The objective of the IYL shall be to implant firmly in the children of the community the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage, team play and respect for authority, so that they may be well adjusted, stronger and happier children and will grow to be good, decent citizens.

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Ipswich Youth Lacrosse (IYL) provides lacrosse instruction and an inter-town game schedules for girls and boys in grades one through eight each spring. IYL is a member of the Mass Bay Girls' Lacrosse League (MBGYL) and the Mass Bay Youth Lacrosse League (MBYLL) (for boys).

There are no tryouts, no all-stars and no playoffs. There are 2 practices days per week and one game per week. Players that participate in the weekly practices can expect roughly equal playing time. If teams have large rosters, players that do not participate in the weekly practices may see their playing time reduced.

Teams are organized by grades. U15 is 7^th & 8^th grade. U13 is 5^th & 6^th. U11 is 3^rd & 4^th grade. U9 is 1^st & 2^nd grade. If not enough U9 players sign up, those that do will be given the option to play on the U11 team.

IYL was founded by Blaine Hebbel in 1999 and participated in the first games during the spring 2000 season. IYL incorporated in 2003 and became a 501(c) 3 organization in 2007.

All adults that assist the IYL are volunteers. The game day referees are the only paid positions and these are paid for by IYL and assigned by the MBGYL & MBYLL.

All participants (players and coaches) of Ipswich Youth Lacrosse, Inc. are members of US Lacrosse.

Our coaches are all trained and certified according to league requirements.

Our boys teams fall under the purview of the Mass Bay Youth Lacrosse League and our girls teams Mass Bay Girls Lacrosse League.

by posted 12/15/2011
 
Update: Sweatshirt material (fleece) and more specific sizing information including the addition of an Adult X-Small size is now available at the link below.
http://store.iylax.org

The IYL Store is open! We are selling a matching hoodie and sweatpants with the Ipswich Lacrosse logo and the player's number on the right sleeve and pant leg. The store will be open until January 13th and clothing will be delivered at the first practices.

by posted 11/04/2011
 
NESLL will hold FREE Clinics at the Topsfield Fairgrounds on the next two Saturdays – November 5^th and November 12th.

The purpose is to allow the players and parents to experience the NESLL Clinics and to see our top quality coaching staff.
 
Space will be limited so we will take players on a first come, first serve basis until each of the sessions are full.

Dates	Start Time	End Time	Girls Group	Girls Group
11/5/2011	9:00 AM	10:00 AM	Boys Advanced
11/5/2011	10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Boys Intermediate
11/5/2011	11:00 AM	12:00 PM	Boys Intermediate
11/5/2011	12:00 PM	1:00 PM	Boys Beginner
11/5/2011	2:00 PM	3:00 PM	GOALIE
11/5/2011	1:00 PM	2:00 PM		Girls Beg/Int
11/5/2011	2:00 PM	3:00 PM		Girls Adv/Int
11/5/2011	2:00 PM	3:00 PM		GOALIE
11/12/2011	9:00 AM	10:00 AM	Boys Advanced
11/12/2011	10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Boys Intermediate
11/12/2011	11:00 AM	12:00 PM	Boys Intermediate
11/12/2011	12:00 PM	1:00 PM	Boys Beginner
11/12/2011	2:00 PM	3:00 PM	GOALIE
11/12/2011	1:00 PM	2:00 PM		Girls Beg/Int
11/12/2011	2:00 PM	3:00 PM		Girls Adv/Int
11/12/2011	2:00 PM	3:00 PM		GOALIE

Signup is here: http://nesll.org/blog/registration/

Coming Soon!!!
Beginning Saturday, November 19^th we will begin our Session 1 Clinics.  Each session will include 6 one hour clinics at $179.00 for the 6 weeks.  In January we will begin our Sessions at Governors Academy on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings.  Wednesdays will be (2) one hour fast paced clinics for Intermediate and Advanced players.  Saturday mornings will be dedicated to U11’s and U9’s focusing on the “basics”.

by posted 11/04/2011
 
Sunday afternoon Chris Morgan of Integrated Athletic Performance is going to meet us at Mile lane at 2:00pm to assist our youth lacrosse players develop their running styles for the purposes of injury prevention and speed/agility development.

