A Transformational Partnership: NLF and USA Lacrosse Bringing Age Verification to Boys’ Club Lacrosse
SPARKS, Md. — The National Lacrosse Federation (NLF) and USA Lacrosse have entered into a transformational partnership that will bring age verification to the boys’ club lacrosse landscape.
Beginning with the 2023-24 club season, the NLF will require all players aged 14 and younger on its member clubs, and participants in tournaments run by its member clubs, to go through an age verification process with USA Lacrosse. USA Lacrosse membership will provide the pathway for participation in these events with age verification included in the membership product at no additional charge.
The aim of the partnership is to improve the integrity of competition, the quality of experience for all participants and player safety.
USA Lacrosse has had a proven age verification system in place since 2017 used for other organizations. As a U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Recognized Sports Organization, USA Lacrosse brings credibility and neutrality to the process.
The NLF’s leadership in endorsing and implementing age verification for its events will drive even greater adoption of player segmentation by age throughout all levels of youth lacrosse.
“What the age verification process needed was two leaders to get together to head up this initiative,” said George Breres of Team 91, one of the NLF’s founding members. “It seems like it’s the right time to have leaders from the club side — the National Lacrosse Federation, its founding members, affiliates, event operators — to get together with a trusted brand that also has the technology to implement this. The time is now.”
“The ability to sit down and discuss common opportunities for the good of our sport is so profound,” said USA Lacrosse CEO Marc Riccio. “This is just the beginning of our ability to work with groups to bring the lacrosse community together to enact positive change.”
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Beginning with the 2023-24 club lacrosse season, the @natlaxfed and USA Lacrosse have come together to bring age verification to club lacrosse.
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For the 2023-24 club year, in graduation years 2029 and younger, the NLF has chosen to implement a 15-month timeframe (June 1 birthdate through August 31 of the following year) for its age groupings. The NLF clubs are expected to continue using graduation years as the team names, but all players will fit within the 15-month groupings. This will help minimize team roster disruptions and to incentivize classmates playing together.
At the high school level, the NLF will continue to group players by graduation year to assist with the college recruiting process. High-school aged NLF players and tournament participants will be required to maintain an active USA Lacrosse membership, but they will not be required to go through the age verification process.
The NLF will begin having its players go through the age verification process following tryouts this summer.
All players will need to be age verified to participate in NLF events beginning fall of 2023.
For more information about the partnership and the age verification process, please see this list of Frequently Asked Questions.
About the National Lacrosse Federation
The National Lacrosse Federation is an organization of the top boys’ club lacrosse programs in the country that has a goal of creating the most competitive and enjoyable events for club programs, players and parents. The NLF is comprised of six founding members — Baltimore Crabs, Big 4 HHH, Laxachusetts, Leading Edge, Long Island Express and Team 91 Long Island — and eight affiliate organizations — Denver Elite, Eclipse, Madlax, Primetime, Resolute, Sweetlax, Thunder and West Coast Starz. Learn more at https://nationallacrossefederation.com/
About USA Lacrosse
USA Lacrosse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is a Recognized Sports Organization of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. As the governing body of men’s and women’s lacrosse in the United States, USA Lacrosse leads the U.
S. National Teams Program and establishes universal standards. With more than 400,000 members across the country, USA Lacrosse unites the community of players, coaches, officials, parents, and program leaders. Working together, we inspire participation, enrich the athlete experience, and support the growth of the sport.
What Is The Best Age To Start Lacrosse?
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Outdoor sports are a great way for kids to have fun, exercise, and learn teamwork. As the fastest-growing sport in US high schools and colleges, lacrosse is also a competitive landscape whose players start playing and training very young. Listed below are tips about why and when to start your child playing lacrosse.
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- Defining Goals
- Ages 3-6
- Ages 7-14
- Ages 15 and Up
- College Lacrosse
- Professional Lacrosse
- Safety Concerns
- FAQ
Defining Goals
Before deciding anything, the first thing to do is make sure you have clear goals defined for your child.
The goal for starting your child in lacrosse may be simply having fun during the summer months or to get some exercise all year round.
