Player Clinics | USA Lacrosse
USA Lacrosse Player Clinics are an exciting option for local programs to introduce players into the sport and their organization. Through this clinic grant, USA Lacrosse member organizations can introduce lacrosse to boys and girls, ages 6-14, for the first time, with the necessary resources to provide a safe and fun introductory experience. Player Clinics are delivered by USA Lacrosse certified coaches from the neighboring organizations or through USA Lacrosse Clinicians.
TryLax™ Clinic
About TryLax
By following TryLax best practices, local organizations are able to introduce boys and girls (ages 6-18) to lacrosse for the first time through a safe and fun introductory experience. TryLax clinics are delivered by USA Lacrosse certified coaches from the host team and neighboring organizations. TryLax Grants are available for qualifying USA Lacrosse Member Organizations.
USA Lacrosse TryLax Clinics Grant Package
TryLax™ Clinic:
- Marketing Materials
- TryLax Curriculum and Recorded Webinar
- Sticks (1 per player, models may vary)
- Soft-Practice Balls (quantities vary)
- USA Lacrosse Stickers (1 per player)
- USA Lacrosse Hosted Event Registration – ($45/player, includes: 1 year USA Lacrosse player membership, free lacrosse stick, and sticker)
How to Host
(1) APPLY: Complete a USA Lacrosse Grant Application.
(2) ACCEPT: If awarded, complete the online grant agreement and forms. USA Lacrosse will use the information provided to ship your equipment directly from our granting partners.
(3) ORGANIZE: While USA Lacrosse launches your registration, the host organization will review grant resources, secure field space, identify certified coaches, and recruit volunteers.
(4) PLAY: Introduce new players to the sport and your organization during a safe and fun 90-minute introductory experience. USA Lacrosse player memberships will be activated within 10 business days of the clinic.
TryLax: Sankofa Series Clinic Grant
About TryLax: Sankofa Series Clinics:
USA Lacrosse has committed to offering free youth clinics for boys and girls from underrepresented lacrosse communities. USA Lacrosse supports local organizations in the planning and implementation of a clinic, while clinicians provide hands-on instruction and mentorship. TryLax:Sankofa Series Clinics are available for programs and organizations that offer lacrosse participation opportunities in which a majority of the participants are youth of color.
TryLax: Sankofa Series Clinic Grant Package:
- Marketing Materials
- Sticks (1 per player, models may vary)
- Soft-Practice Balls (quantities vary)
- USA Lacrosse Stickers (1 per player)
- USA Lacrosse Hosted Event Registration
- Coaching from USAL Certified Clinicians
- USAL T-shirt (1 per player)
- USAL continuing education offering for all program coaches
- Parent and community information and engagement sessions led by USAL clinicians
USA Lacrosse Grant Application
For grant consideration, all organizations must submit a USA Lacrosse Grant Application. Please click the button below to learn more about the grant process, upcoming application availability, and to gain access to the Grant Application or Interest Form.
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The Cost of Participation
USA Lacrosse recommends a local registration fee of $35 per participant, but that fee may vary by location based on the grant agreement. The fee includes a lacrosse stick and a one-year membership to USA Lacrosse for each clinic participant.
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Athletic Training Month Interview: Jeffrey Lambert-Chemo
March is Athletic Training Month, and we’re proud to share the talent and passion of Certified Athletics Coaches who are dedicated to the sporting excellence of their athletes. They also understand the benefits of integrating Boost Oxygen into their protocols.
We thank Athletic Coach Jeffrey Lambert-Schemo for taking the time to share his personal feedback on the work of an Athletic Coach. Jeff introduced Boost during his time with Arena Football League’s Cleveland Gladiators. He is currently the Lead Athletic Therapist at NovaCare Rehab in Ohio.
When did you decide to become an athletics coach?
In my first year of college lacrosse, certified athletic coaches supported me with rehab and ribbons so I could play all season. On the field, I was a brute, which meant that I was constantly beaten, so I spent every morning before classes rehabilitating my shoulders and hips. I realized how important they are to my success and ability to stay on the field, and I wanted to be that person for others. By the second year, I reoriented and began my education in the direction of “Athletic training”!
What is the most enjoyable part of your job?
Over the years, the most enjoyable part of my job has been helping players stay on the field and get them back on the field so they can succeed. Until recently, most of my career has been in athletics at a very high level. I recently moved into running an athletic training and physical therapy clinic. Now I’m focused on supporting patients in their daily lives and achieving their maximum recreational goals, whether it’s unassisted grocery shopping or the best results during an ultramarathon, sports competition or training at a local gym!
What is the most difficult part of your job?
I have high hopes for the results of the treatment of patients and want their recovery to be as effective as possible in all aspects. My job is to be very balanced in what I prescribe for self-care and make sure my patients can fit their recovery into their schedule and lifestyle so they can consistently move in a positive direction.
Describe the most amazing experience that confirmed your decision: “I do what I love.”
In 1997, I was on the field during the Penn Relay, working with one of my long jumpers. She was injured, crying and feeling small on the pitch. I consoled her, helped her and brought her back to the podium for the third jump. Since then, I have had more moments than I can count that confirmed my decision to become an athletics coach, but in 20+ years those moments have changed. If earlier I considered achieving maximum sports results as a success, now I consider walking without pain and everyday life as a success!
On using Boost Oxygen Jeffrey says: “Boost Oxygen’s innovative and creative oxygen supply solution has allowed me to conveniently, efficiently and economically deliver oxygen to my players during home and away games. This has helped me maintain confidence, comfort and peak performance for my players.” .Boost has definitely changed my team’s game.”
