Health & Safety

The Guideline consists of 19 sets of clinical recommendations that cover diagnosis, prognosis, management and treatment of concussion. These recommendations are for healthcare providers working in all practice settings.

US Lacrosse has announced a multi-year extension with SISU Mouthguards as the official mouthguard of US Lacrosse and Team USA. SISU has been a partner of US Lacrosse since 2016.

Open to all members of the medical and lacrosse communities, the one-day event will highlight lacrosse-specific injury research data and prevention information, with presentations by notable subject-matter experts in an interactive setting.

Students who have gone through these traumatic experiences have difficulties with school, with relationships, with mental health, alcohol and drug abuse, and more. These students, and our lacrosse players, deserve adults in their lives who are looking out for their health and safety, both present and future. 

The US Lacrosse Center for Sport Science has awarded new research funding to four projects that will investigate issues related to lacrosse-specific sports medicine and performance. 

US Lacrosse is adding two new requirements to all adult coach memberships -- a national background screening and online SafeSport training. Both requirements will be provided at no additional cost to members.

In 2019 high school and youth girls’ lacrosse will implement several significant rule changes. One change focused directly on increasing player safety is the creation of a penalty zone. 

The statistics are sobering and hard to digest. One in eight athletes will be sexually abused within their sport. One in 10 children are sexually abused before age 18.

The Lacrosse Athlete Development Model (LADM) offers a new framework for teaching and exposing the game to youth players. The goal is to keep more players engaged with the sport for a longer period of time.

With help from many within the lacrosse community who share the same dedication to youth athlete safety, US Lacrosse developed a video to raise public awareness about youth athlete safety and national background screening and online training.