Every Lacrosse Link You Need: The Master Resource List

Lacrosse is one of the hardest sports in America to follow. The games are scattered across four streaming services, the best instruction is buried on YouTube, and nobody has ever put it all in one place. This is that place.

Bookmark this page. There is very little writing on it on purpose — it is a directory. Scroll to what you need, click the link, go.

It is built from a decade of links I have collected for my own players, organized the way a family actually uses them. Every section stands on its own.

1. What to watch, season by season

The single most confusing thing about following this sport is that there is always lacrosse on, but never in the same place twice. Here is the year.

2. Watch live

• Full TV schedule — updated weekly
• Premier Lacrosse League — outdoor pro, summer. Games on ESPN, ESPN+, ABC
• National Lacrosse League — indoor pro, winter into spring
• NCAA Division I men’s · USILA for every division
• MCLA — college club, where most Texas college lacrosse is played · their channel
• NFHS Network — Texas high school lacrosse — school by school
• WLA TV and Major Series Lacrosse — Canadian summer box, the Mann Cup
• Athletes Unlimited — women’s pro

3. Full game replays and the classics

These are the games worth showing your kid.

• Yale vs. Penn, 2019 quarterfinal — arguably the greatest game ever played. Every game from that quarterfinal weekend is worth finding.
• 2021 Division I national championship — the best final of the modern era
• 2022 women’s D1 championship
• 2005 · 2004 · 2003 men’s championships
• 1987 · 1989 · 1990 — the Gait era at Syracuse
• 2023 Division III championship · 2023 Division II championship
• Canada vs. the Haudenosaunee, indoor — the two best box nations on earth
• Deep archives: Team Zebra · NCAA Championships · old-school D1

4. Documentaries and films

Watch these with your kid. Start with the first two.

• The Medicine Game — the Thompson brothers, Onondaga Nation. Four parts. Start here.
• George Boiardi — the Cornell captain who died on the field in 2004. The hardest and best thing on this list.
• The Red Bandanna — Welles Crowther, the Boston College lacrosse player who saved at least a dozen people on September 11 and did not come home. Widely available; ESPN has aired it.
• The Lost Trophy — the Haudenosaunee and the game they created
• The Chronicles of Syracuse — six parts
• Mikey Powell · Roots of Lacrosse
• Brotherhood: McDonogh 2023 — a high school season
• Tufts 2010 · New Blue, Hopkins 2014 · Northwestern women’s
• The Blueprint · Weathering the Storm — pro seasons
• PLL training camp series

5. Wall ball workouts

The single highest-return thing a player can do alone. Our own printable library is first; the rest are the routines worth running.

• The Great American Lacrosse Wall Ball Library 2026 — five workouts, first-timer through expert, printable and free. Linked from our wall ball article.
• The Kevin Crowley Quick Stick Workout — 8 drills
• The Joey Sankey Wall Ball Workout — 16 drills
• The Berkman Salisbury Routine — 36 drills, from the winningest coach in college lacrosse history
• POWLAX — powlax.com

6. Learn the game — instruction

• USA Lacrosse coaching resources — free with membership
• Championship Productions — the deepest paid instructional library. They also publish free videos.
• Duke coaching clinic series — search “Duke Men’s Lacrosse Coaching Clinic,” four videos
• Harvard Lacrosse · Coaches Insider
• Goalies: Goalie Evolution Academy (Trevor Tierney) · the quick hands drill · blind reaction drill
• Faceoffs: The Faceoff Academy — founded by Greg Gurenlian, with Trevor Baptiste on staff. The best faceoff instruction that exists.

7. Rules and rulebooks

• USA Lacrosse Boys’ Youth Rules 2026 — free PDF
• USA Lacrosse Girls’ Youth Rules 2026 — free PDF
• THSLL Rulebook 2026 — the one that governs Texas boys high school
• NCAA Women’s Rules — free PDF
• NCAA Men’s Rules — free PDF
• World Lacrosse Sixes Rulebook — the Olympic format
• NFHS vs. NCAA comparison chart — why Texas is different
• NFHS books are purchase-only, about $12: boys · girls

