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By Brian Logue Scott McCall SPARKS, Md. — US Lacrosse announced that the deadline for applications for players wishing to try out for the 2017 U.S. Women’s National Team has been extended to June 15. Tryouts will be held August 5-7, 2016 at the new national team training center at US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md.Interested candidates can ...
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By Brian Logue Brian LogueLacrosse fans have long embraced “the fastest game on two feet” slogan to help sell the excitement of the sport. But for new players learning the sport, the fastest game on two feet isn’t always so fast.If you've ever been to a youth lacrosse game, you've seen something similar to the ground ball scrum in the picture above. ...
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By Brian Logue Trevor Brown/Kevin Tucker SPARKS, Md. — US Lacrosse has announced that Dylan Johnson and Simon Mathias have been named to the 2016 U.S. Men’s National Under-19 team as injury replacements for Drew Supinski and Thomas Wright. Johnson recently completed his freshman year at the University of Denver where he started all 16 games on ...
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By Paul Ohanian How much time does your family spend in activities related to youth lacrosse? There are practices and games, of course; add in tournaments, camps and clinics. Some also have private lessons, skill training and conditioning.How does your family’s lacrosse time commitment compare to other families? About the same, much more, or significa...
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By Brian Logue John Strohsacker EVENT HOME BETHLEHEM, Pa. — On a day when women’s lacrosse took a leap forward with the debut of the United Women’s Lacrosse League, the sport got another look at the future with more than 1,000 of the nation’s top high school players competing in front of more than 200 college coaches at the 2016 US ...
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By Kate Leavell | @kateleavell I’ve been to enough club tournaments that I expect the expected. Screaming coaches. Parents yelling at the refs. Trash talking between players, often mismatched in size. Parents in the stands cheering, parents leaning over the fence yelling not quite as cheerfully. Cranky officials who haven’t had a break in ...
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By Brian Logue Logan Whitton SPARKS, Md. — National lacrosse participation topped 800,000 active players for the first time since US Lacrosse began monitoring participation levels in 2001. For the year, total participation grew 2.2 percent to a total of 802,044 players competing on organized teams.Youth lacrosse continues to be the largest segment of ...
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By T.J. Buchanan Introduction In 2012, Dr. Mariale Hardiman published a book entitled “The Brain Targeted Teaching Model for 21st Century Schools.” Dr. Hardiman and her team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University spent several years conducting and reviewing neuroscience research on how children’s brains function in the ...
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By Brian Logue Scott McCall SPARKS, Md. — US Lacrosse announced today that applications for players wishing to try out for the 2017 U.S. Women’s National Team are now available. Tryouts will be held August 5-7, 2016 at the new national team training center at US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md.Interested candidates can apply for consideration ...
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By Brian Logue An often-overlooked piece of equipment related to safety is the actual lacrosse ball. Original research in 2005 by Trey Crisco, a member of the US Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee, led to the development of a NOCSAE ball standard. In 2014, the NOCSAE standard became required for all games using NCAA/NFHS/USL rules.Now, the ball ...
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