Rules

Defensive Stick Positioning in Girls Lacrosse

Playing defense can be a tough skill to master for younger lacrosse players due to the nature of the rules regarding contact and stick control. Often times, at the youth level, one of two scenarios […]

Game

Position Descriptions and Field Diagram

For the first time parent, a girls’ lacrosse game can be a pretty strange sight with players lined up on both ends of the field, unlike soccer, and unusual markings near the goal, resembling a […]

Skills

Success with 8 Meter Free Position Shots

In girl’s and women’s lacrosse, a major foul by a defensive player which occurs in the 8 meter arc results in a direct free position from one of the seven hash marks equally spaced along […]

Gear

How to Get a Good Lacrosse Stick Cheap

Not everyone has a friend, neighbor, or sibling with a good lacrosse stick laying around to loan out or hand down. If a kid wants to start playing lacrosse, mom or dad goes to the […]

Gear

Swax Lax Training Balls

I learned about Swax Lax Training Balls in a serendipitous sort of way during the product’s initial launch at the US Lacrosse Convention. A few weeks prior, I had been planning an indoor clinic advertised […]

Gear

Lacrosse Pocket Restringing with Taylor D’Amore

As a player begins to improve her stick skills and becomes more technical about her game and equipment, she may want to consider having her pocket professionally restrung.  Taylor D’Amore, former US National Team player, […]