SHAKOPEE LACROSSE

1. SHAKOPEE LACROSSE ASSOCIATION ww.shakopeelacrossesystems.com

2. Shakopee LacrosseIntroductions President: JenniferClarke Vice Pres. Jeff Doorenbos Treasure: Jon Carlson Youth: Leif Mostrom Youth: Angie Withrow Fields & Equip: Ken Valiant Coach Rep: Darin Boone

3. HISTORY SHAKOPEE LACROSSE • Approved as a team by MBSLA • Non profit organization • JV team 24 boys 2010 Varsity & JV boys team 32 boys Varsity & JV girls team 31 girls 2011 Became an full Association seen by the City & Park and Recreation Varsity & JV & Frosh team Boys Varsity & JV & JV Girls team Summer Youth 2nd, 3rd & 4th grade Total 7th -12th grade boys & girls 87 2012 Girls Varsity 3 years 2010, 2011, 2012 STATE CHAMPIONS Boys Varsity 2012CONFERENCE CHAMPS 4th Place State Champion 2012 Summer Youth 5th & 6th gr. team Summer Youth 7th & 8th gr. team

4. HISTORY SHAKOPEE LACROSSE Continued Summer U15 Prior Lake Tournament Sportmanship Award Summer U13 Prior Lake Tournament 2nd Place 1st Year of School sponsored JV and Varsity teams for Boys and GirlsSpring teams Boys U13Boys U15Girls 7th & 8th grade teamSummer Teams2 boys U9 teams2 boys U11 teams2 boys U13 teams1 boys U15 team1 boys summer high school team

5. WWW.USLACROSSE.ORG $35.00 per player/$25 Youth renew every year must have # before you can PRACTICE or PLAY US LACROSSE MEMBERSHIP

6. Equipment Player Responsibility • Gloves • Helmet • Pads (Shoulder & Arm) • Protective cup and athletic supporter • Sticks • May want to have 2 sticks ready for play • Cleats • Mouth guard (colored) • Goalie—SLA will provide U13, U11 & U9 • Goalie pants-pads • Any other pads for protection ( shin, arm, etc.)

7. Lacrosse Stores • Dicks Sporting Goods • Northstar LacrosseBloomington & Hopkins • Lavin Lacrosse LLCRosemount • General SportsMinneapolis • Westwood SportsBloomington • OTG AthleticsSavage • Varsity SportsLakeville

8. Why do Fundraisers • Association Fees to YLM • Fees per team YLM • Park & Rec Association Fees • First Aid • Equipment • Coaches • Tournaments/ Invitational • Uniforms • Keep costs lower

9. Heggies Pizza • $10 per pizza - • Everyone sells at least 5 • Delivery to be determined • Lions Softball Tournament • June 1 12:30-5:30 • 2 shift 10 volunteers per shift

10. LacrosseAssociations • MBSLA – Minnesota Boys Scholastic Lacrosse Association (Spring Program) • www.MBSLA.com • An affiliate member of MN Lacrosse Association • MN Lacrosse Association • is local chapter of US Lacrosse www.MNlacrosse.com • US Lacrosse Association • national governing body of US Lacrosse www.uslacrosse.org • Youth Lacrosse of Minnesotawww.youthlaxmn.org • Homegrown Lacrossewww.homegrownlacrosse.org

11. Parent Volunteers • All Teams need a CHILL MANAGER—also this parent would be great to help out practices when they are available. If interested and teams are announce please contact your head coach • Managers – help communication with coaches and parents, contact parents in volunteering for game score keeper and time clock, keeps all waivers, turns in forms for tournaments if you are interested please contact your head coach after teams have been announced • Games: need parents to volunteer to run the clock and keep score. YLM rules each team provide someone for the table

12. Try Outs U11 &U13 • May 13 & 14     U11 6:00-7:00U13 7:15-8:15Players please arrive 15 min early to warm up and receive your number. • Teams will be on the Homepage  by Friday May 16 at the latest. • Please go to team webpage for first weeks times and location of practice • If it rains, please see SLA homepage or information • Outside at Eagle Creek • Inside at West Jr. High if it rains.

13. Tournaments • June 28-29 - Prior Lake Tournament • U9 • U11 • U13 • U15 - This would be an additional tournament.  There would be an additional fee for this level to participate. • July 26 - 27, 2014 – State Tournament weekend pool play forlower seeded U13Bs along with jamboree games forU9 and U11. • August 1-3, 2014- State Tournament pool play for U13 teams along with jamboree games for U9 and U11. • August 9-10 - Champions of Summer TournamentU15 If your player will be gone for a vacation, please let your Coach's know the dates ASAP.  We will try to work it so these kids are split between teams.

14. Shakopee Website www.shakopeelacrossesystems.com PLEASE CHECK EVERY WEEK FOR UPDATES Home page any current news Team Pages Game & Practice Calendar Schedule on each team page RAINOUT Practice Cancelled Rain day practice cancelled at 1:30 Change in practice times or location Calender Games Time & Location YLM Website News Current team news Newspaper Documents Meeting powerpoints Meeting notes Waivers & forms

15. RainOut: • Great text message tool to receive messages from coaches • Once teams have been formed coaches will send an email what to text for RainOut and on team webpage • Example: 8443 text SUMU13R • (you will receive only U13 red messages)

16. Syncing your smart phone calendar with the website Calendar • Please make sure you sync your smartphone to receive automatic updates on calendar changes (additions, cancellations, changes).  You will need to verify that your smartphone accepts iCalendar Feeds or it will not work.  Here are the steps: • Go to the Calendar on the website • Select your team from the Tag Menu (Ex: U13 Spring).  You can select multiple teams.  Make sure you don't have any unwanted Tags selected or you will get all of those events on your phone calendar • Select the "Subscribe to iCal Feed" at the bottom of the calendar • Follow the instructions from there • Any changes that are made to the calendar on the website will be automatically updated on your phone.  This also saves manually entering all of the events on your phone.  

17. Coaches and Board Members Needed SLA is still looking for a volunteer parents to coach

18. Thanks for coming! ANY QUESTIONS?