The American Indians invented it, the Canadians made it their National Sport, and the youth of America have made it the fastest growing youth sport in the nation.  Nicknamed The Fastest Sport on Two Feet, lacrosse has infectiously made its way from the hot beds of New York and Maryland to all parts of the United States and many parts of the world.  Top-level college programs are fielding players from Ohio, Texas, Colorado, California, and even Florida.  

          The charge has been led by the private schools in the area, such as 16-time State Champion St. Andrews School in Boca Raton and perennial powers Gulliver Prep and Pine Crest.  Other high school programs have been popping up prolifically throughout the state.  The demand has driven the Florida High School Athletic Association to officially “sanction” the sport of lacrosse.  Varsity or varsity club programs now exist in many of Florida’s high schools including local high schools such as St. Thomas, Archbishop McCarthy, South Plantation, American Heritage, Western, Cypress Bay, Nova, Pines Charter,  West Broward and Cooper City.  Currently there are thirty-eight (38) boys and forty-three (43) girls high school programs in south Florida alone and and over 200 high school programs combined, state-wide.   Read more...

Davie Youth Lacrosse Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization created to promote the development of youth lacrosse programs in the Town of Davie, Florida.  Our 2010 youth lacrosse season begins late January and ends mid May.

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The program is organized and run by the Davie Youth Lacrosse Foundation, Inc., a 501.c.3 charitable organization.  Davie Youth Lacrosse is a "travel" recreation program with focus on giving players of all skill levels a quality learning experience and lots of fun playing lacrosse.  The players will be taught  improved agility, conditioning, team work and respect for the game and other players as well as the finer points of playing lacrosse.   Our 2010 season will run from January 25 to May 8.  We will field both boys and girls teams, Kindergarten through 8th grade.  Practices are 2 nights per week with games  on Saturdays.

Davie Lacrosse Booster Club

Davie Lacrosse Training Academy

See our new online video training sessions available on our How To Play page.  Be sure to choose your skill level on top Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced.  These are great video shorts that can teach you fundamentals and finer points of the game.

Girls Teams

We will have the girls program going in 2010.  Tell your girlfriends about Davie Lacrosse!  The league divisions for girls are Juniors (3rd-5th grades) and Seniors (6th-8th grades).  Girls K-2nd are allowed to play with the boys.  Second grade girls can optionally play up with the Junior team.  No experience necessary.  We will train. 

AGE GROUPS/2010 RATES

Our Boys divisions WILL fill up this season. Please register early if you wish to be assured a spot on a team for 2010.  With the Town of Davie providing a reduction of our field rental rates we have been able to  reduce our Bantam and Lightning rates from last season.  We have also increased the practice time for Juniors and Seniors. 

Divisions:

Bantam Boys and Girls (K-2nd grades): This is a program geared for fun and learning.  Boys and girls play in this division with full boys equipment.  Stick skills and teamwork are emphasized.  Game play is taught.  Controlled stick checking and incidental  body contact only is allowed in this division.  Score is kept in games but is not the focus.  Goalie blockers are used instead of actual goalies.  Games are on a shortened field.  Penalties result in change of possession.

Lightning Boys (3rd/4th grades): Stick skills, team work, game play are taught and refined.  Controlled stick checking and incidental body contact only is allowed in this division.  Player goalies are used.  Penalties are enforced with controlled fast break situations.  Full boys equipment.

Junior Boys (5th/6th grades): Stick skills, team work, game play are taught and refined.  Controlled stick and body checking is allowed in this division.  Player goalies are used.  Penalties are enforced with extra man situations.  Full boys equipment.

Junior Girls (2nd-5th grades): Stick skills, team work, game play are taught and refined.  No stick checking or body body contact is allowed in this division.  Player goalies are used.  Girls equipment is eye guards and stick.

Senior Boys (7th/8th grades): Stick skills, team work, game play are taught and refined.  Controlled stick and body checking is allowed in this division.  Player goalies are used.  Penalties are enforced with extra man situations.  Full boys equipment.

Senior Girls (6th-8th grades): Stick skills, team work, game play are taught and refined.  Limited stick checking and no body contact is allowed in this division.  Player goalies are used.  Girls equipment is eye guards and stick.

We now have a financial aid program in place that covers 100% of your registration fee and a loaner set of equipment.   Please go to our Financial Aid page to see how to apply. 

Action Photos

Action photos of your children playing lacrosse are available from the program photographer, John Gazzano.  Here is a link to our picture page and his site.

Game Play Policy

Equal game play time in our program is not guaranteed but rather earned through attendance at practice and effort displayed in practice and games.  Skill or talent level is not used as the basis for game play time, except possibly during the last few minutes of a close game or during overtime.  The full policy can be found here.

Equipment

Please go to our equipment page for more info.  You can use one of the local vendors listed there or we have set up a new arrangement with Great Atlantic Lacrosse:

  This is a link to Great Atlantic Lacrosse.  Purchases through this link to Great Atlantic earn a commission to Davie Youth Lacrosse Foundation!

Field Location

Practices and home games are held at Bamford/Pine Island Park.  The specific field assignments have not yet been determed.

South Florida Youth Lacrosse League (SFYLL)

South Florida Youth Lacrosse League is the governing body for Davie Lacrosse.  The goal of SFYLL is to keep it safe, keep it fun and to teach the game.  More information about the league and the teams can be found at www.sfyll.com.

