Comments on: US Lacrosse Adopts Age-Appropriate Youth Rules – It’s About Time!

By: The Biz « Missoula Elite Lacrosse

The Biz « Missoula Elite Lacrosse — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:00:48 +0000

[...] I’m off to Park City, Utah, this weekend for a USLacrosse Regional Conference, so expect a report on that soon! One topic I’m sure will be on the agenda are the new rules for youth lacrosse, which are covered well by JB at Lax All-Stars – which you can read by clicking here. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:41:00 +0000

Glad to say our U9 teams had already been using all of these particular examples.

Personally I’m a big fan of the “no EMO at U9 level.” It’s a great teaching opportunity to bring the kids off the field to examine what went wrong & why, how to do it next time, while keeping others involved evenly.

Only thing I could go either way on, is the minimum stick length.

By: Will Idaho Adopt USL Youth Lacrosse Rules Immediately? - Idaho Lax Reporter

Will Idaho Adopt USL Youth Lacrosse Rules Immediately? - Idaho Lax Reporter — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:30:00 +0000

[...] recently posted an article entitled US Lacrosse Adopts Age-Appropriate Youth Rules – It’s About Time! on LaxAllStars.com, and it got me wondering… Will the youth leagues in Idaho adopt these new [...]

By: Tyler Fisher

Tyler Fisher — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:59:00 +0000

The body checking is the one I hate seeing. I can understand the U9 level, but at U11, they should be starting to learn to hit. We are seeing similar problems for USA Hockey as well. It is getting to the point where kids won’t start learning until they are in High School on how to properly hit, and by then the age and experience disparity can be huge. This leaves 14 years olds extremely exposed.

By: darkhorse2012

darkhorse2012 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:51:00 +0000

photo repping lexington lax in MA.

By: Gerard hennessy

Gerard hennessy — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:59:00 +0000

the one arm check/slash is gonna be great when helping players learn the game. i am just getting out of the habit of checking like that. hopefully all youth leagues embrace the new rules.

By: Christopher West

Christopher West — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:00:00 +0000

As a youth coach these look pretty good to me. The only ones that seems odd are those involving goalies. We require all boys, no matter the position to wear a cup. Arm pads are a different story. I can understand it at the U9 and U11, but goalies reach a point where these pads slow them down, plus the area needing protection is the forearms and traditional arm pads are marginal at protecting that area. For the young ladies that still need or want protection on their arms, I’ve use football forearm pads. Chris-Oregon