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Screens, Sleep, and the Night Before a Game: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies
Fuel Sleep and a Growing Body

Screens, Sleep, and the Night Before a Game

One household rule is worth the argument. Here's the evidence for it, what that evidence actually shows, and why the night before a game matters less than you'd think.

Fuel Sleep and a Growing BodyHe Won't Eat Before He Plays: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

He Won't Eat Before He Plays

A nervous stomach is real, it's common in this position, and forcing food into it makes everything worse. Workarounds that don't turn into a fight in the car.

Fuel Sleep and a Growing BodyWhy He's Exhausted in March: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

Why He's Exhausted in March

In-season fatigue is cumulative, invisible and almost never about lacrosse alone. What's actually stacking up, and the recovery nobody schedules.

Fuel Sleep and a Growing BodyBreakfast Before a 7 A.M. Game: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

Breakfast Before a 7 A.M. Game

Nobody in the house is hungry at 5:30 in the morning, least of all a nervous goalie. What works, what to skip, and why something beats nothing.

Fuel Sleep and a Growing BodyFuel, Sleep, and a Growing Body: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

Fuel, Sleep, and a Growing Body

The unglamorous half of goalie development: what he eats, when he sleeps, and how a growing body handles a season. None of it is a prescription — it's what tends to work, and the call is yours.