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Pittsburgh Lacrosse
Fall/Winter 2010 Box Lacrosse Leagues


Pittsburgh Lacrosse Middle School Box Lacrosse League

• For 7th and 8th grade boys.  Players will register individually and will be assigned to teams by Pittsburgh Lacrosse Coaching staff after Introduction and Assessment session.  Teams will consist of between 12 and 14 players and team assignments will aim to ensure equally competitive teams.
• Season will start with an Introduction and Assessment Session where the players will learn the finer points of Box Lacrosse and be assessed for team placement.
• South Conference:  Tuesday evenings from September 14 through December 14 at the Iceoplex at Southpointe, with 50 minute games beginning at 5pm, 6pm, 7pm and 8pm.
• North Conference:  Monday evenings from September 13 through December 13 at the Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena (PISA) with games starting at 5:00, 5:55pm, 6:50pm.

REGISTER ONLINE at WWW.PITTSBURGHLAX.COM on August 21st

Pittsburgh Lacrosse Youth Lacrosse School at the Iceoplex

• For boys in 5th and 6th grade, Pittsburgh Lacrosse offers its Youth Lacrosse School, an opportunity for younger players to learn the skills essential to success and to work on those skills in weekly scrimmages.
• The Pittsburgh Lacrosse Youth Lacrosse School will be held on Thursday evenings at the Iceoplex at Southpointe from 5pm to 7pm.  The first half of each session will be instructional, with Pittsburgh Lacrosse Coaching Faculty teaching the boys various skill sets through demonstrations, drills and games.
• The second half of each session will consist of a coach-controlled scrimmage among the players.
• We will accept no more than 30 boys for our Youth Lacrosse School at Iceoplex this Fall, so space is limited.

REGISTER ONLINE at  WWW.PITTSBURGHLAX.COM on August 21st

BENEFITS TO BOX LACROSSE

Box/Field Hybrid:
The second part of this integrated philosophy is a box lacrosse/field lacrosse hybrid system. In 2008 & 2009 ten of the top twenty goal scorers in Division I Lacrosse were Canadians yet less than 5% of the population was Canadian. There are several reasons that box lacrosse is a great teacher of the game.

Tight Confines:
Everyone knows that when space is reduced, it speeds up the game and produces an environment where quicker decisions have to be made and ball handling skills are therefore amplified. Being in such an environment redefines being “open”. Box players get used to catching passes routinely that field players would be yelled at for throwing.

Small Nets:
Shooting accuracy and finishing ability are clearly a developmental advantage when learning how to finish on small (4x4) nets. But this isn’t the most important piece. BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT concept taught in the sport of box lacrosse which is a by product of small nets is always striving to position your stick to the inside of the field. In box lacrosse if a right handed player drives down the right wing, he will almost never score as his shooting angle (and passing angles) are reduced with every step. By positioning (looking at the goal) lefties on the right and righties on the left, players are able to attack from the wings to the middle both with the ball and while cutting.

All Short Sticks:
In box lacrosse there are no poles. This provides a significant advantage for the development of the offense players because they can work on their moves and ball handling against a defense that doesn’t beat them up and take the ball away. Too many times attackman are either over powered by poles or are discouraged by their coach from dodging because of a bad match up.

5v5:
Box lacrosse is a simple game that takes skills to their highest level. Box players work on small-sided situations every practice all practice.

The 2 Man Game:
One of the staples of box lacrosse is the pick and roll both on and off the ball. It is the repetition of the pick and roll executed on the natural side of the players that teaches an extremely high level of reading the defense.

Boards and Glass:
The ball is never out of play. Box lacrosse players get more repetitions in practice.

Peter Hoffman
VarsityCoach, Seneca Valley HS
Co-Director, Pittsburgh Lacross
Pittsburgh Lacrosse Store - North

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