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As our teens ride the emotional highs and lows of success and failure, we as their parents are often taken along for the ride. We hold our breath, hoping they will not become discouraged by failure, endangered by the wrong group of friends or experiment with drugs and alcohol. We hope they survive adolescence in one piece, embrace their success, and march confidently toward adulthood. But the uncertainty along the way can be taxing and painful for all involved.

Many of us can honestly say that we would never want to relive our adolescent years. Pimples, puberty and peer pressure are a few of our most cited pains. Some of us remember feeling rejected after being dumped by a first love or cut from the school team. Others recall a pass we dropped in a devastating loss to a school rival or a test that we failed which caused a drop in our GPA. Adolescence is also a time when many or our teens blossom and shine: making a critical play in a hockey game that leads to a huge win, acing a challenging chemistry exam during Jr. year, or being elected captain of the varsity team after years of hard work and dedication.

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"I’ve been coaching for five years, and the hands-on approach was a great tool to learn additional ways to teach lacrosse."

– Anonymous from Franklin, TN

The US Lacrosse National Convention returns to Baltimore, January 15-17, 2010 and will be back again in 2011. Billed as "the unofficial start to the lacrosse season," this event gathers the very best the sport has to offer, and provides the sport's largest educational opportunity, with over 5,000 coaches, officials, program administrators and vendors in attendance. Warrior and Brine are the sponsors of this year’s Live Field area and Lacrosse Unlimited will be sponsoring Men’s and Women’s Socials. Register now by clicking here!

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Your Body: Get on the Box
by Rashad Devoe

One of the most under-utilized tools for speed, conditioning and footwork is low box training. At Devoe Human Performance, we use low box training with all of our training programs.

Grab your child and take a look at this lacrosse drill together!

Product of the Month

Lacrosse Letter Necklace
Finely detailed silver plated letter beads spelling out "LACROSSE" is featured on an adjustable silver chain (16"-18"), link chain necklace.
• Comes on an Adjustable Silver Chain (16"-18"), link chain necklace.
Non-Member: $14.99
Member: $13.49

Member Value Program

LAX WORLD Offering the STX Funk Stick for $15

Get exclusive US Lacrosse member deals each month from Lax World. This month, you can buy the STX Vanadium Funk Stick for just $15. Purchases made through this link benefit US Lacrosse. Lax better and save money with US Lacrosse and Lax World. All the gear. All the time.

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