SAY NO TO STATUS QUO S
WE’VE INTRODUCED SOME RADICAL CONCEPTS THAT QUESTION THE STATUS QUO — GENERATING BOTH PRAISE AND CONCERN.
ince the inception of US Lacrosse, injury prevention and education have been signifi cant priorities, leading to a body of research and the founding of our Center for Sport Science. Thanks to the support of members and donors, as well as the leadership of our Sports Science and Safety Committee, we have led, supported and/or funded more than 20 lacrosse studies that have been peer-reviewed and published over the last 15 years. Informed by that research, we’ve introduced some radical concepts that question the status quo — generating both praise and concern of our efforts to evolve youth rules, standardize how players are grouped and right-size player experience through the Lacrosse Athlete Development Model. Yet efforts to eliminate collision in youth boys’ lacrosse continued to face resistance from league and tournament leaders. Similarly, the recent development of a manufacturing standard for headgear in girls’ lacrosse, which has long been allowed in the rules without clarifi cation, is viewed by some as a threat to the integrity of game.
Research shows that chronological age best determines a child’s physical, cognitive and emotional abilities. So, segmenting lacrosse players based primarily on birth year, rather than projected high school graduation year, should increase both player safety and competition integrity. And, introducing younger players to a version of lacrosse that is proportional to their developmental stage would seem to be just as logical as it is rooted in the dispassionate fi ndings of researchers.
Change is hard. But we must accept the responsibility to question the way we’ve always done things in order to best position our sport for continued growth.
— STEVE STENERSEN uslacrosseceo
2 US LACROSSE MAGAZINE january 2017
USlacrosse.org
LETTER FROM THE CEO
©BRIAN SCHNEIDER
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68
