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posted 07/01/2008
Sorry for the delay in getting information to all of you enthusiastic young lacrosse players, but with any town and organization, there is always logistics to figure out. While fields, times and descriptions of events are becoming more clear, we ask you to pencil in the detail until everything is worked through. This is not a formal, structured event, rather a chance for young and enthusiastic girl's lacrosse players to get together once a week to work on their skills and have some fun.
We are fortunate enough to have secured the GHS turf field for Tuesday night from 5:30pm - 8:30pm (keep the ending time loose for right now). Any GYLA girl's lacrosse player (by definition, you would have a US Lacrosse number as identification of this fact) is welcome to show up at the turf field to practice their lacrosse skills (and learn some new ones too). The group who shows up helps define what the evening looks like, so tell your lacrosse buddies to show up at the field for some fun!
We will be using the turf field as well as the walls of the science wing.
Girls can do wall work at the high school and get their name on the wall of fame (details to follow if you don't know what the criteria is).
Parents, this is a very loosely structured evening. No particular coach or player is scheduled to show up every week. For all intensive purposes, it is a unsupervised get together. We will not have sign in and sign out sheets and we will not be watching any particular child during the time we have the field. We fully expect that you are making an age appropriate decision as to whether your kid can be dropped off or not. For example, we fully understand a parent deciding to drop off a 7th or 8th grader without parental supervision because you have deemed them responsible enough to stay in contact with you about a pick up time you have both determined (and that they will act responsibly on the field). There are a few ages that dropping off a kid will work, but for the majority of the kids coming out, we are asking that you remain in the close vicinity of the field for your child's safety. You also have the flexibility to work it out with other parents of kids who want to come to the turf field to play, but each child on the field needs to be assigned to a person at GHS until they have finished playing lacrosse for the evening.
This get together isn't about being serious. Tuesday nights at the GHS turf is largely for fun and improving stick skills.
As I said, until we see who shows up (and what age they are), times are very loose. Typically, younger girls show up at 5:30pm with older girls showing up later in the evening (7pm). We are hoping that it is something of a mentor program. It is terrific when the older girls show up earlier and help out some of the newer players.
Both you and your girls can make it what you want it to be. If you are interested in learning a stick skill that you read in Lacrosse Magazine and no one is saying anything, SHOUT IT OUT! If you want to play STEAL THE BACON, don't be a wall flower! SHOUT IT OUT! Tuesday's in the summer of 2008 is your time to say what you want!
The turf is hotter in the summer so dress appropriately and bring plenty of water (no other drinks are directly allowed on the field). We still will follow the rules of safety. Any girl on the field is required to have a mouth guard and goggles. You will have to sit out if you don't have it, so make yourself a list of what you need!
If things change and become more definitive, we will send emails out to you all. As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us.
See you tomorrow night!
ps. at this point, we expect to have the pick up lacrosse through the middle of August (it depends on when the HS sports are starting up again). We will keep you informed of the end date.
