Youth

This is lacrosse, the Brooklyn way. Our Weekly Cover series chronicles the rise of the Crescents, a USA Lacrosse-supported group changing the game in NYC's most populous borough.

Groups of young girls have turned a simple clothespin into a symbol of encouragement, connection and team spirit.

Club programs don’t want to pull players out of town leagues. The parents are driving the exodus.

The decline in sportsmanship has significant psychological and developmental consequences for young athletes.

While addressing unsportsmanlike conduct is important, it’s better to be preemptive.

For some reason, some families see the word “recreation” and devalue the experience.

Youth lacrosse leaders across the country are combatting the sportsmanship crisis.

How Jaz Smith is carrying on Tina Sloan Green's legacy — with help from the legend herself — of bringing lacrosse to women of color in Philadelphia.

Fitting your kid for new gear is best done in a brick-and-mortar store.

A member of the famed Morgan State Ten Bears, Bryan Beverly outlines the structural challenges and a path forward to grow the game in marginalized populations.