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3D LACROSSE


Founder Jamie Munro, director of methodology Logan Bobzien and national girls director Melissa Rausch have contributed to the growth of 3d Lacrosse, which has expanded to 15 markets across the country.


3d Lacrosse uses small-sided games to reinforce four key elements: practice environment, player development, team-based pressure defense and motion offense.


“This model and the


methodology has attracted some of the greatest minds in the country,” Bobzien said.


MAINE YOUTH LACROSSE


MYL president Joe Hezlep toyed with the principles of the LADM for years, inspired by his days playing in a 3-on-3 box league run by John Fay, a 1984 Team USA member. After the US Lacrosse Convention, MYL implemented 7-on-7 in all age groups up to sixth grade. “The kids love it and they loved that they were actually tired after a game,” Hezlep said. “We don’t play positions. We rotate from midfield to attack to defense to the bench. We’re trying to develop athletes.”


NXT SPORTS


Dylan Brown was working at a software company in 2009 when he started Trashcan Lacrosse, a 2-on-2 competition with a clearing line and single trash can for a goal, and Cradle Lacrosse, a soft-stick version. Brown was so passionate about these small- sided games that he left his job to work full-time with NXT Sports, devoting his career to them. Trashcan Lacrosse and Cradle Lacrosse now span 12 cities. Cradle Lacrosse features two age groups (4-6 and 6-8) and a player-to-coach ratio of 8-to-. “Coaches talk to the kids as if they’ve known them for years,” Brown said.


SOFT LACROSSE


Bob Turco developed Soft Lacrosse in 1985 with the goal of bringing the sport to underprivileged youth in New Jersey. He founded the first league in 1991.


Players take 20 minutes to learn a skill, and then spend 34 minutes in small-sided games to reinforce the skills. Soft Lacrosse has expanded to Michigan, North Carolina, New York and West Virginia.


“For my little guy I just had four months ago, I don’t want him to have to wait until he’s 14 years old to be able to pick up an organized, structured, educationally based game,” executive director Thomas Moore said.


GROWING TREND OF SHRINKING


COLORADO YOUTH LACROSSE ASSOCIATION


Andrew Davies, executive director of Boulder Lacrosse, remembers the light-bulb moment that got him thinking small. “Seeing [under-9] players in our


fall ball program running around on a full 110-yard field, really gassed and just exhausted,” he said. “They were not really that interested in playing. It was hot. The field was huge. The team was small. We just realized we had to make a change there.”


That change came in the form of 7-on-7 lacrosse. The CYLA voted to institute the small-sided games in all ages 9 and under. CYLA boasts more than 500 players on 30 teams, making it the second-largest youth organization in the state.


RAPTOR LACROSSE


Erik Hove didn’t know much about lacrosse when he and his son were introduced to the sport four years ago. But he knew hockey and saw the benefits of cross- ice. Now the coaching director of Raptor Lacrosse east of San Francisco, he rolled out LADM in the spring and it’s already paying dividends.


“The first couple of practices we had, we were doing station- based stuff,” Hove said. “After a two-hour practice, kids were like, ‘It’s over? What are you talking about? Really?’ They really didn’t have that type of reaction before. The station-based stuff just keeps them moving so much.”


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USlaxmagazine.com November 2016 US LACROSSE MAGAZINE 39


Small-sided success


stories abound in lacrosse BY MATT HAMILTON


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