Instructional

Just as the athletes in your upcoming games are preparing for their season, you, as an offical, should be physically preparing for your first game. Being thoroughly conditioned for your season is professionally as important as it is to show up to your games on time and in the proper uniform.

The US Lacrosse Regional Conference is a professional development opportunity for coaches, officials, program administrators and other leaders in the lacrosse community. There will be three different program tracks offered for officials, coaches and leaders. Sessions topics will include team and athlete development, rules interpretation, game management and organizational leadership.

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