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2010 RB Lacrosse Team

Player Information

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Team Captains

Matt Gibbons, Chris Jursek, David Marlay

Eligibility

The following students are eligible to play for the Rock Bridge Lacrosse team:

• Students who attend Rock Bridge High School.
• Students in 9th grade who will be attending RBHS.
• Students, grades 9 through 12, in private or home schools who live in the RB district or will be attending RBHS.

All players must maintain academic eligibility as defined by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) to play in games. You must have passed at least 5 classes the fall semester and be enrolled in at least 5 classes during the spring season. Players will be required to provide copies of grade cards from fall semester to demonstrate eligibility.

Every player must have had a sports medical examination within the previous 12 months to participate. Print and complete the Player Physical Form. Periodically the team attempts to provide and schedule sports physicals at a discount.

All players must have paid all their fees before spring practice begins.

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Lacrosse Rules

USLacrosse, Inc.
To see the official Lacrosse rules visit US Lacrosse. US Lacrosse was founded in 1998 as the national governing body of men's and women's lacrosse.

LAXRules.com
For a visual chart showing referee call signals visit this site.

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Team Policies

All players must sign and abide by the Player Pledge.

In addition:

• Players on the field must always be wearing the following equipment: lacrosse pads (including shoulder, elbow, rib pads(recommended), gloves (gloves must be black), athletic cup, mouth guard, cleated shoes (cannot be metal cleats).
• Players are responsible for bringing at least one full water bottle to every practice and keeping it on the sideline of the practice fields.
  
• During the season players are expected to be at all practices and games. Missing practices and/or games will result in loss of playing time. The only exception is for specific academic class responsibilities that cannot be rescheduled. It is the player's responsibility to notify the coach by email of the conflict the week before the academic absense.
• During the season, players who are sick and miss school must notify their coach by email that they will not be at practice.
• Players must demonstrate a sportsman-like attitude to all teammates, opposing players, coaches, officials, fans of both teams and to anyone present at any team event.
• Players may not speak to an official unless they are a captain or have been spoken to by an official. Conversations with the officials must remain in a professional and respectful manner.
• Players may not violate any municipal, county, state, or federal laws other than minor traffic violations.
• Players who have problems or issues with a coach are strongly encouraged to talk directly with the coach to resolve these differences.
• Players may not drive themselves to games outside of Columbia unless they are accompanied by one of their parents.

Failure to follow team policies can result in loss of playing time, probation, team suspension or expulsion from the team without receiving any refund at the discretion of the head coaches and RBLAX Board.

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Team Logistics

Lacrosse season typically runs from mid February to mid May. In 2010 players official season practice starts March 1st.

During the season, practices are held four to five weekdays per week starting at 3:35 PM and are done by 6:00PM. Players are expected to be at all practices. Regular season practices are held at RBHS SW practice fields Monday thru Friday.

Most games are on weekends but there are occasional weekday games.

All new players will practice with and play on the Developmental team.

Development team provides players instruction in all the basic elements of the game. The developmental team will participate in some "freshman festival" games in St. Louis and/or Kansas City. Interscholastic games will be scheduled as possible. These games are to provide all players a chance to learn about game situations and using their skills while playing as a team. Playing time is determined by attendance and effort in practice. All 9th graders and first-year 10th and 11th graders are eligible to play in the end-of-season freshman tournament. Players who excel on the developmental team may have the opportunity to play on the JV squad.

Junior Varsity Team is a competitive team with emphasis on developing individual and team skills. Playing time is determined by a combination of commitment and skill level. Players who excel on the JV squad may be asked to play as swing players for the varsity team.

Varsity Team is a competitive team and players are selected based on commitment and skill. A minimum of 15 players are "frozen" as varsity players and will not be eligible to play JV or developmental games (per MSLA rules).

Off-season schedule (approximate):

• Columbia Summer Lacrosse League: 8-week season, mid June to early August, 1 night per week.
• Fall conditioning: Sept. to Oct., Tues, Wed & Thus afternoon 3:45 to 5:30 PM, Bethel Park.
• Indoor lacrosse: Oct to Dec, Sunday nights at the MAC.
• Winter conditioning: Jan to early Feb, Tues, & Thus afternoon 3:45 to 5:30 PM, Rock Bridge practice field.

New players are encouraged to join the team any time during the off-season (From May to Feb). The experience gained in off-season activities will be a tremendous help to new players. Contact Tim Gambill (tgambill@columbia.k12.mo.us) for more information on off-season training opportunities.

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Forms

New players and their parents should print out and complete the follwing team registration forms:

• The RBLAX Membership Application.
• The RBLAX Parent Release Form.
• The RBLAX Medical Release Form.
• The RBLAX Player Pledge Form.
• The US Lacrosse Membership Form
• The Player Physical Form

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