The goal could also be to prepare them for a potential career at the collegiate or professional level. The key here is to define concrete and realistic goals so that your child gets the most out of their lacrosse experience, whether for fun or something serious.
Ages 3-6
Ages 3-6 is a great range to prepare your child for the rigors of lacrosse without fully playing the contact sport. Lacrosse requires a certain amount of physical ability, coordination, and comprehension of rules that may not be possible until an older age.
While they are very young, you can focus on increasing the basic strength and agility of your child while also allowing safe and fun activities in which they can enhance their mental and physical coordination. Until these basic skills are acquired, playing a game of lacrosse remains farther down the line, and children will not be allowed to participate in larger competitions.
Ages 7-14
Experts agree that the optimal age at which to first start playing lacrosse is around age 7. This is because this age is the typical time at which children are physically able to handle lacrosse equipment while also understanding and following the rules of lacrosse as a sport.
As with almost any sport, starting lacrosse early is one of the best ways to take best advantage of a child’s potential, and they can spend these early years honing the fundamentals of the sport while learning what it means to function as one unit of a cohesive team.
Ages 15 and Up
American high schools typically divide their sports into junior varsity and varsity teams, while USA Lacrosse divides its competitions into age brackets by year. The final age bracket designation is 19U-15U, a range for high schoolers aged 15-19 who play games run by the NFHS (National Federation of High School Associations).
The level of competition during this period reaches extremely high levels, as individual bodies reach physical peaks while gameplay success determines who is picked up for collegiate teams as well as who is offered performance-based scholarships.
Lacrosse players at this level have usually played already for almost a decade, but here is where they make marks that could change their life trajectory.
College Lacrosse
Collegiate lacrosse in America is divided into four distinct divisions. First is the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), which divides itself into three divisions. Division 1 schools have around the top five percent of men’s and women’s lacrosse players in the country, often with full-ride scholarships attached.
Division 2 and Division 3 of the NCAA are notably less competitive and will only grant academic scholarships, not athletic scholarships. The final division is the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), and they represent smaller universities and colleges around America. The players that make it to any of these four divisions likely started playing early and are highly skilled student-athletes.
Professional Lacrosse
As with any sport, becoming a professional player is the highest competitive level and often the most desirable dream to which young lacrosse players aspire.
Like with the college recruitment process, the key to being picked for a professional team is winning games and making a name for yourself as a key part of that process.
Once professional scouts take an interest and attend specific games, players can then show off their skills and potentially be picked for a position on a professional team. Players who make it to a professional lacrosse league typically start competing at a young age and make it to this final stage because, after many years of conditioning, they are the best of the best.
Safety Concerns
Lacrosse is an incredibly physical sport with a high risk of injury, so proper safety is important regardless of age level. The first safety measure in lacrosse is to make sure your child is wearing all proper safety gear, including helmets, cleats, mouthguards, gloves, elbow pads, shoulder pads, and a fitting cup.
There is also proper safety gear specifically for goalies, which includes a neck protector, a chest protector, shin guards, a goalie stick, and goalie gloves.
In addition to these pieces of equipment, all lacrosse players should make sure to stay hydrated and pay attention to anything else that might go wrong with their bodies during heightened physical activity.
FAQ
How do I get my kid started with lacrosse?
The best way to start your kid in lacrosse is to get them physically active at a young age. Playing lacrosse requires a certain level of agility and coordination in order to have fun or engage in competitive play. Once your child has those fundamental skills down, they can join a junior league or play on a team at their school as long as they are at least six years of age.
How old should my child be to play lacrosse?
The best age to start your child playing lacrosse is around the age of 7. During this time period, kids are able to physically handle the appropriate equipment and gear while also understanding and remembering the rules of lacrosse. Starting too early can lead to injury since lacrosse is such a physical sport, but starting too late can have some kids learning the basics while others are much farther ahead skill-wise.
Can I teach my child lacrosse?
If you played lacrosse when you were younger or were a professional player of some kind, you can absolutely teach your child the basics of the game. However, lacrosse is ultimately a team sport, so a child will need to join a junior league or school team to work on team-building aspects of the sport. This will help them learn how to play as both an individual and as part of a unit.
