Instructional

The U.S. Men’s Indoor Team players and coaching staff will hold a box lacrosse clinic for boys and girls aged 8 to 18 on Saturday, Oct. 20 in conjunction with its training weekend in Columbus, Ohio.

US Lacrosse, the sport’s national governing body, encourages players of all skill levels to register for a U.S. National Team Player Performance Camp scheduled to begin in August. Camps will be held at the following locations:

Draw Control Academy clinician, North Carolina’s all-time leader in draws hosted educational session at 2018 US Lacrosse Convention

US Lacrosse has published a new resource for coaches, “60 Ways to Play” that provides the tools and understanding behind the principles of physical literacy to help children discover how their body works and how to move on their own without constant inference or “over-coaching.”

Physical literacy is one of six core values of the Lacrosse Athlete Development Model, and a key building block to developing a well-rounded athlete.

Three clips from educational session featuring gold medal goalie and USC assistant coach

Four videos illustrate rule changes and mechanics, and represent essential part of preseason 

Charlotte Christian (N.C.) coach Billy Ward chronicles the benefits of installing a free-play period into his practices

Noted sport psychologist Brian Baxter provides tips to athletes, coaches and officials on not allowing emotions to negatively affect performance

BALTIMORE -- Steele and Wells Stanwick know a thing or two about offense.

Steele, the offensive coordinator for the women’s team at Johns Hopkins, graduated from Virginia as its all-time leading scorer with 269 points. He won the 2011 Tewaaraton Award and twice was named a USILA first-team All-American. He’s been a two-time Major League Lacrosse All-Star and will suit up for the Chesapeake Bayhawks in 2018.

High school officiating crews frequently have much to manage in a game, particularly a two-person crew. Michael Hyland, a US Lacrosse clinician and longtime NCAA and high school official, offers some tips in the form of seven c’s of officiating.