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2. Welcome Lacrosse Board Tim Ranagan VP Dan Gratz Director Scott Bloedow Coaches Coordinator Wayne Wiederhoeft 3/4 Grade Level Coordinator Sue Wiederhoeft Registration & Scheduling Coordinator

3. P.L.A.Y. LACROSSE PARENT MEETING Other Key Positions Mike WaltonEquipment Manager Jessica Barian Girls Program Coordinator Open Co-Tournament Coordinator Jim Collins 5/6 Grade Level Coordinator Cheryl Holst Team Parent/Chill Coordinator Steve Hegedus Referee Coordinator

4. P.L.A.Y. LACROSSE PARENT MEETING Growth of the Program 2008 - 167 players 2009 - 212 Players 2010 – 297 Players

5. P.L.A.Y. LACROSSE PARENT MEETING Organization Objectives & Standards  Teach Skills, Fundamentals, and Introduce Game Strategy  Grade levels 3/4 & 5/6 grade Boys & Girls  Teach Skills, Fundamentals, and More In-Depth Game Strategy  Grade levels 7/8 grade Boys & Girls  Equal Playing Time  Good Sportsmanship  Have Fun  Balanced Teams  YLM (Youth Lacrosse of Minnesota) Balanced Team Rules All Ages Except 7/8 Boys  MSSLax (Middle School Schoolgirls Lacrosse) Balanced Team Rules Girls  Coach the Coaches

6. P.L.A.Y. LACROSSE PARENT MEETING Organization Objectives & Standards Team Expectations  Show Respect  Coaches  Officials  Fans and coaches of the other team  No Swearing  Put Forth Effort  Use practice to work on weaknesses  Do things the right way until the right way becomes the easy way  Play as a Team  No “I” or “Me” in TEAM  Learn to communicate on the field  A teammate is a teammate  Focus on making your teammates better  Compete to Win  Always give your best  Never give up  Winning Isn’t Everything Player Expectations  Equal Playing Time  Focus on Improving All Players  Respect from Coaches

7. P.L.A.Y. LACROSSE PARENT MEETING REQUEST of PARENTS Games – Sideline Parent, Score Keeper and Time Keeper Team Parent Practices July Tournament  C0-Tournament/Marketing Coordinator Open  Registration CoordinatorOpen  C0-Concessions CoordinatorOpen  Co-Concessions CoordinatorOpen  Scorer Table CoordinatorKatherine Sowder  Referee CoordinatorSteve Hegedus  Grounds Crew/Parking CoordinatorOpen  Bracket CoordinatorOpen  ALL FAMILIES NEED TO VOLUNTEER

8. P.L.A.Y. LACROSSE PARENT MEETING  Code of Conduct for Parents  Arguing with officials prohibited  Direct any game or rule questions to coaches.  Each team will be assigned a Sideline parent for each game  Get to know the game  Learn about Boys rules visit ….. youthlaxmn.org (Youth Lacrosse of Minnesota)  Learn about girls rules visit…. www.eteamz.com/msslax/ (Middle School Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association)

9. P.L.A.Y. LACROSSE PARENT MEETING Girls Practice  First practice will begin in mid May  Practices will primarily be held Monday – Wednesday  May practices will be held at either Hidden Oaks or Twin Oaks  June and July practices will be held at the Twin Oaks Girls field  Please follow schedule closely for locations. Games  Games will begin between mid June and mid July. Schedules will be provided to coaches from MSSLAX  All field locations can be found on the MSSLax website at www.eteamz.com/msslax/index.cfm www.eteamz.com/msslax/index.cfm  MSSLax link can be found on PLAY website  Home games will be played at Twin Oaks  Schedule will be posted on PLAY website

10. P.L.A.Y. LACROSSE PARENT MEETING Boys Practices  First practices will begin Monday, May 3rd  Practices will primarily be held Monday – Thursday (Saturday practices are possible)  May practices will be held at Hidden Oaks and June/July will be held at Twin Oaks Games  Games begin the week of June 14th. Game schedules provided to coaches from YLM.  All field locations can be found on the YLM website at www.youthlaxmn.org  YLM link can be found on PLAY website.  Home games will be played at Twin Oaks. Uniforms  Any players that have not paid the uniform maintenance fee will be required to do so thru your team parent before uniform is handed out Evaluations  May 22 & 23 rd  Boys 5/6 and boys 7/8 levels

11. P.L.A.Y. LACROSSE PARENT MEETING Communication  Website is the key to information  Email – THIS WILL BE A KEY FORM OF COMMUNICATION. Please check your email often throughout the season.  Update PLAY website with all email addresses  Field Condition Hotline - 952-447-9825  Health Conditions –  Allergies, physical impairments or limitation.  Player has medications with them at all games/practices  Other concerns see your coach at your first practice.

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13. Attendance Expectations Games  Please phone or email as soon as possible if player will not be able to attend a game  Speak with coach if calling same day of game  Inform coaches as soon as possible when going on vacation  Avoid leaving a message Practices  If you drop your player be aware of the weather  PLAY uses a weather Hotline - field conditions 952-447-9825  All other Communication – Team Parent & Coaches

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18. North Lacrosse 774 Main Street Hopkins, MN 952-938-0399 www.northstarlacrosse.com Lavin Lacrosse 3420 150 th St. W. Rosemount, MN 651-322-1331 www.lavinlacrosse.com General Sports 5025 France Ave S Minneapolis, MN 612-925-4010 www.generalsports.us Westwood Sports 9601 Garfield Ave S Bloomington, MN (952) 881-2222 www.westwoodsports.com

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