Parents Resource

Community Roles

Parents provide every opportunity to our players to be successful. Coaches equip players with the skills and tools they need to be successful. Its up to the players to make the most of every opportunity they are given or earned to be successful through ELM,  Effort, Learning, and Mistakes are not just “Ok” but Encouraged. Players focused on playing at the edge of their ability where mistakes are common is the shortcut to Maclom Gladwell’s 10,000 hour to Mastery rule.

Core Values

Our core values are what drives us in developing players, coaches, and community around the foundation of what it means to be a CAVALIER with CAVS. The primary goal of the NC Lacrosse is to develop student-athletes based upon on a tradition of excellence within the game and is dedicated towards the athletic and personal development of each player for life and lacrosse. Character, Attitude, Scholar, and Valour.

Armor Up. 

The equipment requirements for Lacrosse are more then soccer but far less expensive then football. Furthermore the related injuries are far less then both Football and Soccer.

Chest / Shoulder Protector

New Requirements for 2022 For Boy’s and Men’s Lacrosse, shoulder & chest pads below meet the new NOCSAE  ND200 standard for 2022. This includes goalie gear for both Boy’s and Girl’s. Look for the symbol below to be compliant. 

Youth Starter Set

Team Helmet / Gloves

Varsity Helmet Warrior Burn with Viconic Protection – A historic approach to head protection focused on safety first. Impact zones in the occipital lobe and temples are reinforced with a lightweight diffusion plate called Viconic. Viconic absorbs multiple impacts both linear and twisting and spreads them across a wide surface area. Adaptfit 270 by BOA Closure System surrounds the head giving players a custom fit helmet for safety and comfort. Dial in the perfect fit.

Team Gloves The Maverik Rome Gloves are Maverik’s highest rated glove giving the elite player maximum protection, breathability and incredible fit. The Gloves are designed using their SPEED FIT profile that gives a close to hand fit for the best freedom of movement. These gloves come with the team colors and players number embossed on the thumb. 

Lacrosse “Lax” Rules

Lacrosse basics. For those not familiar with lacrosse, the game can best be described as a cross between hockey, soccer and football. The object of the game is to get the lacrosse ball in the opposing team’s net. The ball cannot be thrown using hands. The most effective way for advancing and shooting a lacrosse ball is catching it and then moving or throwing it with a lacrosse stick. A lacrosse game is divided into four quarters, ranging from eight to 15 minutes depending on age level. The modern lacrosse field at the college level is 110 yards long and 60 yards wide. A lacrosse goal is 6 feet high and 6 feet wide and is positioned 15 feet from the endline allowing 360 play around the goal.

Field Dimensions differ between Men’s and Female and Youth lacrosse but a typical field diagram is shown for reference to boys high school lacrosse.

Lacrosse “Terms” for Players

Lacrosse basics. For those not familiar with lacrosse, the game can best be described as a cross between hockey, soccer and football. The object of the game is to get the lacrosse ball in the opposing team’s net. The ball cannot be thrown using hands. The most effective way for advancing and shooting a lacross

