1st Ever Boys Alumni Game

Plans are in the works to host the first of what we hope will become an annual event, The GRCLAX Alumni Game.

2007 GRCHS Team (come on out!)

Plans are for the game to be held on Tuesday, 5/22 following the girls’ 6pm playoff game with our game starting at 8pm at Eagles Stadium.

There is a Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/222540274516381/ to help recruit players and keep all informed.

HS Boys – Parent Meetings

While the school has announced that spring sports will be holding their parent meetings on Thursday, the boys teams have practice at that time, so instead, the plan is to hold a meeting for both the JV and Varsity teams following each of their games on Saturday, March 24th.  The JV play at 11am (~12:30pm meeting), while the Varsity play at 1pm (~3pm meeting).  Let us plan to gather at the south end of the home bleachers.

We want to get the message out as many parents as possible and hope you can attend.  We will try to keep the meetings quick.  Please come ready to sign up for volunteer spots like game-day drinks/fruit/snacks provider, scorekeeper, videotaping, photographer, carpool drivers, and even consider sponsoring the purchase of equipment to benefit the teams (balls, training tools, other gear).

2012 Lacrosse Parent Meeting

Date: Saturday, March 24th
JV Time: around 12:30pm
Varsity Time: around 3:00pm
Location: South end of home bleachers

Top Speeds

2012 Tryouts

Tryouts for the 2012 high school boys teams begin at Woodland Sports on Monday, March 12th from 3pm-6pm.

Any new players interested in joining the team, who are not listed below, should contact Coach Sharp (coachsharp [at] grclax.com) prior to tryouts.

Seniors: Colburn, DeVries, Greeley, Juarez, Konynenbelt, Tolonen, VandeGuchte, VanderBaan, and VanGessel

Juniors: Apol, Betts, Bosscher, DeKoster, Doezema, Han, Hoeksema, Hughes, Kerkstra, Korhorn, Marco, McClurg, Mellema, Mudde, Romero, Slotsma, Stygstra, Teitsma, Tellier, and Vanderkamp

Sophomores: DeVos, Hayes, Heemstra, Hilbrands, Hoeksema, Konynenbelt, Minnema, Mulder, Pindred, and Stygstra

Freshman: Bos, Damstra, Duthler, Gaffin, Geelhoed, Hess, Jonker, McLaughlin, Nedd, Otte, and VanTuinen

A crooked arrow flys straight as long as it finds its own path . . .

The film will hit theaters across the country on Friday, May 18 . . . team night at the movies?

We are all Crooked Arrows!

A Wonderful Lacrosse Resource – Just Found

Having met these two guys, Josh Sims & Trevor Tierney, back in 1999 at the Vail Lacrosse Shootout just as they were graduated from Princeton University and watched them throughout their pro and team USA years, I can say that these are two guys who can benefit you greatly by listening & comprehending their advice & tips. Incredibly, for free, they have put together a thorough website with words and videos to help guys like you learn the game of lacrosse.

http://howtoplaylax.com

The site has a beginner and advanced section with pages for all the skill groups with videos to display the techniques. Watch and Learn!

Check out this website and learn from it.

Growth is never by chance

Thinking of all the players out there working on their game . . .

Showcase Night – February 6th

On Monday, February 6th, will be the annual 8th grade Showcase Night at Grand Rapids Christian High School where students are given the opportunity to get to know the school as well as the sports offered.

Any 8th graders who are interested in lacrosse, whether you have played before or not, are invited to swing by our table and watch our promotional video to see what lacrosse is like and let the high school coaches know of your intentions.

On hand to answer any questions will be the available coaches and captains.

The flyer handed out during the showcase: Boys Lacrosse Flyer

2012 Practice & Game Schedules Posted

A big “thank you” to our Assistant Athletic Director, Mark Warners! For those looking to plan ahead we now have the bulk of our practice and game schedules available to plan around.

There are days in nearly every week for appointments to make attending all practices and of course all games feasible, if you plan ahead. Players can also plan ahead when it comes to homework, studying for tests, and writing papers. For conflicts, whether a big event or something unplanned, the sooner you let your head coach know, the better.

These JV and Varsity schedules can be incorporated into smartphones or your e-calendars:
Links to Varsity Boys Calendars: Gmail – iCal format – XML format
Links to JV Boys Calendars: Gmail – iCal format – XML format

Changes and additions will be made by the head coaches and reflected in these online versions as more information is available. Same-day changes will be conveyed by coaches directly to players via text messages.

Also included in these calendars are the dates and times of televised NCAA lacrosse games for your viewing (DVRing) pleasure. Watch and learn!

A listing of game details is available on this site for both Varsity Boys (http://www.grclax.com/varsity-boys/schedule) and JV Boys (http://www.grclax.com/jv-boys/schedule).

The Internet is an Incredible Resource . . . USE IT!

The video content available for free today is amazing and it can make learning the sport of lacrosse much easier for a developing player to do at your own pace on your own time.

For a nice playlist of videos, give this a try.  Or a simple search of YouTube for “Men’s Lacrosse Dodging Tips“, “Men’s Lacrosse Shooting Tips“, “Men’s Lacrosse Face-Off Tips“, “Men’s Lacrosse Feeding Tips“, “Men’s Lacrosse Defense Tips“, or “Men’s Lacrosse Goalie Tips” will yield hours of learning material.

The key is to take advantage of this knowledge by practicing the key lacrosse skills enough so that when it comes to game-time you can pay attention to what’s happening on the field and let your body just do it.  It’s not easy and that’s what makes lacrosse so appealing.