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Screaming And Yelling

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Screaming And Yelling

In this post I WILL MAKE ABUNDANT USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS! In case you don’t know, writing in capital letters online means the writer is screaming or yelling the words. I will be using capital letters often in today’s post because I want to get to what I believe is a poor behavior among new coaches, which happens to be SCREAMING and YELLING at young players.

I’ve found that new coaches, regardless of sport, yell instructions at their players. The more ...

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NOV
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Categories: Coaching, Lacrosse Wisdom

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Rules Breakown and Game Expectations

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Rules Breakown and Game Expectations

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:

rules-chart

If anyone has ...

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SEP
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Categories: Community, Rules, Updates

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How To Yell When Watching From The Sideline

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How To Yell When Watching From The Sideline

I like well-behaved parents/fans because I have been around a lot of ill-behaved ones. In nearly every youth game that I have officiated (U15 and below) there has been at least one, and usually two, fans screaming instructions to their player or entire team from the sideline. Often, it is incredibly poor advice. These are the same individuals who yell when their player is taken off the field, openly criticize the officials, and generally know next to nothing about how ...

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MAY
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Categories: Community, Coyote Select Teams, Lacrosse Wisdom

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Above The Influence

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Above The Influence

I believe every kid should have a passion. That passion should be something that makes them feel terrific and proud about themselves. I also believe that if a kid is passionate about whatever they do that they will avoid drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes.

To all of the players out there reading this – you’ve likely heard the drug speech. Which entails something like drugs aren’t cool, there is a reason people call it dope, and drugs will rot your brain. I ...

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5
JAN
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Categories: Community, Health

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Retaliation

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Retaliation

Turning the other cheek, while incredibly difficult, is often the best answer when you feel wronged by another player. Watch the following video and see if the reaction by the defender is greater than the insult caused by the attackman:

Lacrosse, like every other sport, is a game of emotions. Good and bad emotions rise up on every sound of the whistle, and at higher levels of play the onus is on the player to behave like ...

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JAN
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Categories: Coaching, Lacrosse Wisdom, Penalties

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Positive Cheering

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Positive Cheering

There are a lot of things that make me proud of Atlanta Youth Lacrosse. By far, the part of AYL I am most proud of, is our relentlessly positive fans. Since the program’s inception, the AYL staff strived to create an atmosphere of true sportsmanship on the sidelines, and we have succeeded in doing so because of like-minded and supportive parents.

There are a lot of youth lacrosse programs in the United States that encourage positive sideline behavior, but there are ...

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Categories: Community, Lacrosse Wisdom

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