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US Lacrosse Adopts 2013-15 Strategic Plan

By Lacrosse Playground | October 25, 2012 |
BALTIMORE — US Lacrosse today released "US Lacrosse Strategic Plan 2013-15," a document outlining five areas of strategic priority and associated goals that will guide the operations of lacrosse's national governing body for the next three years. The US Lacrosse Board of Directors formally approved the strategic plan at its September meeting. Read More...

US Lacrosse Issues Position Statement on Recruiting Process

By Lacrosse Playground | October 18, 2012 |
BALTIMORE — The US Lacrosse Board of Directors today approved the following statement on the complex nature of the collegiate recruiting process for high school student-athletes. Read More...

US Lacrosse First Stick Program Recipients

By Lacrosse Playground | September 13, 2012 |
BALTIMORE - US Lacrosse today announced that 102 teams nationwide have been awarded development grants through the 2012 First Stick Program. This national US Lacrosse initiative is designed to deliver comprehensive resources, equipment, US Lacrosse membership and training for coaches to awarded teams. The program is geared for new and developing youth and high school lacrosse teams nationwide. Read More...

US Lacrosse Says Not So Fast NCAA Rules Committee

By Lacrosse Playground | August 23, 2012 |
NCAA Rules Committee met earlier this month in Indianapolis to discuss possible adjustments to the college game that would enhance the pace of play. Proposals such as protocol referees will follow, changes to the stick specifications and substitutions made on the fly. But the most unconventional ones involved the face-off and restarts. Ever since the NCAA Rules Committee announced proposals for new rules, many have been expressing real visceral reactions. US Lacrosse is one of them. Read More...
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USA Lacrosse Goalie Dancing Up a Storm

By Lacrosse Playground | July 26, 2012 |
Here's a fun video of Team USA goalie Zachary Oliveri cuttin' a rug pregrame of the USA-Canada group play game. Canada won 11-9 in OT. It was the first time Team USA ever lost an international U-19 game. Oliveri is an aspiring DJ. Read More...

Team USA to Face Team Canada in September Duel in Denver

By Lacrosse Playground | June 7, 2012 |
US Lacrosse announced that the U.S. Men's National Team will take on Team Canada in a Sept. 8, 2012, exhibition game at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., featuring the top two lacrosse teams in the world. The game will take place at 7:00 p.m. Mountain time. Read More...

National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Announces 2012 Induction Class

By Lacrosse Playground | May 24, 2012 |
BALTIMORE — The 2012 induction class for the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame has been approved by the US Lacrosse Board of Directors. This year's eight-person class will be officially inducted in a ceremony Saturday, Oct. 20, at The Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley, Md. Read More...

Why Coaches Need Training, Too

By Lacrosse Playground | April 19, 2012 |
Released only days ago, the 2011 US Lacrosse Participation Survey reported that more than 680,000 athletes participated on an organized lacrosse team in 2011, which is an increase of approximately 60,000 players since 2010. This represents the largest one-year increase since US Lacrosse began tracking national data in 2001. Read More...

Maverik In Action At The US Lacrosse Champion Challenge

By Lacrosse Playground | January 27, 2012 |
NEW YORK — January 27, 2012 -- Maverik Lacrosse is proud to announce that two of its athletes and one of its sponsored schools will be participating in this weekends’ US Lacrosse Champion Challenge taking place at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, FL. Maverik endorsed athletes Drew Adams, (2011 MLL Goalie of the Year) and Peet Poillon (2010 MLL Leading Scorer) will be suiting up with Team USA, while Notre Dame, a Maverik sponsored program, will be taking the field for their first scrimmage this spring wearing new custom Maverik Rome Gloves. Read More...

US Lacrosse Convention: The Powell Hour (Video)

By Lacrosse Playground | January 17, 2012 |
Easton athletes Casey Powell, Mike Powell, Brett Queener, and Mike Evans hold the Powell Hour at the 2012 US Lacrosse Convention. Watch and learn how to drop knowledge bombs on peeps. Read More...

Part I: US Lacrosse Convention Photos and Notes

By Lacrosse Playground | January 17, 2012 |
Billed as "the unofficial start to the lacrosse season," the US Lacrosse National Convention gathers the very best the sport has to offer, and provides the sport’s largest educational opportunity, with over 5,000 coaches, officials, program administrators and exhibitors in attendance each year. We met a lot of old friends as well as making new ones as we made our way to nearly every vendor. Read More...

Crooked Arrows Star Brandon Routh To Attend US Lacrosse National Convention

By Lacrosse Playground | January 6, 2012 |
US Lacrosse, in partnership with the filmmakers from the upcoming feature film release "Crooked Arrows," has announced that the film’s star, Brandon Routh, will attend the US Lacrosse National Convention, presented by Champion, Jan. 13-15 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Read More...