How do I pick a lacrosse coach for my child?
Picking a lacrosse coach for your child is completely dependent on what goals you have defined for your child. For example, if you want your kid to just have a great time, get physical exercise, and foster a sense of community, you should choose a coach that emphasizes fun. On the other hand, if you are trying to set your kid up for long-term competitive success, it is best to set them up with a coach that is experienced and meets their specific needs.
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As you know, an attractive name is of great importance for the commercial success of a car.
In an effort to be original, manufacturers sometimes make unexpectedly funny steps, as a result of which cars with not the most euphonious names roll off the assembly line.
According to carclub.ru, the 1st place is Mazda LaPuta
Well, how could Japanese automakers know that the beautiful name of the flying island from “Gulliver’s Travels” in Spanish colloquially means “whore”?
2nd place can be safely awarded Mitsubishi Pajero
In this case, the bright minds of the Land of the Rising Sun decided to please potential Hispanic customers by choosing the Argentine Pampas cat Leopardus pajeros for the name. The most harmless words that translate Pajero slang are “masturbator” and “gouging”. That’s why I had to come up with another name for the car – Montero.
3rd place Nissan Moco
Again the Japanese have problems with the Spaniards. In their language, “Moco” means what little kids love to pick out of their own nostrils – simply “boats”.
4th place – Buick LaCrosse
Positioning this model for young people, Buick decided to give it the name of the popular sports game in North America – lacrosse. What was the surprise of GM bosses when in French-speaking Canada Buick LaCrosse flatly refused to buy it. And the thing turned out to be that in translation from French, the name of the car means “masturbating teenager.” The Americans were forced to rename LaCrosse to Allure.
5th place – Chevrolet Nova
In Spanish, “No va” means “Does not go” or simply: “Does not roll.” And, naturally, General Motors’ attempt to market the Chevrolet Nova in Central and South America was a fiasco.
6th place – Opel Ascona
German automakers were also unlucky. In Northern Spain and Portugal, the word “Ascona” means female genitalia.
7th place – 9th0028 Honda Fitta
Still, the Japanese have the most punctures with names.
Take, for example, the word Fitta, which means “vagina” in obscene Swedish and Norwegian. It is clear that no one will drive such a car in Scandinavia. But we must pay tribute – the samurai quickly realized the mistake and for car sales in Europe they dubbed it Jazz, and for themselves and the Americans they reduced the “spicy” name to three letters Fit.
8th – Daihatsu Charade
One can only say about her that this is a real charade – in the sense of a headache for the owners.
The Dodge Swinger
climbed to penultimate place, and you probably already know why. After all, you can only read about who swingers are in adult magazines.
In 10th place . Teague named this car after one of the most vile characters in British folklore, who has an irresistible passion to harm everything mechanical.
From myself, I could add a few more cars to the list. The first thing that comes to everyone’s mind is Volkswagen Passat – the association with the urethral verb arises without delay.
The name Daewoo Kalos is very consonant with the first name, although this car was called more harmonious in the Russian market. We can say that in this case, marketers have shown timely common sense.
In general, it must be said that the “inconsistency” of names with the national language of a certain market is a widespread process. Of the new examples, one can recall Mitsubishi iMIEV – something like “terrible stench” in German, Audi E-tron – in France it can be understood as “a lot of poop” and Toyota MR2 – in the same France it is “merde”, and means shit.
I must say that all such troubles are innumerable – there are also Isuzu Truper, Proton Perdana, Kia Surato and many, many other things that make you want to laugh out loud. But still, most of all I want to burst from the French approximate translation of the legendary Russian name – Zhiguli . The descendants of Napoleon and Moliere may accidentally translate this as “I’m on a spree.
” On the other hand, why appeal to a foreign language. It is enough that the word “Zhiguli” awakens in the mind the word “gigolo” (Italian gigolo) – a male prostitute.
True, no matter how many names you change, it won’t get better. For example, from the export name LADA, the Russian auto industry does not seem to get better.
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Jensen Ackles biography, photo, height and weight, personal life, his wife and daughter 2023
Jensen Ackles biography
Childhood Jensen Ackles
The boy was born in Dallas.