8. News and where to follow the sport

• USA Lacrosse Magazine — the best single source, and the TV schedule lives here
• Inside Lacrosse — rankings, recruiting, scores
• Lacrosse All Stars — the sport’s best writing on the culture
• East Coast Dyes

9. YouTube channels worth subscribing to

• The Lax Network · Lacrosse TV · Lax Weekly
• Lacrosse Film Room — genuine tactical breakdown
• Lacrosse All Stars · Lax Factor · ECD
• Thompson Brothers Lacrosse

10. Players worth following

• Paul Rabil — co-founder of the PLL
• Kyle Harrison — 2005 Tewaaraton winner
• Kylie Ohlmiller · Taylor Cummings — the only three-time Tewaaraton winner in the sport

11. The international and Olympic game

• World Lacrosse · their channel
• The Haudenosaunee Nationals
• Team USA — men · women · U20 men · U20 women
• Lacrosse Canada · European Lacrosse
• Sixes explained — the Olympic format in a few minutes

12. For parents

• USA Lacrosse membership — $35/year for a player 22 and under, effectively required for sanctioned play
• Aspen Institute Project Play — the best research on youth sports anywhere
• USA Lacrosse equipment requirements — what is actually required, by level
• NOCSAE — the safety certification to look for on a helmet
• SidelineSwap — used gear, player to player, at a fraction of retail

13. For coaches

• USA Lacrosse coaches hub — certification, free drills, the Mobile Coach app
• Coach certification — Bronze through Platinum
• The USA Lacrosse Convention

14. For referees

• Become an official — the national starting point
• Central Texas Lacrosse Officials Association — boys, covers San Antonio
• Central Texas Women’s Lacrosse Officials Organization — girls, explicitly covers Austin and San Antonio
• NILOA — the college men’s officiating body

15. Texas and San Antonio

• THSLL — Texas boys high school. Districts, standings, brackets, rulebook.
• TGHSLL — Texas girls high school
• TGHSLL Texas college commits
• MCLA Lone Star Alliance — roughly twenty Texas college teams

16. Recruiting

• NCAA probability of competing — the real odds
• IWLCA Recruiting Series — the girls’ circuit, built by the college coaches themselves
• NCAA Eligibility Center — every recruit needs an account

17. Where to buy

• Lacrosse Monkey · Universal Lacrosse · Lacrosse Unlimited
• Lacrosse Balls Direct — bulk balls, the best price we have found
• SidelineSwap — used
• Nearest real lacrosse store to San Antonio: Lacrosse Unlimited, 6203 N Capital of Texas Hwy, Austin — about 80 minutes

18. Our own guides

Everything above points off this site. These are ours, grouped the way a family works through them.

Getting started

• Boys lacrosse gear for beginners · girls lacrosse gear — what is required, what is optional, and how it fits
• What youth lacrosse actually costs — season by season, with the numbers
• Supporting your young lacrosse player — the parent side of the sport
• The girls lacrosse guide — how the girls game is its own sport

Gear, training and the backyard

• The backyard lacrosse setup — goal, rebounder, balls, and three complete builds
• The wall ball routine — five printable workouts, first-timer through expert
• Drills and training videos · training tools and tech
• The lacrosse gift guide — by age and by price

Rules, positions and watching

• Lacrosse rules for parents — what the whistle means, in plain language
• Boys positions explained · girls positions explained
• How to watch lacrosse · the glossary

Texas and San Antonio

• Lacrosse in San Antonio · the San Antonio FAQ
• Boys lacrosse in Texas · girls lacrosse in Texas
• Boys club lacrosse · girls club lacrosse — how the travel side works

History and the stories

• The Creator’s Game — where the sport comes from
• The history of lacrosse · the history of the stick
• The history of lacrosse in San Antonio
• Lacrosse in the Olympics — Sixes and LA28
• The college blue bloods · the figures worth knowing · the stories worth telling

Recruiting

• The boys recruiting timeline · girls recruiting

For coaches and officials

• Coaching resources — drills, practice plans and certification
• The officials guide — how to start reffing in Texas

Keep this one

Nothing on this page is behind a paywall except where it says so. The rulebooks are free. The instruction is mostly free. The best documentary about this sport is on YouTube for nothing.

The barrier in lacrosse has never been access to information. It has been that nobody ever put it in one place. Now somebody has.