• “One More“– calling for that open pass, or one more look. Taking the Best Shot not the First Shot
• “Help right/left”- defensive help adjacent to ball
• “Hot” or “My GO”- defensive hot Slide responsibility. My GO frees the thought process to action.
• “Draw and dump”– draw a defender towards you with the ball then pass to the open man (leaving his man to cover you).
• “Vacate-Fill”– Basic Triangle Rotation for Off Ball play. Know where your help will be
• “Dodge-Pass-Pass-Dodge” or “DPD”– 3 man rotation to attack and with one transition play to rotate the ball to the weak or back side defence
• “Fire”– crease slide
• “Coma”– Adjacent cross-crease slide
• “Hole”– area in front of crease/goal
• “3 Man, 2 Ball”– 3 man line drill with middle player passing back and forth to end payers
• “Box area”- square area between head and shoulder
• “C-Cut”- cut into open space or passing lane to the ball if defender is playing soft defence or after a slide from the crease
• “V-Cut”- cut into your man and pop out to ball if defender is playing tight defence
• “Pop off”- pop off crease up top (transition from a 1-4-1 to 2-3-1 or 2-2-2 to 2-1-3)
• “Roll off”– roll off crease behind (transition from a 1-4-1 to Inverted 2-3-1)
• “X dodge”- dodge from behind the change
• “X”- attack position behind the cage
• “Skip Pass”- skip an adjacent perimeter man
• “Fade”- Move backward away from ball carrier as he approaches
• “Follow”- follow pass looking for shot
• “Sneak”- sneak from behind to GLE
• “GLE”- goal line extended
• “Backside”- low pipe position on opposite side of the cage
• “Ball Side”- Defence on ball side of the crease where all players should be extended within 5 yds of their man
• “Help Side”- Defence off ball side of the crease where all players are playing the back side pipe to cover the crease so that the slide rotations are achieved much quicker.
• “Push – Pull”- proper throwing motion
• “Zero”- “Iso”  – 1 v 1 Play for the player who has the ball.
• “Banana”– (Its not what you eat) bowed motion out to side on beginning of clear

Lacrosse “Terms” for Parents

Lacrosse basics. For those not familiar with lacrosse, the game can best be described as a cross between hockey, soccer and football. The object of the game is to get the lacrosse ball in the opposing team’s net. The ball cannot be thrown using hands. The most effective way for advancing and shooting a lacrosse

• Attack Area – The zone of the lacrosse field with the opponents goal.
• Attacker – Offensive player who is responsible for scoring goals.
• Clear – When the defense gets the ball and tries to get the ball into their offensive zone on the lacrosse field.
• Crease – A circle around the lacrosse goal that is the goalie’s area. Only the goalie and defensive players can enter the crease and only the goalie can handle the ball while in the crease.
• Cross check – When an opponent has the ball, or is within five yards of the ball, a player can body check them. A body check must make contact from the front of the player and between the waist and the shoulders. There is also a stick check where you may hit the player on the stick or gloves in order to knock the ball away or to keep a player from getting the ball.
• Crosse – A name for the lacrosse stick.
• Defender – A defensive player. There must always be at least four defensive players on the defensive side of the lacrosse field.
• Defensive Area – The side of the lacrosse field where the goal you are defending resides.
• Face-off – To start play, the ball is placed on the ground between two players. When the referee blows the whistle each player tries to gain control of the ball.
• Fast break – When the offense quickly moves the ball such that they have a player advantage at the offensive end.
• FOGO – Face Off Only Guy
• Goal – 6 foot by 6 foot poles with a net or a point scored when the ball enters the net.
• Goal Keeper – Player that resides in the crease (see crease) and protects the goal.
• LSM – Long Stick Midfielder. The Greatest Threat on the Lacrosse Field. 
• Man-up Man-Down (power play) – In lacrosse, when a player commits a foul they may receive penalty time. During this time their team will have to play with one less player creating a power play or Man-up for the other team and a Man-down for their team.
• Midfielder – The lacrosse player responsible for transitioning between defense and offense. They play the entire field.
• Offsides – A lacrosse penalty when one team has more than 6 players on one half of the field.
• Ride – When the offense tries to stop the defense from clearing the ball. See clear.
• Settled – A playing situation where all the lacrosse players are in their proper positions. Usually means they had time to set up.
• Slashing – Hitting another player with the lacrosse stick on an area other than their stick or gloves.
• Stick “Crosse”– The stick with a net on the end that is used to catch, throw, shoot, and carry the ball.
• Transition – Moving the ball from the defensive side of the lacrosse field to the offensive side.
• Unsettled – A playing situation where some lacrosse players are out of position or not set up often giving an advantage to the offense.
• Wing area – Area in the middle of the lacrosse field between the attack zone and the defensive zone.
• X – The area behind the goal.