Parents did not immediately choose a name for their son. They wanted to give the child not the most common name. Mom (Donna Joan Schaeffer) was flipping through the hymnal in church to find something original. The name of the son was the surname of one of the authors of the church hymn.
From childhood, the boy grew up admiring his father, Alan Roger Ackles, who was a famous actor. He has always been an idol for his son. Jensen studied scripts, knew all his work.
Jensen has a sister and a brother. It was customary for the family to go to church. The actor calls himself an unfanatic Christian. He grew up on the teachings of the Bible and, as he himself put it in interviews, faith is always with him.
Until the age of four, the boy often appeared in children’s advertisements. Then there was a break, and only at the age of 10 he again continued to act in commercials.
Jensen Ackles – young and popular actor
In high school, Jensen devoted a lot of time to sports, playing on the baseball and lacrosse teams.
When he started taking acting classes for fun, he was the only athlete there.
After graduating from school, the future screen star decided to go to university. He has already chosen there for himself a set of disciplines in his specialization of interest. Jensen wanted to become a physiotherapist and was even registered for admission.
At that time he was offered to star in one of the projects. The future actor went to Los Angeles to see what was actually discussed. He passed the audition. He was offered to play a guest in the series, but he was not going to linger in the city, not wanting to deviate from his future plans. Eccles went home to consult with his parents. He always consulted with them when it was necessary to make some difficult decision. As a result, Jensen returned to Los Angeles, where he became a participant in the project, thinking that he could well stay there for one or two semesters, and if nothing happened, he could always return home. It was September 1996th.
The family supported the young actor. So his grandmother sent her grandson a postcard once a week so that he would not miss home much.
The beginning of the career of actor Jensen Ackles, filmography
The first roles were only episodic. The young actor appeared in the TV series Cybill, the comedy Mr. Rhodes and in Sweet Valley School. In the comedy film “Mr. Rhodes” he played a student. There Jensen filmed for eighteen weeks.
This was his first permanent job, thanks to which Ackles immediately began to provide for himself. As he later admitted in an interview, the actor considers his independent life at a young age to be his great achievement in life.
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A year later, he appeared in Days of Our Lives, playing the role of Eric Brady. His participation in this project lasted from 1997 to 2000, until he himself decided to leave in order to be able to act in other series. Even then, he had a lot of fans, whose letters the actor received daily.
During the filming of “Days of Our Lives” he was invited to take part in the filming of the film “Unkissed”. The invitation was made at the request of Drew Barrymore, who was filming there.
. Unfortunately, Ackles had to refuse this offer, as the filming schedules for both films coincided.
Jensen Ackles currently
In 2000, the actor starred in a film about Marilyn Monroe called “Blonde”. His next job was shooting in the series “Dark Angel”, where Jessica Alba played with him. He considers his work with James Cameron in this film to be very memorable.
2003 was a good year for Jensen professionally. He worked in the film “Dawson’s Creek” and in several episodes of “Quiet Life”. In 2004, Ackles played the lover of the heroine, played by Christina Kreuk, in Smallville.
Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki
Jensen played the main role in 2005’s “Soul Eater”, where he had a chance to work with his idol – his own father.
In the same 2005, he was invited to the TV series Supernatural, and in the lead role.
In this mystical film, he played Dean Winchester.
His main partner in the project was the actor, also playing a major role, Jared Padalecki. These shootings are especially memorable for Ackles. There he became friends with Jared, although he is four years younger than him.
In 2007, the actor was lucky enough to play on the same stage with Lou Diamond Phillips. The play was staged at the Casa Mañana theater in Texas, its title is “A Few Good Guys”. So Eccles first played on the stage.
The actor’s first directorial experience is also associated with the Supernatural project. He directed four episodes of the sixth season. In 2011, he again directed three episodes of the seventh and three episodes of the eighth season.
Personal life of Jensen Ackles
Jensen Ackles with his wife Danneel Harris.
Jensen is married to fashion model, actress and gymnast Danneel Harris. In mid-2013, they became the happy parents of a little daughter. She was given the name Justice Jay Ackles.