Updated 2/15/08
Thank you for choosing SYC Lacrosse! We encourage you to become involved with your child’s lacrosse program, and hope you find the information on this link useful. Please contact us if you have any questions, suggestions or feedback regardinging the lacrosse program.
(1) Equipment and Uniforms
*Caring for Lacrosse Sticks - read this article to learn how to maintain the pocket in your stick, and see other articles on how to string your own nets.
Boys: SYC Lacrosse provides boys game uniforms, practice vests, helmets, shoulder pads, arm pads, gloves, goalie equipment and goalie sticks. Boys must provide their own lacrosse sticks (except goalies), mouth guards (which must be colored, not clear), lacrosse shoes, athletic supporters and protective cups. If desired, boys may wear their own rib pads.
Boys in the U9 and above Divisions must wear full equipment. Boys in the (non-contact) U7 Division must only wear and will be issued a helmet (or they may wear goggles if they purchase them).
Girls: SYC Lacrosse provides girls game uniforms, practice vests, goalie equipment and goalie sticks. Girls must provide their own lacrosse sticks (except goalies), mouth guards (which must be colored, not clear), soccer shoes, and per a 2005 league rule amendment, their own protective eyewear (goggles).*
*Goggles may be purchased from SYC Lacrosse during equipment sessions at discounted prices.
(2) Required Documentation
*Codes of Conduct - Players and Parents (and other spectators) must submit conduct forms before players can receive lacrosse equipment and uniforms and participate in the lacrosse program.
*Emergency Medical Authorization - Parents must also submit this form before players can receive lacrosse equipment and uniforms and participate in the lacrosse program.
*Per league rules, players must submit proof of age (birth certificate, DMV youth card, current passport, or military dependent ID) during equipment check out.
(3) SYC Policies and Lacrosse Program Information
*SYC Volunteer Policy - please help us provide a quality lacrosse program to your children, and save money too!
(4) Resources
*For tools to help your children Develop their Lacrosse Skills and Knowledge, please click here.
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Dan Saferstein has written a handy little booklet full of great advice for sports parents called
Win or Lose: A Guide to Sports Parenting. Here is an excerpt:
"Your child will last longer as a competitive athlete, and you will last longer as a sports parent, if you learn to maintain your sense of humor under fire. The sports families that seem to have the hardest times are the ones who head off to competitions as if they were heading into a war zone. The father sits at the steering wheel of his SUV like a tank commander; the mother sits like an army medic awaiting casualties; and junior sits in the back seat as if his life were on the line. It reminds me of a quote from the golfer, Chi Chi Rodriguez. When asked if he felt under a lot of pressure to make a final putt to win a championship, he replied, ’Pressure isn’t about making putts to win golf tournaments. Pressure is about picking enough cotton to feed your family at the end of the day.’
"Fortunately, most of us aren’t relying on our children’s athletic performances to put food on the table. The desperation is only in our minds, which invariably then seeps into the minds of our children. The good news is that our lightness can also seep into the minds of our children. They can learn from us to smile in the face of misfortune and look ahead to the next game. In youth sports, there is always another game, and the most successful athletes learn to let go of their disappointment and start preparing for it. They learn to laugh with their teammates, laugh with their families, laugh at the crazy and magical world of sports that can leave us feeling like we’re on top of the clouds one minute and neck-deep in quicksand the next."
Contact Dan Saferstein for copies of Win or Lose: A Guide to Sports Parenting at
dansaferstein@earthlink.net, 734-663-7470 or 122 South Main Street, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. The booklet is $5.
*Articles for aspiring high-school and college players:
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*US Lacrosse members receive access to a variety of programs and services; discounts on books, videos, educational materials and National Team merchandise; Lacrosse Magazine; comprehensive lacrosse insurance; membership in their local chapter; free admission to the Lacrosse Museum and Hall of Fame; access to national partnerships. Click here for more information.
