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Importance of Youth Sports.......

Importance of Youth Sports.......

Paid fees for TEAM 11 Lacrosse include a $656 initial installment for a payment plan totaling $2,400 and a $285 helmet fee.

The cost of playing lacrosse as a goalie can vary depending on the type of lacrosse and the gear you need:

starting out, you might spend about the same as a field player on gear. However, if you're switching from field to goalie, you'll need to buy some new equipment. Some lacrosse goalie gear items include:
Stick: Beginner sticks can cost around $30–$60, while advanced models can cost up to $200. Some complete goalie lacrosse sticks include the STX Eclipse 3, Warrior Nemesis, and Nike Prime Elite.
Helmet: An essential safety item that can cost between $60–$200 depending on the brand and features.
Gloves: Provide protection and grip and can cost between $30–$150.
Pads: Protect important areas like the shoulders, elbows, and ribs and can cost between $70–$200.
Cleats: Specialized footwear that can cost between $50–$100.
Uniform: Can be customized according to the team design and usually costs around $50–$100 for a complete set.
Balls and accessories: Practice balls and other extras can add $20–$50 to the cost.

Club Fees: 200-600 dependi.g on the level
Tournement Fees: $200-$700
Training Fees: $100_
-$400

Box lacrosse
Box lacrosse goalie gear can be very expensive, with some players spending over $1000 to get the necessary protection.

The cost of playing lacrosse as a goalie can vary depending on the type of lacrosse and the gear you need:

starting out, you might spend about the same as a field player on gear. However, if you're switching from field to goalie, you'll need to buy some new equipment. Some lacrosse goalie gear items include:
Stick: Beginner sticks can cost around $30–$60, while advanced models can cost up to $200. Some complete goalie lacrosse sticks include the STX Eclipse 3, Warrior Nemesis, and Nike Prime Elite.
Helmet: An essential safety item that can cost between $60–$200 depending on the brand and features.
Gloves: Provide protection and grip and can cost between $30–$150.
Pads: Protect important areas like the shoulders, elbows, and ribs and can cost between $70–$200.
Cleats: Specialized footwear that can cost between $50–$100.
Uniform: Can be customized according to the team design and usually costs around $50–$100 for a complete set.
Balls and accessories: Practice balls and other extras can add $20–$50 to the cost.

Club Fees: 200-600 dependi.g on the level
Tournement Fees: $200-$700
Training Fees: $100_
-$400

Box lacrosse
Box lacrosse goalie gear can be very expensive, with some players spending over $1000 to get the necessary protection.

The cost of playing lacrosse as a goalie can vary depending on the type of lacrosse and the gear you need:

starting out, you might spend about the same as a field player on gear. However, if you're switching from field to goalie, you'll need to buy some new equipment. Some lacrosse goalie gear items include:
Stick: Beginner sticks can cost around $30–$60, while advanced models can cost up to $200. Some complete goalie lacrosse sticks include the STX Eclipse 3, Warrior Nemesis, and Nike Prime Elite.
Helmet: An essential safety item that can cost between $60–$200 depending on the brand and features.
Gloves: Provide protection and grip and can cost between $30–$150.
Pads: Protect important areas like the shoulders, elbows, and ribs and can cost between $70–$200.
Cleats: Specialized footwear that can cost between $50–$100.
Uniform: Can be customized according to the team design and usually costs around $50–$100 for a complete set.
Balls and accessories: Practice balls and other extras can add $20–$50 to the cost.

Club Fees: 200-600 dependi.g on the level
Tournement Fees: $200-$700
Training Fees: $100_
-$400

Box lacrosse
Box lacrosse goalie gear can be very expensive, with some players spending over $1000 to get the necessary protection.

What physical attributes do lacrosse goalies need?

First and foremost, goalies come in all shapes and sizes. Some goalies fill the cage leaving small shooting windows but don’t have quick reflexes or great hand/eye coordination. Others are well under 6′ tall but cat quick and fearless. Both body types can be successful. But if you were designing a goalie you want to have him have (in no particular order) these attributes:

Size. At least 5′10″. But I’ve seen goalies much shorter and almost all goalies start out shorter in high school.
Above average hand/eye coordination, vision and reflexes.
Field vision. You can’t make a save or throw the long outlet pass if you can’t see the whole field and follow the ball.
Athleticism. Goalies have to be able to move laterally, run the field and make lacrosse moves. Not just standing there like a wall. Besides inside every goalie is a budding attackman.
A student of the game who demonstrates a willingness to learn. Goalies run the defense and direct the traffic.
Willingness to develop stick skills that are as good as the defensemen he is passing to.
A loud voice that carries. You can’t direct traffic in front of the goal if no one can hear you.
A short memory. All goalies get beat roughly half the time and you have to let go of the last goal and focus on the game in front of you. Forget but learn from the situation.
A sense of fearlessness. I mean you are standing in front of a hard rubber ball coming in at (depending on level of play) 70–90 mph. It is sort of an axiom of lacrosse that all goalies are quirky and a little strange.
These are not all physical attributes but each of them is important. You can’t underestimate the mental aspects of being a goalie.

Goalies are made, not born but some players are born to be goalies (with a lot of coaching). Having the physical/mental attributes simply raises the ceiling for how good a goalie you can be..

Championing Every Athlete;

Championing Every Athlete;

ach K saw in me something I still don't see something SPECIAL.  

Last year during Playing in a Summer Tournement an AAU(LEVEL2) Lacross Coach noticed me and invited me to play as a second Goalie for the Shamrocks.  

The past year I have been playing for Shamrocks and my Rec League. We had won the championship.  

i was accepted to play for Phoenix Lacross club and Team 11. I was blessed to workout with Blaze Riorden at Lacross camp and he said I was cracked.  I had made a tough decision to play for Team 11.

Thank you for sharing this journey with me.  To God give the Glory!!!

Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your kindness has touched me deeply, and I am forever grateful for your presence in my life.

I began playing lacross at the age of 5 with my Rec League. Besides my parents, Coach K is one of my biggest supporter. I have been playing for Coach K for 7 years now, 3 years on the field an past four years as GOALIE. We did not have a goalie and I volunteered 4 years ago to be goalie and fell in love all over again for Lacross.

Coach K saw in me something I still don't see something SPECIAL.

ALLETA
You are the person who supports me even if I don’t ask for it. That’s the real bonding between two brother and sister. I love you so much and thank you for your love and support.

Team 11 invitation to play for them.

Team 11 invitation to play for them.