At Laxachusetts, we are committed to delivering superior experiences for players looking ta bring their game to a higher level and increase Lax IQ.  We believe that our level of instruction is unique and unlike anything players have ever experienced. Our ability to develop players is unparalleled in the lacrosse training landscape today. Our mission is simple: develop individual players to their fullest.  

 

We were the first program to introduce indoor off season skills, then took that to another level leading the way introducing the Real Box lacrosse game to our players.   

 

Player development is arguably the most important and least emphasized component of youth lacrosse throughout the nation. Laxachusetts structures our skill sessions to bring players to new levels of playmaking.

 

WHY BOX LACROSSE?

In 2010, ten of the top thirty point scorers in Division I lacrosse were Canadian, yet less than 5% of the Division I population are Canadian. In Canada there are far fewer lacrosse players than in the US, yet their national team won the world championship in 2006 and held a one goal lead with five minutes left in this year's championship. Americans play more lacrosse, and yet the average Canadian player is far more skilled than the above average US player in goal scoring and playmaking. How is this possible... The Box lacrosse game requires players to play in tight area's, move the ball quickly, react quicker, learn to create off ball, and obviously tougher to score on smaller goals. Playing Box lacrosse develops quicker/softer hands, become a better finisher, learn to create offense off ball, become a better defender (Playing with short stick equates in needing to play defense with quick footwork and proper body position/angles) and learn to think faster and think 1 pass ahead of the ball.  

 

BOX LEAGUE SCHEDULE

Sunday, November 27th - Sunday, March 4th (13 games)  

2 Divisions:

White Division 8th - 9th Grades.
Black Division 10th - 11th Grades.

 

LOCATION

Hingham Sports Center
55 Recreation Drive
Hingham, MA 02043

 

• All Games will have 2 referees per game
• We will have Box Goalies
• We will also have Box Goalie Gear for Goalies who would like to learn to play Box Goal
• Each Team will be assigned a Coach for all games
• We will have 10-12 players per team 
• 4X4 Box Goals
• All Players Play with short sticks  

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF BOX LACROSSE

Smaller Playing Field - When space is reduced, the speed of the game increases, which then produces an environment where quicker decisions have to be made and ball handling skills are amplified. Being in such an environment redefines being "open". Box players get used to throwing and catching passes routinely that field players have a hard time handling. 

 

Smaller Goals - Shooting accuracy and finishing ability are clearly a developmental advantage when learning how to finish on small (4x4) nets. Although this is important, the most important concept taught in the sport of box lacrosse, which is a by product of small nets, is always striving to position your stick to the inside of the field. In box lacrosse, if a right handed player drives down the right wing, he will almost never score as his shooting angle (and passing angles) are reduced with every step. By positioning (looking at the goal) lefties on the right and righties on the left, players are able to attack from the wings to the middle both with the ball and while cutting. Another way to look at this is to develop midfielders and defensemen to play like attackmen, who usually play on their natural side. Every day in practice the attack get repetitions dodging and cutting to the middle of the field while the midfielders are constantly repeating the same dodge down the ally. The repertoire of an attackman's dodges include inside out moves, split dodges, rollbacks, topside moves, underneath moves, pop outs or Z dodges, rocker moves, question mark moves, and swim moves. Of course midfielders can do any of these moves, but middies are almost always on the "wrong" side of the field where all they do is run into no angle with little recourse, especially if their weak hand is not fully developed.

 

All Short Sticks - In box lacrosse there are no long poles. This provides a significant advantage for the development of the offense players because they can work on their moves and ball handling against a defense that doesn't beat them up and take the ball away. Too many times attackman are either over powered by poles or are discouraged by their coach from dodging because of a bad match up.

This is also just a beneficial for the defensive players. Playing with a short stick increases stick handling, forces defenders to use feet on defense because they do not have 6 ft stick to rely on, and gets defenders understand and playing offense.

For the Goalies, since everything happens indoor so much quicker, it heightens your reaction time, you are fully padded to prevent injury from shots, and another opportunity to quarterback a defense in a fast paced up and down game with little down time in goal.

 

Boards and Glass - The ball is never out of play. Box lacrosse players get more repetitions in practice. More repetitions make better players.