Arlington Youth Lacrosse Association

The youth lacrosse season is typically comprised of eight games played on Sundays afternoons beginning the first week in April and ending the first week in June. There are four home games and four away games. We also hold a series of indoor pre-season clinics in March that players are expected to attend.

Arlington also participates in the annual MBYLL Lacrosse Jamboree held at the Devens Recreational Facility, Devens, MA. The Jamboree typically is held on the middle weekends in June.

Practices are held twice per week from 5:30-7:00 at Thorndike Field. Please show up on time and ready to play, and bring all your equipment and water. In order to gain the maximum benefit from our program, we expect players to regularly participate in weekly practices unless they have disccused with their coach the reason for their absence. Playing time in Sunday’s games will be based in part on who attends and participates in practice.

Arlington Youth Lacrosse fields MBYLL travel teams at the U11 (grades 3&4), U13 (grades 5&6) and U15 (grades 7&8) teams. We also hold a “learn to play” clinic for U9 (grades 1&2) players, and will schedule up to 4 games for U9 players later in the season.

Players responsible for supplying:

• a lacrosse stick
• a lacrosse helmet with attached mouthguard. The helmet must be certified by the the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE). No hockey helments are allowed.
• shoulder pads
• arm pads
• gloves-No hockey gloves are allowed.
• rubber-soled cleats (soccer cleats are OK)

AYL supplies shorts and a game jersey to each player.  The players may keep the shorts at the end of the season;  the jersey must be returned.

Lacrosse is an all-weather sport, so be prepared to practice and play in the rain. However, all towns have policies to protect their fields from excessive wear and damage. Be sure and check this web site and your email for field condtion updates when it is raining.