opponent. Its mission is to […]

The Athletes’ Creed

Lacrosse Player Creed

Posted in Lax Tips, Players.

Team chemistry is the key component to a team’s success, at any level. It takes a special type of player to realize this and act in a way that benefits the team the most. To play with a true love for the game, and a passion to succeed and not be denied is the true […]

Lacrosse Player Creed

Player Code of Conduct

Posted in Players.

Lacrosse is the oldest American sport. Native Americans played lacrosse centuries ago, long before our colonies were settled. Through lacrosse, Native Americans celebrated and emphasized their spiritual and cultural values.

Player Code of Conduct

Make Him Play You

Posted in Attack, Lax Tips, Midfield.

Make your defenseman play you and you alone every second you are in the game. Keep moving all the time so that he must center his attention on you an not be in position to help out his fellow defensemen.

Make Him Play You

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