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NEWS

Coach Pete to coach South Florida Select U11 Silver team

January 27, 2010 - Coach Pete Dunne will coach the South Florida Select U11 Silver team.   The South Florida Select program will form teams at 3rd-5th grade Rising Stars, U11, U13, U15 and High School.  This year there will also be girls middle and high school teams  Teams will practice and play games locally as well as travel to tournaments in state and Lax Max in Baltimore.  The coaching staff of this program is second to none in Florida and is a who's who of local and national players and coaches.  Tryouts start February 21.  More info is available here.

TEAM SPONSORSHIP CHALLENGE

We have begun receiving contributions under our team sponsorship challenge.  See the latest progress chart HERE

SEASON STARTS 1/25

Bamford/Pine Island Park

Our 2010 Season starts Monday 1/25.  Not all teams practice Mondays so check the Practice Schedule for your days and times.  Full equipment required including cup (boys) and mouthpiece.  Please also bring water for your child.  We do not provide water for practice.  The specific fields are now indicated on our practice page.

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OLD NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Kickoff Picnic

Saturday, January 16, 2010  11am-2pm

Bamford/Pine Island Park - North side of pool

Our 2010 Season Kickoff Picnic to celebrate our 3rd lacrosse season!  This will be a great opportunity for players and parents to meet the coaches, teammates, other parents, ask questions, set up car pools, purchase teamwear, etc.   We will meet for burgers, hotdogs and fun. Bring the whole family.   Bring your sticks.   Some cages will be set up.   Come and leave when you want however coaches will speak to the parents and players around noon.  

Fast Start Lacrosse Clinics

January 3-24, 2010  Fridays 6-9 and Sundays 10-1

We will hold another session of Fast Start Lacrosse for new and experienced players.  Cost is $100 for all 7 dates or $30 per week.  We will have Level 1, like the last session, for new players (stick only) and have added Level 2 (full equipment) for those who completed the Level 1 session or those with experience.  More information on our Camps page.

Florida Lacrosse Classic

January 22-24, 2010

 The Florida Youth Lacrosse Foundation holds the Ninth Annual Florida Lacrosse Classic on January 22-24, 2010.  This is the main fund raising event for the Florida Youth Lacrosse Foundation.  Twenty one  Grand Masters teams (45 and over) and thirteen Half-Century teams (50 and over) competed over 3 days.  The teams are made up of the premier players from their time.  The legs are not as spry but the games are still exciting.  The local favorite FROGs (Florida Real Old Guys) won the Brine Division in 2009.  This event is used to help fund startup youth lacrosse programs in Florida.  We seek youth and adult volunteers for score and time keeping, ball boys/girls, etc.  Please consider giving the gift of your time to the organization that has helped fund Davie Lacrosse.  www.floridalaxclassic.com

Lacrosse Muscles Its Way West - Wall Street Journal

May 20, 2009 - A Sport Incubated by Eastern Prep Schools Quietly Picks Up Converts; Big Gains in California READ

Coach Pete Dunne Honored As 2009 Hall of Fame Inductee

May 2, 2009 - The South Florida Chapter of US Lacrosse has announced its 2009 inductees for the Lacrosse Hall of Fame.  Jim Delang (Columbus HS/Wooster), Pete Dunne (Davie Lacrosse/Virginia), and Michele Sternberg (St. Edwards/Virginia) joined the list of distinguished players, coaches, referees and contributors already enshrined in the Hall.  A dinner in their honor was held on Saturday, May 2 at the Boca Raton Marriott.   Florida High School player and coach awards were also given at the event as well as Florida men's club league awards.  more

2009 Davie Summer Lacrosse League- June

All about fun!  Shorter fields and fewer players per team-games only.  We go 2 nights per week during June.  For more info go to our Summer League page.

Xcelerate Lacrosse Camp shines

June 26, 2009 - Xcelerate Lacrosse Camp, help at PAL Park in Plantation was a great success.  "All fun" was a quote from a Davie Lightning player.  New skills were taught and the base skills dramatically refined.  Team play, offense and defense strategies and positioning as well as conditioning was taught to the players.  Each daily session finished with playing the game.  Jack (Weston) got a nice new stick and Max (Davie) won a stylish Cascade Pro 7 helmet.  Xcelerate will be back next year so keep a spot open on your busy summer schedules.  Click here for camp details.

Syracuse star and pro laxer, Liam Banks, works with Davie players

APRIL 15-16, 2008 - Pro lacrosse player and MVP of the 2000 National Championship game, Liam Banks, worked practices with the Davie players on Monday and Tuesday.  Liam played his college lacrosse for the Syracuse Orangemen and currently plays with the San Francisco Dragons professional team in the Major Lacrosse League.  Liam talked with the players about work ethic and ran the players though various moves and skills.   He then wowed the parents and players with a shooting exhibition and some "slight of stick" trickery.

Davie players get a meet-and-greet with Casey Powell

APRIL 5, 2008

Lacrossewear hosted one of lacrosse's greatest players, Casey Powell, at their store.  Davie players were invited to meet and talk with Casey and get autographs.  Casey did a special show for a few Davie kids. 

Sun-Sentinel Article - Davie Youth Lacrosse

MARCH 23, 2008

Davie Lacrosse Parents Code Of Conduct

 

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