Tag " Georgia Lacrosse"

Rich Bayman one of our  Youth Coaches send this to me a few days ago and it has a very strong message.  It was given to him by a local coach but it is from Jay Bilas a basketball sports announcer and former Elite level Basketball player at Duke. I have always wondered about toughness, [...]

According to the CDC “Heads Up” Activity Report, published in 2008: Concussions are the most commonly reported injury in children and teenagers participating in youth sports. There are more than 38 million boys and girls, ages 5-18, playing in organized sports nationwide. 65% of reported sport-related concussions came from the 5-18 age group.* Note – [...]

This past 2011 season, US Lacrosse stepped up concussion awareness by making educational material and tightening up rules on hits to the head. Across all youth sports, we have come a long way from the days of sending a kid back into the game after “getting their bell rung.” Since Atlanta Youth Lacrosse operates under [...]

I had the exciting opportunity to watch the NCAA 2011 Wrestling Championships. The lead in to the championships was a wrestling/writing commercial, narrated by author John Irving. While it is specifically about wrestling, you could substitute the hard work it takes to succeed at any sport, and still maintain the narrative of success through dedicated [...]

Essay due date: May 1st – May 7th Open to: All 5th and 6th Grade Players After reading the Sprit of the Stick, a story about a young boy who receives a magical lacrosse stick and the adventures that follow, I was compelled to create the Spirit Essay for our advancing youth players. The Spirit [...]

Our own U11 Coyote Coach Davis Brown is making waves at Sewanee, The University of the South. The following press release may also be viewed at: www.sewaneetigers.com The Sewanee Men’s Lacrosse team dominated the first half of play and held off Fontbonne’s fourth quarter surge to defeat the visiting Griffins 12-10 and record their first victory [...]

I saw my good friend Tony Luisi, last week and he inspired me to post something he wrote about his firm and me.  Tony has been an instrumental person in my life since our college days on the Football and Lacrosse fields.  His Dad (Mr. Ralph Luisi) coined the phrase No Let Up as he [...]

I believe that if you take a few team Principles and leverage them around a program of creating responsibility, self-motivation, attitude and respect within each player, you will have a formula for individual and team growth and accomplishment. Principle 1:  Have Fun Every moment both practices and games should be fun.  Eliminate as much down [...]