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I wonder which girls on our roster will buy that stick - oh we don't have the roster!

Finally! An intelligent answer to the question about posting rosters (not like that moron calling me a fool!). If this happens like you said, it makes sense. Thanks for the reply without any nonsense or name calling!

The only reason these parents want the rosters up is so they can [lacrosse] about the girls that were moved to another team. They don't care about anyone new because it's not like they know the girls anyway. They just want to complain about a girl that got moved that's not better than their daughter but her daddy is friends with BS. Same garbage every year. It happens on every team. You shouldn't be surprised when it happens on your team.

I'm going to post this on the 3 most active Girls threads in the hopes I can at least change the topic to something more interesting then this ongoing banter about the T.G to Y.J. defection.

Questions:
Do you think the Florida mandate on helmets in girls lacrosse will
a. spread to other states that are non hotbed areas, forcing a universal rule change
b. Stop non Florida teams from playing Florida teams
c. Burn it self out in a year or two and be dropped.

Do you think girls should be forced to use them

As the parent of a kid who has had two concussions in a year, I am paying attention to this. I don't have an answer though.

There is still so much that is unknown about this ruling. They still haven't decided on what is the appropriate helmet to wear. As a former football player, I don't think this will make a difference in the concussion discussion. Girls will feel more "protected" so they will play more aggressively on the field when that is not the case. If they require out of state teams to abide by their rules then teams will be deterred from traveling to Florida due to the extra cost of supplying a full team with helmets.

Is the new Crux 500 worth the investment? I'm not sure nice stick for working in tight spaces but I don't know if it's a stick that anyone but attack can use. Pretty tough to get off a long pass with the stringing set up

both from lacrosse and if so how

Not both from lacrosse, and if I factor in all my kids they all got them the same way: falling backward and whiplashing their heads to the ground.

PLEASE
Helmets help prevent concussions, how can anyone say that is not true?

Actually at the last rules committee meeting the board asked the doctors if helmets would prevent concussions and the doctors said that no helmet will prevent concussions. So the rules committee voted against them. The most concussed player in girls lacrosse is the goalie and she wears a helmet.

Not exactly what was said . Helmets help prevent concussions in certain instances but there has been no conclusive study done in girls lacrosse. Would a helmet prevent certain instances of concussions , yes , but would that be off set by girls increasing the level of risk if wearing a helmet , no one knows . If you think that if goalies did not wear helmets they wouldn't get more concussions then that's just unrealistic

This is why I said in my long post above thst helmets and concussions are a very misunderstood topic. I have been involved in many concussion discussions with medical professionals in my long capacity in womens/girls lacrosse and none of those medical professionals, who are actually in related medical fields, say that helmets prevent concussions. One can easily research the topic by googling helmets and concussions. Girls lacrosse is fifth on the list of sports sustasining concussions behind such helmeted sports as footbll (by far the most consussed sport), ice hockey, and boys lacrosse. Girls Soccer is third on the list. Goaltenders are the most concussed players on a girls lacrosse field because the force of the balls impact when shot into the helmet causes the brain to basically rattle against the skull. It is why there is a rule in girls lacrosse, which should be called more often, that hitting a goalie in the head with a shot is a major foul.
Here is the breakdown of sport concussions:
The below numbers indicate the amount of sports concussions taking place per 100,000 athletic exposures. An athletic exposure is defined as one athlete participating in one organized high school athletic practice or competition, regardless of the amount of time played.

Football: 64 -76.8
Boys' ice hockey: 54
Girl's soccer: 33
Boys' lacrosse: 40 - 46.6
Girls' lacrosse: 31 - 35
Boys' wrestling: 22 - 23.9
Girls' field hockey: 22 - 24.9
Boys' soccer: 19 - 19.2
Girls' basketball: 18.6 - 21
Girls' softball: 16 - 16.3
Boys' basketball: 16 - 21.2
Cheerleading: 11.5 to 14
Girls' gymnastics: 7
Girls' volleyball: 6 - 8.6
Boys' baseball: Between 4.6 - 5


Again all of this information can be easily looked up. Statisticlly concussions have dropped in girls lacrosse the last two years due to an emphasis on preventing dangerous checking, slashing, and checks to the head. Basically trying to keep the stick away from the head. However concussions still occur and no player, parent, coach, or official wants to see a player get a concussion. There are many sports related concussion studies going on these days to prevent concussions. We all hope they can shed more light on the problem, but putting girls in helmets, or soft head gear, is not the answer since any hard impact either by a stick or a ball will still cause the brain to "rattle". This is why people get concussions when they are rear ended in car accidents. It is the "whiplash" of the brain bouncing off the skull that does it. It is no different in sports, including girls lacrosse, the whiplash of an impact causes the concussion. Helmets do not stop this whiplash affect and just do not prevent concussions. It is an unfortunate medical and scientific fact.

PLEASE
Helmets help prevent concussions, how can anyone say that is not true?

No headgear is failsafe and will prevent concussions. I feel that helmets or soft head gear may minimize the severity of a concussion (concussions are rated on severity). They may also protect from less severe injury. The question is, will the use change the way the game is played. If so it would negate any possible benefits.

Where are the 2017 rosters?

Looks like some of the other age groups will have 25 girls per roster. The 2021 purple team has a girl or two who isn't listed on their roster. So that team will have 25-26 girls. How many age groups are like this?

25-26 girls with one goalie is too many for any age. Elevate (21) and even YJ (24 w/2 goalies) don't pull that garbage. No wonder kids are leaving. Especially when the other teams have significantly less players. Every kid plays a third of a game? Bill needs to examine how he chooses teams and sets up the numbers.

More than half last years yj rosters had 26 kids or more, wait until you see this years before you make that comparison

I know at least 3 girls from 2017 and 2018 already committed to tg that will be at Yg tryouts tmrw. He's making his own bed.

Looks like only 2022 black has a roster that size. Don't know why purple only has 17. Maybe there will be a change at that age group as well.

I'm not worked up about rosters. Could careless. Exactly what I thought at Yg teyouts. What I'm saying is that he's loosing ALOT of good players. There is just so much of BS you can take. Good luck to all.

I'm not worked up about rosters. Could careless. Exactly what I thought at Yg teyouts. What I'm saying is that he's loosing ALOT of good players. There is just so much of BS you can take. Good luck to all.