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The first day of the Fall Classic was a lesson in consistency for the U.S. women's national team after dominating North Carolina 20-7, never trailing, but then falling behind to Team England 5-0 before making a comeback to secure the 20-13 victory.

Focus on the process, rather than the results. Learn about your team and how you will ultimately reach success.

Across the country, athletes are starting to specialize in a chosen sport at younger and younger ages. But how young is too young? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a clinical report published in the Pediatrics journal last month examining this topic. The short answer is — athletes should not specialize in a single sport at least until they reach puberty, and preferably not until later in adolescence (approximately 15-16 years of age).

Diversity scholaships are being offered to assist coaches who work with underrepresented youth in attending the 2017 US Lacrosse Convention in Baltimore.

SPARKS, Md. — US Lacrosse today announced Lax Sports Network as the exclusive broadcast partner for the Team USA Fall Classic, set for Tierney Field at US Lacrosse headquarters Oct. 8-9.

The event will feature the recently announced 2017 U.S. women’s national team, Australia, Canada, England and 2016 NCAA Division I champion North Carolina. All eight games will be streamed live for free at laxsportsnetwork.com/fallclassic.

U.S. Senator Tom Udall called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take a stronger stance against manufacturers that make bogus and deceptive claims that their youth sports gear can prevent head injuries, primarily concussions.

New partnership between US Lacrosse and the Sankofa Lacrosse Foundation will support free youth clinics for those from underrepresented lacrosse communities.

US Lacrosse launched the latest version of its Mobile Coach app earlier this month, and it’s full of enhancements and upgrades that will help coaches be more efficient with their time, allowing them to help their players get better.

The app includes access to more than 500 men’s and women’s drills and videos available on your iOS or Android device, and much more. Here’s an overview of what you can expect to find in the new Mobile Coach release:

Team USA's Alyssa Murray is featured in the October issue of SELF magazine in the fitness section, which hits newstands on Sept. 27.

Recently, US Lacrosse published a summary of the changes that are happening to the youth lacrosse rules, effective in 2017.  There are some that feel these changes have gone “too far” and are ruining the sport of lacrosse.