Walk the sidelines at any club lacrosse tournament and you’ll run into a truth nobody says out loud about parent coaches in club lacrosse: they aren’t the minority — they’re the majority. With the number of clubs and teams out there today, there’s simply no way around it. So are parent coaches a positive or […]
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Tryout season is here, and there’s one question every club lacrosse parent is asking themselves right now: how do I actually choose a club lacrosse team that is the right program for my kid? Ten years ago this was easy. If your kid wanted to play club lacrosse, you had one team, maybe two, in
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Tournament weekends are a lot of things at once. For the kids, it’s what all the early morning practices and countless hours of work were building toward. For the parents — if you let it be — it’s something pretty close to a mini-vacation. Whether you’ve been in Club Lax for years or if this
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The List We Actually Use (After 7 Years) This post contains Amazon affiliate links. We only link to gear we use or would use ourselves. We were five hours from home when my daughter realized her stick was still in the garage. Friday afternoon, car loaded, three kids in the back, snacks for the road,
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“Dad, another word and I am quitting.” Right in the middle of the game. Not after the game, not at halftime, not during a timeout. Ball still in play. My middle child, done with me. I stood there for a second. The game kept going. Other parents were watching. And honestly? I didn’t know what
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