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Is He Behind?: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies
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Is He Behind?

You're comparing him to the best kid on the field, who is probably eleven months older and four inches taller. Here's a better measuring stick.

Why Now Why ThisThe Real Cost of One Sport All Year: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

The Real Cost of One Sport All Year

Year-round lacrosse is sold as commitment. The research says it buys higher injury risk and a higher chance he quits — and the governing body of the sport says so too.

Why Now Why ThisRest Days Are Training Days: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

Rest Days Are Training Days

The program says do nothing every seventh day, and that day is doing real work. What's actually happening in a growing body while he sits on the couch.

Why Now Why ThisHe Grew Four Inches and Got Worse: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

He Grew Four Inches and Got Worse

A growth spurt temporarily takes a goalie's hands and feet away, and nobody warns families it's coming. What's happening, how long it lasts, and what not to do about it.

Why Now Why ThisWhy the Program Eases Off in May: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

Why the Program Eases Off in May

Sessions get shorter exactly when the season gets serious, which feels backwards and isn't. A walk through the year, and what each phase is actually for.

Why Now Why ThisWhy We Don't Lift Yet — and When We Start: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

Why We Don't Lift Yet — and When We Start

Youth strength training, honestly, without the message-board mythology. What the evidence actually says, what this program does, and why the weight room waits for ninth grade.