Chris has developed techniques that focus on integrated warm ups, running form, posture, alignment and agility. His organization is working with UNH Field Hockey, UNH Track, UNH Woman's Lacrosse and Woman's Soccer. Chris also works with the Groton School Athletic department and Revolution Lacrosse where he and his team have been helping to shape dedicated athletes in lacrosse, hockey and other sports.

In his role, Chris' primary goal is to help young athletes at an early age learn proper running techniques that will help them avoid the high incidence of ACL injuries. He has also developed techniques that teach these athletes use to develop and train their muscles to "fire" with greater efficiency, increasing their speed and quickness. Chris' philosophy is of not over training, but training properly.


We will meet at Mile Lane at 2pm with our interested youth lacrosse players as part of our semi-regular fall skills sessions. The session will last about 45 minutes. Youth Soccer players and coaches are invited.

(If the Woman's Soccer playoff Game is scheduled for Sunday we will postpone for another day)

Chris Morgan's Background:
Degree in Sports Management and Athletic Training
Division 1 athlete UNH Track and Field
Goalie Coach UNH
Member of Team USA, Development Squad for Team Handball.
Chris lives in Goeffstown NH

Thank you,

Brian Millard

Please RSVP here:


If the group is too small we will postpone for another day.

by posted 10/12/2011
 
Once again it is time to start thinking ahead to Spring, being out on the field, and throwing a lacrosse ball around! Registration is now open. Those that sign up by December 11th will receive a discount of $25 off registration. After December 11, the price will increase from $75 to $100.

All players are required to have current US Lacrosse membership for insurance purposes that costs $25. Signing up or renewing your US Lacrosse membership is integrated into our registration system.

So jump in and get ready for Spring lacrosse!

register.iylax.org

http://iylax.org/Registration/Default.asp?n=43400&snid=jLJC%5B6O2%5E&org=iylax.org

by posted 07/11/2011
 
    The Ipswich Youth Lacrosse program had a great season with 226 children participating in the 2011 spring program. Participants were from grades one through eight. We had 6 girl's teams and 6 boy's teams representing Ipswich on the North Shore
    The program would not be possible without the dedication and support of a number of people and businesses.
    Our sponsors provide the program with donations to enable a full season schedule and post season jamborees. Our gold sponsors this year were: Law Office of Donald Greenough, New England Biolabs, NMTW Community Credit Union and Windhill Realty. Our silver sponsor was: Morris Funeral Home. Our bronze sponsors were: Miles River Sand and Gravel, Sullivan Insurance and Commonwealth Realty Advisors. Special thanks goes to North Shore Printing for providing our programs and the Office Store for printing our sponsor thank you certificates. The Ipswich Youth Lacrosse program encourages all to patronize those businesses that support our program.
    The cooperation and support from the Ipswich Public Schools was essential. Special thanks go to Athletic Director Tom Gallagher.
    I thank the Ipswich Chronicle Sports Editor, Joshua Boyd for getting our weekly game summaries into the Chronicle.
    Many of the team coaches are also board members and put countless hours preparing for the season and then many more hours coaching the weekday practices and guiding the Sunday games. Without coaches, there would be no program. Shawn Cayer, Marc Greenleaf and Derrick Hauerstein coached our girl's U9 team. Kerri O'Connor, Tom Herron and Brian Davis guided our girl's U11 team. Jim Hoog and Tim Costikyan coached our two girl's U13 teams. Brian Millard, Nathaniel Brown, Brian Henderson and John Meedzan coached our two girl's U15 teams. Jeff Silva, Josh Geller, Doug Smith and Rich Hartigan  coached our boy's U9 team. Dave Morrow, Brett Johnson, Matt Delvecchio and Zach Pinciero coached our two boy's U11 teams. Peter Ginolfi, Mike Darisse, Mark Welling, John Gillis and I coached our two boy's U13 teams. John Wallace, Dennis Moriarty and Keith Killian coached our boy's U15 team. Thank you all.
        Registration for the 2012 season will take place this coming fall. E-mails will be sent to all participants from this season, e-notices will be sent home to the public school children and there will be notices published in the Ipswich Chronicle.
 
Thank you,
 
Ken Swenson
Director, Ipswich Youth Lacrosse