Club Lacrosse Explained: Girls

How girls club lacrosse works: the coaches-run recruiting circuit, the September 1 contact rule, the 38-player roster cap, real season costs, and when to start.

How girls club lacrosse works: the coaches-run recruiting circuit, the September 1 contact rule, the 38-player roster cap, real season costs, and when to start.

What boys club lacrosse is, when it runs, what a tournament weekend looks like, the real all-in cost of a season, and the honest answer on when to start.

How lacrosse gear got here: hickory sticks that took a year to build, the 1970 plastic head patent, mesh, carbon shafts, NOCSAE helmets and the 2022 pad rule.

The full history of lacrosse for parents — Indigenous origins, Beers in 1867, the first NCAA title in 1971, every champion, and where the sport stands in 2026.

Rebounders, goals, targets, radar guns, film and GPS: what each one actually does for a young player, real 2026 prices, and the sequence to buy them in.

The questions San Antonio parents actually ask about lacrosse: where to play, what it costs, what age to start, how long a game lasts, and when hitting begins.

Exactly what a girls lacrosse player needs — three required items, the headgear decision the data makes for you, what it costs, and where to buy in San Antonio.

Every position in girls lacrosse explained: attack, midfield, defense, goalie and the draw specialist, plus the old names you still hear on the sideline.

All eight boys lacrosse positions explained by a varsity head coach — attack, X, close defense, LSM, SSDM, FOGO and goalie, with drills and video for each.

Every version of lacrosse in one place — boys outdoor youth to pro, girls outdoor youth to pro, box, and Olympic Sixes, with a link to every official rulebook.