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This is just fantastic. 

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In case you missed it, Hopkins late season helmet in honor of the Wounded Warrior Project.

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Some off season shooting

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If I'm 14 (a girl) & in 8th grade and I've never played lacrosse before, do you think I would do okay if I joined my high school's lacrosse team freshman year?

I would say it's a great idea =]It'snever too late to start learning to play.  High School programs are builtto be developmental at the JV9 and JV level, providing athleteswith the opportunity to gain the necessary skills to hopefully playvarsity.  I would reiterate from an earlier post that the most significant thing to workon when beginning lacrosse is stick skills.  The ability to cradle, pass, and catch on therun is incredibly important in the sport.  I’ve mentioned this once in an earlier post,but this skill development usually takes most individuals two years to fullydevelop.  Check out the two links belowfor some more in depth information on basic fundamentals and wall ball.http://www.uslacrosse.org/multimedia-center/blog/postid/641/14-fundamental-teaching-points-for-proper-stickwork.aspxhttp://www.uslacrosse.org/multimedia-center/blog/postid/426/wall-ball-20-minute-stick-skills-challenge.aspxIn addition, I would like to stress the importance of speed at the High School level.  While excellent condition is nosubstitute for stick skills, it can be a great equalizer at the high schoollevel.  If you are not in high schooluntil next year, look into joining a summer league/camp to work on your stickskills and conditioning.  A quick googlesearch should yield some good results for your area.  If not, many high school programs offer summerleagues and camps as well.  For equipment I would suggest Brine and STX:I know STX has different videos to explain their equipment.  The most particular aspect may be the head,which varies a bit based upon position.  If you’re unsure what you would like to play,I would suggest something with less pinch, good control, and a higher sidewall. That should help with passing, catching,and cradling.  As for a shaft, I wouldsuggest something with a lighter weight. http://www.stx.com/womens/gear

A midfielders head should provide greater flexibility with regard to yourinitial role given the offensive and defensive needs of the position.  I would also field suggestions from some ofthe other girls on the team, the coach, and possibly your locallacrosse store.  Lacrosse is a community,and most people are more than happy to help beginners get into the sport!http://www.stx.com/womens/gear/heads/exult-100Finally, familiarizing yourself with the games rules and flowshould help you out during initial practices, allowing you to better understandwhere you should be and when.  Watchinggame film is important forimprovement within the sport at any level.  Below I posted the link to the 2014 DII Women’sLacrosse Championship.  When you have time I would suggesting watching itthrough, paying attention to the movements of the position that you believe youwould like to play.  This will help youdevelop a “lacrosse IQ” of how to react in different situations.  

http://www.ncaa.com/video/lacrosse-women/2014-05-18/dii-womens-lacrosse-championship-adelphi-lock-haven-full-replay

I hope this helps and best of luck with the beginning of the season!  Once again, feel free to message me if youhave more specific questions.  

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Photo Credit: JWU Lacrosse

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Got to love cold weather practices Photo Credit: North Forsyth Raiders

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Navy seeded #6 in the patriot league, Army ranked #2 Photo Credit

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Lacrosse season is starting, hows your preseason prep going? Photo Credit: Jason Natzke

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Inside Lacrosse Publishes Their Favorite Photos of 2014 Photo Credit: Inside Lacrosse Photo: Bosley Jarrett Inside Lacrosse Photo: Jamie Wilson

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From LuLaLax.com

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From Zazzle.com  Price: $22.95

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US Lacrosse Awards 94 Grants to Developing Lacrosse Programs Photo Credit: http://instagram.com/tsaicustoms

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Click the link through the photo if you have a Cascade R helmet and need it modified to meet NOCSAE standards.

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Cascade Lacrosse R Helmet Notice

CASCADE LACROSSE ANNOUNCES SOLUTION FOR CASCADE R HELMET

Cascade Lacrosse has reached an agreement with the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) on a solution for the recently decertifiedCascade R helmet.

The solution will involve a simple modification to Cascade R helmets currently in the marketplace. NOCSAE has accepted the solution. Cascade's data confirms the helmet, as modified by this solution, meets NOCSAE certification standards. For NOCSAE certification purposes, the modified helmet is treated as a new model, identified as the Cascade R-M, although it will continue to be marketed by Cascade under the Cascade R name. Moving forward all newly manufactured Cascade R-M helmets will be certified as meeting the NOCSAE standards. A tamper-resistant sticker will be placed on all modified helmets as well as on newly manufactured Cascade R-M helmets to differentiate them from non-certified Cascade R models. Model R helmets that have not been ofifcially modified by Cascade do not meet NOCSAE standards and certification will remain void.

Cascade will make the modification to existing helmets at its Liverpool, N.Y. facility beginning December 16, 2014. The modification will be free of charge for consumers and retailers, including shipping.

"We are extremely pleased that Cascade and NOCSAE have reached an agreement to modify existing Cascade R helmets and put helmets back in play for our loyal customers," said Tim Ellsworth, Global Business Director, Cascade Lacrosse. "We have been working closely with NOCSAE and will work diligently to ensure that all Cascade R helmets returned are modified as quickly as possible. We thank everyone for their patience and support."

To fully reinstate the NOCSAE license, which was suspended in conjunction with the R model decertification, Cascade is cooperating with a review by NOCSAE of certification data for all of its models, and is having a third-party audit of Cascade's quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) processes.

Cascade is currently finalizing its own internal audit and expects the third-party QA/QC audit to be completed by December 18, 2014. NOCSAE will partially reinstate Cascade's license agreement for the production of new Cascade R-M helmets upon demonstratiion of satisfactory audit results fr its QA/QC processes. The license agreement will be fully restored for other Cascade models upon demonstrating that such models certified by Cascade are supported by necessary data.

Cascade is also currently reviewing test results for all of its lacrosse helmets to ensure they meet both Cascade and NOCSAE standards.

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Why this never got more attention, I'll never know.  Puppies and the Denver Outlaws

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One more for good luck.

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More holiday socks?  Why yes, yes there are =]