Spring Lacrosse

Thursday, 3/4/10

LACROSSE TRYOUTS

The 8th grade boys travel make-up date from last weekend's cancellation has been moved to Monday, March 8th from 6:15-8:00 at the Ludlowe High School turf field.

The 6th grade boys travel make-up date from last weekend's cancellation will be this Friday, March 5th from 6:15-8:00 at the Ludlowe High School turf field.
 

The 2010 Wakeman Spring Lacrosse Registration is a mail-in registration on Thursday, January 28th.  Wakeman membership handbooks for the spring/summer 2010 will be mailed out to current members the first week of January.  Please note that one must be a current member (2008-2009 memberships expired on August 31st, 2009) in order to register for the lacrosse program.  Membership forms can be picked up at the front desk of Wakeman. 

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!
Lacrosse has become the fastest growing sport in Fairfield County. Towns such as New Canaan, Darien, Greenwich, and Wilton have had long standing youth programs and powerful high school teams. Other towns and cities are beginning to jump on the lacrosse bandwagon. Trumbull, Stratford, Weston and Easton/Redding are towns that have begun their own lacrosse programs. Wakeman falls in the middle. Lacrosse at Wakeman began in the early 80’s with a small In-House league. In 1995, Wakeman entered its first boy’s team in the CONNY Lacrosse League. Every year since, the number of players and coaches has increased. In 1997, with the inception of Girls’ Lacrosse, the sport continued to gain more youth interest. We anticipate the interest in Lacrosse to continue to grow. Wakeman will do all in its power to provide an opportunity to all that want to experience this great sport. On the following pages the lacrosse programs are outlined. Please stay tuned to the Lacrosse section on www.wakemanclub.com for updates.

COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Lacrosse Program Explanations - Wakeman offers various programs to allow members of all skill levels to participate competitively, as well as, continuing to learn important aspects of lacrosse in a fun and enjoyable learning environment. When considering which program best suits your child’s interest and abilities please make sure you understand the expectations and can fulfill the commitment.

Travel Teams
These teams require the greatest commitment from players who plan to play in the Wakeman Travel Lacrosse Program. Travel teams practice for an hour and a half two nights a week and will usually have one or two games throughout each week/weekend. This is a highly organized, competitive program participating in the CONNY (Connecticut/NY Youth Lacrosse Association) league, and differing from our In-House leagues.  Our goal is to promote player development and camaraderie while producing a team that works well together and improves as much as a unit as they do as individuals. Playing on other athletic teams during the spring season causes scheduling conflicts and also adds to the over burdening of the children. They normally do not perform up to their potential when participating in multiple games on a given day.  Tryouts will be held for those interested in playing at this level, but everyone who tries out will not make a travel team. If your child wants to tryout, please have him/her do so only if you as parents, and your child as a team member are willing to make the necessary commitment. The commitment required is very extensive from March through June. Those players who tryout for one of our travel teams, but do not make a travel team will have a spot in the In-House program. No refunds will be given after tryouts.

In-House
In-House teams practice once a week for an hour and fifteen minutes and will play one game each weekend. Each player on an In-House team can expect to play in every game and within each team playing time will be equalized as much as possible (if they have been attending practices and showing up on time for games). Players can also expect the opportunity to play every position on the field at some point over the course of the season in a game. Based on the registration numbers each house team may play one away game and other town teams at home throughout the season. The In-House teams are balanced to the best of our abilities through a player evaluation process. This year evaluations will be performed during the weeks leading up to the first week of the season. The information collected on each player’s skill will be used to distribute the skill and experience evenly among the teams. When forming In-House teams a player’s school and conflicts as well as player evaluations are taken into consideration.

Evaluations
The In-House team practices are balanced to the best of our abilities through an evaluation process. This year evaluations will be taken during three weeks of practices for each level. During these three weeks, players need to choose one out of the three sessions available for their age group. For information on times and dates of these sessions please look at the descriptions for each league. While participating in these sessions each player will be evaluated. The information collected on each player’s skill will be used to distribute talent evenly among the teams. When making In-House teams, a player’s school, conflict day and evaluation are all taken into consideration.