RESOURCES for SYC Lacrosse Coaches and Parents
Updated 2/07
Coaches and Team Parents: You are the most important people in our program. You have a critical responsibility to serve as positive mentors to the children and families. Often we have opportunities as our players’ mentors to teach them life lessons beyond the game of lacrosse - embrace these opportunities!
Planning for Practices and Games (If you have trouble opening any files, e-mail the Commissioner, who can send them to you.)
Coaches: At your first practice, you should meet with the parents and review expectations. This Parent Orientation Checklist will help you. Also, before or at your first practice, be sure to get Team Moms and Dads - members of the team that take care of the administration, so you can focus on teaching! One or two Team Parents should make sure that the parents are helping with team admin tasks. Examples of how parents help:
Coaches Handbook (This is an excellent resource! Courtesy of Stafford Youth Lacrosse Commissioner, Chris Adams.)
More Drills:
Please contact Dave Janas if you would like a free copy of (a) Coaching Youth Lacrosse and/or (b) the SYC Lacrosse Coaches Book, a compilation of coaching resources from U.S. Lacrosse and other expert sources.
For more tips on developing individual player skills and knowledge, please click here.
Stick Tune Ups. Click here to help you players learn how to adjust the pockets of their lacrosse sticks
Athlete Health & Safety:
CPR - This is something you hope you never have to use, but you’ll be glad you read this if you need it. Please click here for the ABC’s of CPR.
Obtain a free copy of the CDC’s Coaches Concussion Tool Kit. "Concussions can happen to any athlete—male or female—in any sport. Concussions are a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI), caused by a blow or jolt to the head that can range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain normally works. More than 300,000 people sustain sports- and recreation-related TBIs every year in this country. Coaches, athletic directors and trainers play a key role in helping to prevent concussion and in managing it properly if it occurs."
Coaching Tips: Please share your knowledge with your colleagues! Submit tips here.
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To make a regulation-size crease (9’ radius), take a large nail or stake and attach a 9’ length of string to it. At the end of the string, attach a loop that you can insert a can of field paint into. Stick the stake in the ground, insert the paint in the loop, extend the string and keeping it extended tightly, spray the paint as you walk a circle around the midpoint (nail or stake). Keep this tool in your coach’s bag with your can of field paint and you’ll have a crease in just seconds whenever you need one.
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The best way to teach your players is with positive reinforcement. A good rule of thumb is to have 5 compliments for every criticism.
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Don’t forget that the kids primarily want to have fun!
SYC Lacrosse Coaches and Parents Creed:
"Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive
E-lim-in-ate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
and don’t mess with Mr. In-Between"
-Johnny Mercer
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