1. Wauwatosa Youth Lacrosse
2019
New Family Information Meeting

2. Purpose and Mission
Our mission is to promote interest and participation in the game of lacrosse by providing the youth of our community with quality instruction emphasizing sportsmanship, enjoyment and reaching the highest level of lacrosse skill development for individual players, while being responsible and respectful members of their community and team.

3. About Us
The Wauwatosa Lacrosse Club (WLC) is an all volunteer organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the game of lacrosse in Wauwatosa.  The WLC organizes and implements parent meetings, LAX clinics, fundraising, collection of player fees and any other events needed to support Wauwatosa lacrosse.  Meetings are open to all LAX parents, participation and assistance with upcoming tasks and events is appreciated.

4. What is Lacrosse?
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. Players use the head of the lacrosse stick to carry, pass, catch, and shoot the ball into the goal.
The sport has four versions that have different sticks, fields, rules and equipment: field lacrosse, women's lacrosse, box lacrosse and intercrosse. The men's games, field lacrosse (outdoor) and box lacrosse (indoor), are contact sports and all players wear protective gear: helmet, gloves, shoulder pads, and elbow pads. The women's game does not allow body contact but does allow stick to stick contact. The only protective gear required for women players is eyegear, while goalies wear helmets and protective pads. Intercrosse is a mixed-gender non- contact sport that uses an all-plastic stick and a softer ball.

5. Brief History of the Game
The lacrosse timeline begins with the Jesuit Missionary Jean de Brebeuf is the first to document the game of lacrosse. The game has existed in some form quite a long time before this date in Native American communities.
A match between the Seneca and Mohawks results in the creating of basic rules.
Caughnawaga Indians demonstrate the sport in Montreal. The game is reported by the newspaper and, for the first time, white men are interested in the sport.
Dr. William George Beers, the father of modern lacrosse, finalizes the first set of playing rules for the Montreal Club.
Queen Victoria watched and "endorses" a lacrosse game in Windsor, England. New York University is the first college in the United States to establish a lacrosse team.
The first intercollegiate tournament is held at Westchester Polo Grounds in New York.
In the lacrosse timeline, the first organized women's lacrosse game is played at St. Leonard's School in St. Andrew's, Scotland
2010 – Blazers Lacrosse Club is established in the Greater Milwaukee Area coached by Ken Stark a member of the Wisconsin Lacrosse Hall of Fame inaugural class.
2012/2013 – Wauwatosa’s first varsity high school team is formed
2017 – Wauwatosa high school team wins 2nd consecutive conference championship and advances to state semi-final game. As a club the combined record of all team team 3rd grade thru high school was (w-l-t) no team had more than 5 loses
2018 – Wauwatosa adds Girls Lacrosse to both youth and high school

6. What do you need to play lacrosse?
Current US Lacrosse Membership
Can be obtained at uslacrosse.org (cost ~$35)
Equipment
Girls – Eye protection, Stick, Cleats, Mouthguard
Boys – Helmet, Gloves, Shoulderpads, Armpads, Stick, Cleats, Cup
Local rental options are available
Register for a team at
Cost - Bantam $185, Juniors & Seniors $265

7. What you get
Preseason Open Gym Sessions – 1x week starting in late Jan or Feb
Team issued game uniform – returned at the end of the season
Player team pack – player exclusive hoodie, and shooter shirt
10 – 12 game dates in MAYLA and Laxtravaganza lacrosse festival
Team end of season banquet / picnic
US Lacrosse membership provides additional insurance coverage to supplement any coverage you may already have, a subscription to Lacrosse Magazine, and access to other information about skills, drills,and other lacrosse related activities and discounts.

8. Important Dates
Registration Opened 12/1 EarlyBird2019 $40 discount expires 12/31 Open Gym sessions begin last week of January Team Roster sizes capped 2/11 Team Declarations to League 2/15 Registration Closed (if space is available) 3/1 1st practices 3/11 or 3/18 Scrimmage Boys TBD ~3/31 Scrimmage Girls TBD Team photos TBD First league games 4/6 Laxtravaganza TBD Last League games 6/2 Team Picnic / banquet 6/2

9. Boys Lacrosse Additional Information
Played by two teams with 10 players on the field at a time.
1 Goalkeeper
3 Defensemen
3 Midfielders (Midi’s)
3 Attackmen
Average Team size 18 – 30 players on roster
6’x6’ goal inside a 9’ radius crease circle
Goals may be scored by shooting, rolling, kicking or redirected with your stick or foot
Ball can be advanced by running, passing, kicking, or rolling ball
You may not touch the ball with your hands intentionally, unless you are a goalie punching at the ball in flight
A maximum of 4 long poles may be on the field at one time.

10. Boys Lacrosse Field

11. Girls Lacrosse Basic Rules
12 field players at a time
Average roster size players
6’x6’ goal inside a 9’ radius crease circle
Goals may be scored by shooting, rolling, kicking or redirected with your stick or foot, only within the shooting Arc area
Ball can be advanced by running, passing, kicking, or rolling ball
You may not touch the ball with your hands intentionally, unless you are a goalie punching at the ball in flight
There is no contact in girls lacrosse
No long poles in women's lacrosse

12. Women’s field diagram

13. As Parents What you can do to help!
We have needs for additional new coaches
Both head coaching & assistant coaches
Girls teams will need a Coach at each age level (we have a plan to pair each head coach up with a volunteer college player from UWM to provide some experience)
We need gameday volunteers
Scorekeepers, Scoreboard operators, announcers, Culture Keepers
New Board Members or club representatives to MAYLA
Fund Raiser Chairperson – We will get you trained
Volunteer Coordinator – We will get you trained
Banquet Coordinator
Secondary Treasurer (for girls program)
Become a game official
There is a great need for officials especially for girls!

14. Questions & Answers Do you provide equipment? No
Can I rent equipment? Yes (see next page for retailers)
Can my son wear hockey or football equipment? No only NOCSAE approved lacrosse equipment

15. Where can you get equipment
Popular online or local retailers
Hot4Lax – sales & rentals
The only lacrosse specialty equipment store in WI
21675 Doral Road, Suite A Waukesha, WI 53186