The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and USA Lacrosse collaborate annually on boys’ rules changes and have identified changes and points of emphasis that will be effective for the 2025 youth and high school seasons.

(Nov 20, 2024) -- USA Lacrosse has announced the line-up for its 2024-25 Officials Speakers Series, designed to offer excellent information and insights for men’s and women’s game officials in advance of the 2025 season.

This year’s series features 12 live online presentations for the women’s game and 9 presentations for the men’s game. All topics - ranging from rules and rule interpretations, to managing the game and mechanics - are intended to support the continued growth and development of game officials at all levels of play.

USA Lacrosse will host a series of live rules interpretation webinars over the next few months to help coaches and officials prepare for the 2024-25 season.

The rules interpretation webinars are broken into four categories, covering boys’ and girls’ youth and high school rules. Each session for the specific topic will use the same base information, but will also include a USA Lacrosse staff member and a rules interpreter on the webinar live to help answer any questions.

The fall lacrosse season will be starting soon, and for those new to the game, or simply shopping for a new helmet, both USA Lacrosse and the CDC provide free online information to help guide consumers.

What should you look for and what should you avoid when picking out a helmet for your lacrosse player?

Last week, World Lacrosse announced the men’s and women’s schedules for the 2024 World Box Championships to be played in Utica, N.Y. later this year.

Box Lacrosse, also known as Indoor Lacrosse, is played inside the confines of a multi-sport rink, with a distinct set of rules that differ from the field game. The playing surface is enclosed by boards, and each team has six players on the floor – five runners and one goaltender.

In short, it’s a version of lacrosse that features tight spaces, a fast pace, and quick decision making by players.

In an effort to keep expanding the sport of lacrosse and appealing to new participants, several years ago USA Lacrosse began thinking outside of the traditional parameters of the game. 

The goal was to find a slightly modified version of the sport that can help remove some of the most commonly cited barriers to participation, such as cost, access, field space, and qualified coaching.  

USA Lacrosse has released new rules interpretation documents summarizing the boys’ and girls' rule changes and points of emphasis for the 2024 high school season. The documents are available as free PDF downloads and are developed to help prepare and educate the lacrosse community for the upcoming season.

The 2024 Youth Lacrosse Guidebooks for both boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, written and published by USA Lacrosse, are now available for free download.

Designed as a resource for ages 14U and below, the guidebooks align with the principles of the Lacrosse Athlete Development Model and feature age-appropriate guidelines.

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and USA Lacrosse have announced boys’ rules changes that will be effective for the 2024 youth and high school seasons. USA Lacrosse and the NFHS collaborate annually on rule changes.

The move from halves to quarters and an adjustment to the determination of free position location based on the spot of the ball when the violation occurs were among the changes supported by both the high school girls’ and youth girls’ lacrosse rules committees for the 2024 season.  Additionally, the NFHS committee eliminated the pause on self-starts for the high school level.

The high school rule changes have been approved by the board of directors for the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and for the youth level by USA Lacrosse.