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Tomorrow is the big day because its GAME DAY! That’s right, Atlanta Youth Lacrosse’s Fall Ball season gets underway Saturday with U9, U11, and U13 games. With games comes responsibility. Everyone, including players, coaches, parents, fans and staff must take responsibility for following the rules for games and conduct at our fields. So let’s breakdown the rules for each division with this handy chart:
If anyone has ...
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I got my camcorder properly set up and did some video editing today. The following video covers everything a new parent, player, or coach needs to know about the U9 game at Atlanta Youth Lacrosse.
Now lets move to the specific rules for the U9 division. In this section, I will post the US Lacrosse rule and then I will give an explanation as to why the ...
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If you run lacrosse league you need to cover all of the rules that will apply to every division. Atlanta Youth Lacrosse uses the USL Boys Lacrosse Rules, which are slightly modified from NFHS rules, as our foundation governing play at all levels. The general AYL rules may be found on the “Complete League Rules” page.
Next, you need to specify the rules in each division. We find it ...
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This week is Rules/Officiating week. Two quick things before we dive in: The last post of the week will detail an officiating camp open to all 5th-12th grade AYL players, and any parents who are interested in officiating. Second, I will be detailing youth rules that may not be implemented in your local league. I highly encourage fellow youth lacrosse leagues to consider implementing one or two of the rules I will discuss that drastically improve player skills and are ...
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In the past few games I noticed some confusion regarding proper substitution, which I hope to clear up here.
Lacrosse has two types of substitution, regular and special. Regular substitution always occurs during a dead-ball, and always requires the request for a Horn!. Special substitution may occur during any live-ball or dead-ball situation and no horn is required to sub. That is a hard-and-fast explanation, so lets dig into the basics.
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Rule 3, Section 3 – Final Two Minutes of Play
This Spring, we are fortunate in having a number of close, competitive games. Many of these games are ending with a two or one goal advantage for the other ...
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