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Parents: Enjoy the Moment

By Kate Leavell A letter to my former self as a new sports parent: One day you’re going to get in the car with your kid’s water bottle that he left at home for the last time, that sour shoulder pads and cleat smell coming from the back seat, and the little chunks of dirt that have been knocked loose from muddy cleats all over the once new floor ... More

Love the Game? Pay it Forward

By Annie Pugh With the spring lacrosse season having arrived, my to-do list seems to be getting longer with each day as my “part-time” lacrosse coaching job begins to consume my life. We all make sacrifices for our beloved sport, however, for me, it’s a labor of love. I believe that being a part of lacrosse and the world of athletics has molded me ... More

Michigan’s Keys to the 10-Man Ride

By Brian Logue PeytonWilliams Watch a Michigan men’s lacrosse game and one of the first things you’re most likely to hear someone talking about is the 10-man ride. Michigan coach John Paul had tremendous success with the ride while winning MCLA national championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and he’s continued to utilize the tactic since ... More

Brown State? Honoring a Tradition

By Brian Logue Greg Shemitz With the rapid expansion of college lacrosse over the past several years, there are a number of school names that might sound unfamiliar to lacrosse fans. But visitors strolling along the Henry A. Rosenberg Jr. Promenade at the new US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., might do a double take when they see one of the brick ... More

Use Fun to Develop and Keep Players

By Kate Leavell Kevin Tucker The pressure to be like “ Maryland” is driving kids away from lacrosse in many developing areas. I grew up playing in Maryland, so I’m familiar with the difference between my home state and the developing lacrosse states I’ve lived in more recently as an adult, as a parent and a coach. My boys started ... More

The Medicine Game

By Beth Mahr Courtesy of EXCEL Lacrosse, the creator’s game, is filled with rich life lessons, character building, team building, communication, and healing. In the early roots of lacrosse, the game was played for the creator’s enjoyment and the healing of people. Fast-forward hundreds of years, and people all over the world are seeing the impact of ... More

3 Tips for Identifying College Fit

By Ryan Boyle | @TrilogyLacrosse John Strohsacker During the introductory meeting at the 2015 Trilogy Middle School Aces East, I presented one of our players with a hypothetical premise. Would you go to a school where you are guaranteed to win a national championship but never step on the field? His answer — no — was simple and confident despite the ... More

Building a Championship Culture

By Brian Logue John Strohsacker On Friday night of the 2016 US Lacrosse Convention, Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala explained how building a family was essential to the success of the Blue Jays’ program. One of the game’s greatest players, the all-time winningest coach at one of the nation’s most storied progra... More

The Impact of Inclusion in Lacrosse

By Paul Ohanian Brian Schneider US Lacrosse has been focused on bringing greater diversity to the sport of lacrosse for some time, and in fact, has identified outreach and inclusion as one of its four primary goals in the Strategic Plan that will shape the organization’s priorities from 2016-2018. Specifically, the national governing body is committed ... More

Online Education Gets New Home

By Brian Logue | @USLacrosse If you build it, they will come. That’s certainly been the case for the new US Lacrosse learning management platform, which launched last month. In just the first few weeks, more than 5,000 people have signed up to access online educational information offered by US Lacrosse. “We’ve had tremendous response and ... More