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The Right Age to Send Your Child to Sleepaway Lacrosse Camp
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The Right Age to Send Your Child to Sleepaway Lacrosse Camp

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A sleepaway camp is a wonderful experience for all kids. Experts recommend that kids younger than seven should not attend overnight camp. Understandably, any child that has separation anxiety will have difficulty at sleepaway camp. There is no best age for overnight camp, but the average age for campers is between nine and ten. Because all children are inherently different, parents are the best judges of their child’s readiness for overnight camp. Additionally, there are other factors that need to be taken into account when determining whether a child is ready to go away to summer camp.

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How To Pack and Prepare for your Child’s Sleepaway Lacrosse Camp
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How To Pack and Prepare for your Child’s Sleepaway Lacrosse Camp

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The first time away from home can be stressful for the majority of kids, but the benefits of attending a sleep-away camp far outweighs the concerns your child may have about leaving home. There is no optimal age that denotes children are ready for their first sleep-away camp. Getting your child prepared to leave for camp can be an emotional experience if you don’t start early.

The optimal age for sleepaway camp is between nine and ten. So, unlike teens, your elementary child will need extensive assistance from a parent to pack any prepare for camp. Parents interested in sending their child [Read More>]

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Opportunities for Students with Special Needs and Disabilities
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Opportunities for Students with Special Needs and Disabilities

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Summer Camp is a place where children spend their days being physically active. They gain confidence in themselves and develop skills that will serve them their entire lives. Camp is a place that children spend their days outside running and playing. They will make true friends that will follow them for the rest of their lives. All these great things make camp a seminal influence on the lives of young people. Special needs children have no reason to feel limited in their ability to enjoy and attend camp. There are hundreds of specially formatted camps designed to fit the considerations of [Read More>]

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Capturing the Memories of Your Summer Camp Experience
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Capturing the Memories of Your Summer Camp Experience

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One of the best parts of having a great summer is being able to have a record of the good times to share later with family and friends. Pictures, videos, and scrapbooks can help preserve memories and create a lasting product. With the popularity of social media applications like Instagram, Snapchat, and Youtube, sharing videos and pictures have never been easier. Even if you can capture momentary events using mobile apps, you may want to capture a more substantial record using a video or digital camera.

Creating an overall summer camp experience video has never been easier given all the technology readily [Read More>]

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New Trends in Sports Camp Benefit Lacrosse Players of Every Level
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New Trends in Sports Camp Benefit Lacrosse Players of Every Level

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Young people often find opportunities to excel in their chosen sport or learn wilderness skills during summer camp. Traditionally, summer camp is the place that allows students to focus on hobbies and athletic commitments; however, if you or your child is not athletic, there are still camps well suited to everyone. The most noticeable trend in youth summer camps is the variety of specialty camps now available. Specialty camps offer a wide variety of activities to support the interest of a greater number of young people. Children and teens with a promising athletic career can spend their time in camps that [Read More>]

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How to be Ready for Lacrosse Camp All Year Long
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How to be Ready for Lacrosse Camp All Year Long

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Lacrosse is a sport that can have considerable physical impact if played at an elite level. That type of play requires more physical and technical performance than many other sports combined. An appropriate training program will prepare athletes for the physicality of the sports and promote flexibility. While there are training programs designed for position players, there are also training programs that will benefit any lacrosse player both in season and out. Lacrosse players need to be strong and possess agility, endurance, and speed. The game is constantly moving and will require a team of players able to endure this level [Read More>]

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Jessy Morgan Accepts Head Lacrosse Coaching Position At GMU
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Jessy Morgan Accepts Head Lacrosse Coaching Position At GMU

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From GMU Athletics:

George Mason assistant vice president/director of athletics Brad Edwards announced former UVA All-American Jessica Morgan as the fourth head women’s lacrosse coach in program history. Morgan has spent the last four seasons as an Assistant Lacrosse Coach at her alma mater, a perennial NCAA championship contender.

“In our search we were looking for a coach that could bring Mason back into the national conversation and compete at the highest level,” said Edwards. “Jessy has a national championship pedigree as an All-American player and an NCAA National Champion. Her passion for the game, combined with her commitment to academics and her [Read More>]

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Concussions And Mouthguards
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Concussions And Mouthguards

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By Jeff Smith

Some mouth guard manufacturers, but very few scientists, claim that mouth guards prevent concussions. The fact of the matter is that the rotation of the head from a blow and the subsequent violent movement of the brain inside the skill will not be slowed down by a mouth guard.

There are two scientific studies from the 60’s that are often quoted by people who attempt to prove the contrary. The problem is that these two studies do not show any decrease in concussions, or traumatic brain injuries, they just point towards a possible effect on decreasing force transfer from the [Read More>]

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