I was recently at a middle school sports award assembly at Morristown-Beard School in Morristown, New Jersey and the athletic director, Mike Sturgeon, gave a great talk about the importance of failure (allow young athletes to fail). Sounds like an odd topic for an awards assembly. Initially, I thought so too. First Mike explained why each of the middle school teams only play five to six games during their ... Read more
How to Keep Lacrosse Fun and Fresh
The extra lacrosse practice and work sessions you are doing with your children are great, and a great way to keep lacrosse fun. Practice sessions are the difference makers as to whether or not your children will get that scholarship — just kidding. But it is fun to do something with your kids that you both enjoy. Don’t ruin it by taking lacrosse practice too seriously. Lacrosse Fun It’s important to make sure ... Read more
Give the Gift of Sum It Up Lacrosse for the Holidays!
Ho! Ho! Ho! A Gift of Sum It Up Lacrosse Is the Way to Go! Enroll your little LAXers in our winter lacrosse clinics, for boys and girls. They'll have fun, get exercise, and have an experience they'll never forget. Promo Code Just enter the promo code "HOLID25" when you register your son or daughter for any of Sum It Up's winter lacrosse clinics. You'll receive $25 off the registration fee, and we'll send ... Read more
It Feels Good To Do Good: Volunteering at the Community FoodBank of NJ
“It feels good to do good.” Most coaches I know feel blessed to be able to do what they do. Maybe not always, but the good outweighs the bad by a significant amount, or we wouldn’t do it. However, not everyone is as blessed as we coaches. Hopefully, a lot of what we teach as coaches has very little to do with playing lacrosse, or football, or hockey, or any other sport. It has to do with learning to be a good ... Read more