Health & Safety
Playing lacrosse has great benefits — fitness, teamwork, and social connections. But like all sports, there’s always a risk of injury. Most lacrosse injuries are minor, such as bruises, sprains, or muscle strains. Still, more serious injuries can happen, and very rarely, even life-threatening ones.
USA Lacrosse and MedStar Health are working together to make the sport safer. Injury prevention is key to making the game better for players, families, and fans.
Today, USA Lacrosse joins organizations from across the country as well as around the world in recognizing International Safe Sport Day 2025, a day dedicated to promoting safety, respect, and well-being in all areas of sport.
Whether on the field, on the sidelines, or behind the scenes, it's our shared responsibility to ensure every athlete, coach, official, and volunteer is protected from abuse, harassment, and misconduct.
Much like their beloved smartphone or tablet, your athlete has an internal battery — a storage system of energy that's quickly released into their muscles to help them sprint, jump, lift, and push hard in a race or competition. But like a smartphone's battery, that storage system can only work for so long before needing to be recharged.
TrueSport expert Stephanie Miezin, a registered dietician and the director of nutrition for the NWSL’s KC Current, explains how your athlete uses their energy stores, and how they can optimize their intake to fuel peak performance.
Prioritizing personal safety while training has always been very important. How can athletes stay safe when training solo, especially if they are running alone at night or in unfamiliar areas? For student-athletes juggling tight schedules, sometimes these situations are hard to avoid.
MedStar Health and USA Lacrosse have partnered to produce a new series of articles and podcasts on health, wellness and performance.
“Lacrosse Health” will feature subject matter experts in these areas, as well as coaches, skills professionals, researchers, social scientists and leaders from the lacrosse community.
Developed by USA Lacrosse, LaxFit® is a science-informed training program designed to reduce lower-body injury risk and improve athletic performance. This comprehensive curriculum targets key areas like core strength, mobility, balance, and safe landing mechanics — all critical in preventing ACL tears, ankle sprains, and other common injuries.
As parents and caregivers, we want our athletes to perform at their best and achieve excellence in their sport, at school, and in their other extracurricular activities. But while striving to be their best is important, sometimes athletes can take these behaviors too far and end up hurting themselves as a result. So, how can you help your athlete strive for greatness -- while avoiding the dangers that can come from perfectionist tendencies?
As a coach, are you thinking about helping your athletes form habits? It’s easy to be consumed by making it through the next practice or game, but in many cases, taking the time to focus on good habits can make your team run a lot smoother and lead to better results and performances.
TrueSport expert Kevin Chapman, PhD, clinical psychologist and founder of The Kentucky Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, is sharing why habits are so important, along with a few easy ways to start making them part of your team's culture.
SPARKS, Md. — USA Lacrosse currently has openings for a physician and athletic trainers to support the Men’s Field National Team. We’re looking for world-class medical providers to support this team in during its competition cycle inclusive of the World Lacrosse World Championship in 2027 in Japan.
Individuals interested in these positions can complete an online application.