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Hoosier Box Lacrosse Is Big Boy Lacrosse!
Only for those that want the highest and most intense competition around!
Play real box lacrosse and get the mad skills to elevate your game! Hoosier Lacrosse will be offering a fantastic opportunity for any player that wants to keep a stick in their hands all summer. 5 field players and a goalie every participant is guaranteed to see a lot of action, get a great workout, and improve their stick skills. Each division will only take 22 players to ensure plenty of playing time for everyone. Spots are very limited so register today!
Click Here for the Top 10 Reasons to Play Box Lacrosse
Indianapolis Info - Limited to 22 players per division!
- Divisions: A Division (Boys Grades 5-6), AA Division (Boys Grades 7-9), AAA Division (Males Grades 9-Adult).
- Format: Short sticks only (except for Goalies) with Box style goals. A & AA will receive Box style coaching along with a 40 minute game. Open will play with modified NLL rules and will play two 25 minute halfs.
- Where: The Sports Zone, 6601 Coffman Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46268.
- Times: Mondays between 6-10 pm. The younger players will start with the earlier times.
- Dates: 7 weeks of Box Lacrosse! June 10, 17, 24 July 1, 8, 15, 22
- Costs: A & AA $120.00, AAA $105.00. Add $15.00 if you do not have a Hoosier Lacrosse Jersey. Fee includes player pass to the facility.
Questions: info@hoosierlacrosse.com or call 317-300-HLAX.
Here are links to some great articles promoting the benefits of Box Lacrosse and below that are the 10 best reasons to play.
If you watched a single game on TV during the 2012 NCAA lacrosse season, you heard an announcer comment on how playing box lacrosse is so beneficial. Now it is your turn to do what the top players in the country have been doing for years!
10. FASTER PLAY | The speed is way faster than anything you would see outdoors. It makes playing outside seem like going in slow motion
9. STICK HANDLING | Playing in closer spaces means your stick skills have to be tighter and quicker. Your stick handling improves because there is no room for error, quite literally.
8. TRANSITION | Ball moves from defense to offense with increased speed. Players learn quickly to breakout and move the ball up the field.
7. DEFENSIVE BODY POSITION | No D-Poles means that defensive players have to use good body position to be successful.
6. OFF-BALL MOVEMENT | Playing in such a tight area means it is that much harder to get open. Running through people to go to goal just doesn't work. Players learn to cut, pick and keep in constant motion.
5. GOALIES SEE MORE RUBBER | Shots come hard and fast. Goalies see more shots in a shorter period of time. There hands and reaction time become much quicker.
4. SHOOTING ACCURACY | Gary Gait is among many who have gone on record about the shooting accuracy that comes from playing box lacrosse.
3. REACTION TIME | Almost every point made deals with faster speeds. A byproduct of playing faster is you have to react faster. That means faster to a ground ball, faster in transition, faster to play the ball, faster to shoot the ball. You name it, your reaction to it get faster.
2. PLAYER SAFETY | When it comes to pre-season training, the goal is to get better for the Spring season, not get hurt. Many indoor facilities boast full fields, which ultimately are surrounded by some sort of netting. As one of the area's top orthopedic doctors pointed out, the box is a safer playing surface. There is nothing to get tripped up on and in to.
1. PROVEN SUCCESS | You can list as many of the benefits as you want, but the proof is in the success that box players have. Look at the most successful players over the last decade. The majority play box in the off season. Paul Rabil, Casey Powell, the Gait brothers. No matter who you identify with, the common thread is that they have or still do play box lacrosse.
Format & Rules
* 15 minutes of drills followed by a 40 minute game.
* 5 runners and a goalie. If the goalie crosses over the midfield he does not need a player to stay back.
* Faceoffs only to start the periods. After a goal the referee will resume with a goalie clear.
* No take out checks.
* No cross checking, but cross check holds are acceptable.
* Light boarding is legal.
* No Long Poles.
* No over and back the midfield line, except on a shot or a deflection by the opposing team.
* 10 seconds to clear the defensive zone once a team gains possession.
* Diving through the crease is legal.
* You can sub on to the field when your teamate is within 15 feet of the door.
Playing Tips
*Offense should form columns of 2 and 3 on each side of the goal.
*Keep the middle open as much as possible.
*After setting a pick go directly towards the goal.
*On defense never let your man beat you up the middle; force him down the sides.
*Take quick hard shifts. If you are on for more than 2 minutes you have been on too long! As a general Rule it is up down, up down, and off. The Pros go up down and off.
* Never substitute on defense.
* Work the ball fast and furious!
Session 1
| Team | W | L | GF | GA |
| #4 Bandits | 1 | 3 | 47 | 30 |
| #1 Roughnecks | 3 | 1 | 65 | 48 |
| #3 Stealth | 2 | 2 | 42 | 57 |
| #2 Wings | 2 | 2 | 46 | 47 |
Wings get the #2 seed based on head to head with the Stealth
Winter 2012 Session 1 Schedule. First team listed is the home team and will wear white. To view your team you must log into our new system by clicking here.
Week 1 - November 3
Seeding/Evaluations
AAA Game
Week 2 - November 10
12-1pm Bandits 13 v Wings 9
1-2pm Roughnecks 24 v Stealth 15
2-3pm AAA Game
Week 3 - November 17
12-1pm Wings 15 v Stealth 6
1-2pm Bandits 14 v Roughnecks 15
2-3pm AAA Game
Week 4 - December 1
12-1pm Stealth 9 v Bandits 7
1-2pm Roughnecks 15 v Wings 7
2-3pm AAA Game
Week 5 - December 8
12-1pm Wings 15 v Bandits 13
1-2pm Stealth 12 v Roughnecks 11
2-3pm AAA Game
Week 6 - December 15
12-1pm Championship #1 Roughnecks v #2 Wings
1-2pm Consolation #3 Stealth v #4 Bandits
2-3pm AAA Game
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