Scarborough Youth Lacrosse



Home About SYL News Registration Schedules Players Parents Coaches Helping Out Rules Directions Equipment Photos Contacts Sponsors School Teams Links	Helping Out Helping Your Player Helping SYL Helping Your Player: The game of lacrosse is many things, but above all it is stick skills. Encourage your player to practice stick skills at home. The more comfortable the player is with the stick and ball, the more success and enjoyment he or she will attain from playing the game. There are four base stick skills that players must master: Throwing Catching Scooping balls off the ground 'Cradling' (a method of swinging the stick while carrying the ball that increases the likelihood that the ball will remain in the pocket of the stick) You can help your player master these skills by playing catch with him or her. But please don't let that drive you to go out and get a lacrosse stick for yourself. The most important element that you can offer the beginning player is to frequently and consistently deliver the ball directly to the pocket of their stick. You may not be able to do that effectively with a lacrosse stick if you are just learning to use it yourself. You will help your player more if you use the method that makes you most comfortable, most accurate and most consistent. For many of us, that would mean throwing and catching with our hands rather than with a lacrosse stick. When you cannot participate with your player, encourage him or her to juggle or play wall-ball. Juggling is any process of throwing the ball up and catching it. It can become very complex if the ball is bounced off one or more parts of the stick before being caught, or if the head of the stick is moved in one or more patterns around the ball (while the ball is in the air) before catching the ball. Wall-ball is repetitively bouncing the ball to oneself off a wall, and catching or scooping the rebound. It is important to find a wall that is durable (concrete works best) or, failing that, use something like a tennis ball instead of a heavy, hard lacrosse ball. Back to Top Helping SYL: Like most other athletic programs for kids, Scarborough Youth Lacrosse can be as good as its members make it. SYL can use help in the following areas: Coaching Team administration Field acquisition Equipment Acquisition Field care Game officiating Program direction (board of directors and officers) If you have time or talent to offer, please let us know. Back to Top Email SYL

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