Comments on: Tier Lacrosse: Keeping Up With The Canadians

By: Alphabetical 2013 NCAA D1 Preview: Ohio State | Lacrosse All Stars

Alphabetical 2013 NCAA D1 Preview: Ohio State | Lacrosse All Stars — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:27:53 +0000

[...] On offense, the Buckeyes return some serious heat and a lot of experience, bringing back some talented Canadian sophomores (King, Commeault, Evans) who helped Team Canada win a silver medal at the 2012 U-19 championships. Last year as freshman, these 3 combined for 40 points, and when you throw in senior attack Logan Schuss, who contributed another 57, that’s 97 points from the boys up North. Not bad for some Canadians, eh? [...]

By: Tier Lacrosse: Growth In Cities Part 2 | Lacrosse All Stars

Tier Lacrosse: Growth In Cities Part 2 | Lacrosse All Stars — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:18:38 +0000

[...] especially any players who are younger than high school age. Check out my reasons for this in a blog I wrote for LaxAllstars last year. However, there is limited space at indoor facilities due to their overwhelming support of soccer [...]

By: Tier Lacrosse: Box Lacrosse, Club Ball, & The Right Answer | Lacrosse All Stars

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:40:49 +0000

[...] wrote a blog last year on LaxAllstars saying how important I thought it was for American players to start playing more box lacrosse. This is important for ALL positions, with maybe the exception of goalie. (However, I discovered [...]

By: Thrillhouse

Thrillhouse — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:44:00 +0000

I think the biggest challenge for the growth of box lacrosse in the US is playing space. In Canada, it seems there are lots of rinks to play in whereas here they are a little harder to come by, at least where I live. (I’ve only been to Canada once; Montreal for a bachelor party, so I’ve spent maybe 2-3 sober hours in the country.)
Do they make portable box rink kits that you could set up in a large gym or field? It would be a hard sell to build something just for box lacrosse and street hockey, but something you could temporarily build over what you already have might work. They would be a pain to store though.

Also, I’m glad Trevor agrees with me on field goalies not making good box goalies…
http://laxallstars.com/friday-editorial-the-usa-needs-good-box-lacrosse-goalies/

I really enjoy Trevor”s columns. Keep ‘em coming.

By: BCLaxer

BCLaxer — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:18:00 +0000

fall through winter box? We’re Summer box and winter field, winter the box arenas are used for hockey, outside in the cold, inside in the heat.

By: frupp

frupp — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:44:00 +0000

I also think the climate has a ton to do with it. In Canada, like here in Upstate NY, the only option in 4-6 months of the year is box. Our youth leagues from fall through winter are box. Weather is the forcing function and I agree totally with Coach’s assessment on skills, etc. Although Hockey does take a large number of athletes away from their sticks for the winter…

By: BCLaxer

BCLaxer — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:29:00 +0000

Thank god someone finally picks up Canadian Box Lacrosse. West Coast Canada, British Columbia, and East Coast Canada, Ontario are your true hotspots of lax. We go right from Field Lacrosse Provincials to our Box Lacrosse tryouts, sometimes they’re on the same day. Then box ends, we get about a month off where everyone goes to the outdoor box and hones their field skills, then we’re at field tryouts. We never stop, and now converting our box players to field players has GTG even more. I mean, could you imagine a guy who goes through a shortman rag in box lacrosse and scores, playing attack for your team? I don’t care how hard your poles swing, won’t even equal the pain of taking the lane and taken those cross checks in box. And the speed of the hands you need for box ball movement? Welcome to the hot spot of lax.