US Lacrosse Blog

Stan Cockerton, one of eight new inductees into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, readily admits that virtually his entire life is wrapped up in lacrosse.

For class of 2014 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Peter Voelkel, it was a crushing defeat in his freshman year at UNC that spurred his future successes.

For National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Erin Brown Millon, setting goals, as much as scoring goals, was the key to her lacrosse success.

Resident sports psychologist Dr. Richard Ginsburg offers tips to keep the lacrosse experience age-appropriate for the entire spectrum of youth athletes.

Getting started as a new youth lacrosse coach? These 10 fundamentals will help frame your role and ensure your on- and off-field success.

Your lacrosse players will be better at handling tough situations if mental toughness isn’t a one-time talk, but instead a season-long focus.

Tony Resch has been tabbed by US Lacrosse to lead the U.S. Men’s National team at the FIL World Indoor Championship, Sept. 18-26, 2015.

Officials often do not look at themselves as leaders. But when you think of the different roles we adopt over the course of a season or career, you realize we are constantly providing leadership. Whether it be as a head official, local association president, trainer, assigner, volunteer or any other number of positions that an official may fall into, everyone at some point or another will be asked to lead.

A veteran NBA official once told me that there are three E’s to leadership: excellence, empowerment and enthusiasm.

Excellence

This summer, I pledged to rebuild my 17-foot center console and restore it to its glory days. For those of you who know boats, you can sympathize. Since my boat had been in outdoor storage for nearly five years, there was dust, dirt, wasp nests, gecko skeletons and the like that needed to be removed.

How can lacrosse become a safer game and remain popular without losing its identity? It starts with how youth lacrosse is taught.