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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a coach of a (girls) MS club team and a HS team, I highly encourage playing multiple sports - I did it through my senior year of HS. Missing lax sometimes in the fall/winter is fine as long as it's communicated and I would say at least 2/3s of my teams play more than 1 sport.

It's a great mental break from lacrosse and helps develop other muscles i.e. reducing injuries. And some do it just to hang out with other friends.

Coaches that discourage it, IMO, are selfish.[/quote]

What other sports are good conditioning for lax, for girls? Would track be helpful? My DD plays lax but really wants to join track in HS. She's in 7th now. [/quote]

The best way to be ready to play lacrosse is to play lacrosse. But as the prior poster to you said time away from lacrosse is beneficial to the interest in the sport and to help reduce the likelihood of injuries. A month at least dedicated to overall strength building will reduce injuries, and is a great time to focus on speed development which is beneficial for all sports.

The second best way would be to play a sport that is as similar as possible, basketball is of course great.

If you're daughter is interested in track she should run for sure as she is interested. If she's open to suggestions on what to run then 100m, 200m and/or 400m are the best fit for lacrosse. Hurdles would also be good. And if she does indoor track I definitely suggest the 55m or 60m, whichever the program does. In 7th grade she's still at a developmental age where developing speed should be the priority, and will have the longest lasting positive influence and carryover to lacrosse. If someone says she should run the mile and/or the 2 mile to develop endurance then all your daughter will be doing is training to run slower on the field.  She needs to increase her maximum speed. If she wants to run distance of course she should. But for the purposes of lacrosse she really needs to increase her top speed. [/quote]

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