Jeff’s Bio:
Jeff Lambert-Shemo is a certified track and field coach and sports medicine director of NovaCare Rehab in Northern Ohio. Jeff has been with NovaCare for 8 years and received his BA in Athletic Training from the College of Worcester at 19. 97 year. Jeff currently treats patients at the NovaCare Rehabilitation Center of Innovation in Lakewood, Ohio, focusing on injury recovery and physical performance by maximizing mobility and muscle function using advanced biomechanical analysis technologies. Prior to that, Jeff served as the Head Athletics Coach for the Cleveland Gladiators Arena Football Team for 5 seasons and has been Director of Sports Medicine since 2015. He also sits on Select Medical’s National Committees for Concussion Management, Sports Medicine, Sports Performance and is a member of the Select Medical Outpatient Innovation Clinic Advisory Panel. He joined NovaCare after 14 years as a strength and conditioning coach in various schools, colleges, clubs and professional sports including hockey, baseball, volleyball, football, soccer and lacrosse. Jeff has extensive experience treating sports injuries and training athletes of all levels in the areas of speed, strength, agility, power and injury prevention. He is also a Certified Pilates Instructor, POSE Running Trainer, and Level 1 CrossFit Instructor.
few LGBT people – US army sacrifices combat readiness in favor of “pro-Buddhism” – InoTV
Instead of ensuring the combat readiness of US troops, its generals are promoting a “pro-Buddhist” agenda, according to Fox News. Personnel decisions in the US Space Force are made with an eye not to professional skills, but to sexual orientation. In this regard, one of the presenters of the American TV channel proposes to restore order in the Pentagon and demolish all of its politicized top.
EMILIE COMPAGNO, Fox News Anchor: Our military is the most powerful in the world, but there has been growing concern lately that it is sacrificing combat readiness to comply with the principles of “pro-Buddhism”. And now US Space Force General Dianna Burt has spoken out about what she called anti-LGBT laws, claiming they’ve backfired on military families – and now play a role in her personal personnel policy. Take a look.
DEANNA BURT, Colonel General, US Space Force: Since January of this year, more than 400 laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community have been pending at the state level. This figure continues to grow and indicates a trend that can pose a threat to both military personnel and their families, and to the combat readiness of the space forces in general. When I consider potential candidates for positions, for example, squadron commanders, I try to select the right person for the corresponding position – and first of all, I take into account the quality of his work and experience in the profile. However, I also take into account their personal circumstances, and in addition, their family situation is an important factor for me. If a well-suited person in a state does not feel safe enough to be themselves and perform at their best, or if their family members may be denied essential health care due to state law, I is forced to consider another candidate who may have a lower professional level.
EMILIE COMPAGNO: So she “has to consider another candidate.” Kaylie, you have a brother serving in the army now – and we all have relatives who are either currently serving or have served in the past. And all the news that I see day after day shows that both our armed forces and our federal agencies are sliding into this: they are focusing on pro-Buddhist minutiae instead of providing combat readiness and calling for the banners of the best of the best so that we can be ready to meet opponents – well, now they simply laugh at the fact that our officers are “forced” to think about such ridiculous things, and not focus on personal qualities.
KAYLEY McGEE WHITE, journalist: My brother is in the Navy and is very proud of it. But if you talk to the military, they all unanimously say that this is a common problem that is felt in every branch of the military. And the problem is that the leadership is primarily concerned with “social justice” decisions to the detriment of the very clear task of the troops to prevent wars through deterrence or, if that is not possible, to fight those wars and prevail in them. And I’m so glad we’re talking about this. Next week, we’ll be showing a series of stories on exactly that topic in the Washington Examiner titled “Restoring America.” In them, we will focus on the problem of the unpreparedness of the army and whether our troops will actually be ready to face the threats to our country as a result of these “pro-Buddhist” initiatives that our generals are promoting.
EMILY COMPAGNO: Cheryl. While this hurts me both spiritually and emotionally, it also revolts me as a taxpayer when I hear and see the number of emails that arrive every day to members of the military and federal agencies. They say: “Attend such a course. Visit any course. And they have nothing to do with increased combat readiness, but only serve as an ostentatious virtue to put a tick. And this is their only way to rise, the only way not to break the rules, so that all opportunities open before them. And we pay for it.
CHERYL KOSANE Anchor Fox News: Space Force has a multi-billion dollar budget. We are talking about 30 billion for fiscal year 2024. They are asking for 3.9 billion more than the amount that was originally approved at the time of the creation of the space forces. Their mission is to carry out research and development work. What I have just seen has nothing to do with these principles. I want my 30 billion dollars spent on space forces back. Why are we spending money on this?
EMILIE COMPAGNO: I’m talking about a different topic, but it’s all in the same area. Fort Bragg is now called Fort Liberty because it is part of a “pro-Buddhist” name change. It cost us, for a second, one billion dollars. One billion dollars. Fox News: Outrageous! Does Russia do this? Does China do this? Are our opponents doing this? Of course not. It’s outrageous! The Republicans are on the winning side in this matter, but there are language difficulties. She talked about anti-LGBTQ laws. When you hear that, you say, “I don’t want anti-LGBTQ laws. ” Wrong. These are laws against children undergoing gender reassignment surgery. These are laws against castration of children. Every Republican should say this over and over again. These laws are not against LGBTQ people, but against taking your children away from you.
CHRISTOPHER BEDFORD Anchor Fox News: Florida Gov. reassessment of their central identity. Let’s look at the army. The military general says that we will sacrifice the combat readiness of the army because the space force is not homosexual enough. This is absolute madness. We as a country are not being serious. We must be focused on something else. If I were president, the first thing I would do would be to fire all the generals with three stars and above. Because if you have reached this level, you are politicized, you have been appointed. The top of the Pentagon is rotten, and any serious president who wants to clean up the Pentagon must start at the top of the Pentagon.