ARAA Lacrosse Offerings

Anoka Ramsey Lacrosse Offerings

ARAA offers a lacrosse program for boys and girls 10U-14U including box, spring and summer seasons and clinics.

New players are welcome at every level!

LACROSSE SEASONS

Boys Box Lacrosse: Registration is now open

https://arsports.sportngin.com/register/form/272789319

Box lacrosse is a fast paced, exciting game that is played indoors on turf typically at a hockey rink and improves players stick skills, enhances footwork, shot skills and passing in traffic. Nets are smaller and goalies are more heavily padded so the offense needs to be creative.

Season dates: late Feb - April
Cost: $295 for 12U and 14U
Practices are held at Adrenaline and Anoka Ice Arena
Games are typically weekend double-headers at various local hockey arenas.

Boys Spring Lacrosse: Spring lacrosse is played outdoors and is considered the "fastest" sport on two feet. It is played on a grass or turf field that is just larger than a football field.

Season dates: mid April - mid June
Cost:
- 10u - $250
- 12u and 14u - $300
- Note: 12u and 14u will need to purchase a uniform for $70 unless you have one from the 2020 or 2021 seasons
Practices are held Grey Ghost field by the windmill
Games are typically Saturdays at various lacrosse fields around the area

Girls Spring/Summer Lacrosse: AARA Lacrosse is excited to offer girls lacrosse. Please spread the word about this new sport offering.

Season dates: Spring April - June; Summer June - July
Cost: $220 (12U & 14U); $200 (10U) per season
Practices are held at Anoka High School fields/Grey Ghost fields.
Games are typically on weekdays.
Please view the Girls Lacrosse page for more information.

10 Reasons to Play Box Lacrosse

FASTER PLAY | The speed is way faster than anything you would see outdoors. It makes playing outside seem like going in slow motion
STICK HANDLING | Playing in closer spaces means your stick skills have to be tighter and quicker. Your stick handling improves because there is no room for error, quite literally.
TRANSITION | Ball moves from defense to offense with increased speed. Players learn quickly to breakout and move the ball up the field.
DEFENSIVE BODY POSITION | No D-Poles means that defensive players have to use good body position to be successful.
OFF-BALL MOVEMENT | Playing in such a tight area means it is that much harder to get open. Running through people to go to goal just doesn't work. Players learn to cut, pick and keep in constant motion.
GOALIES SEE MORE RUBBER | Shots come hard and fast. Goalies see more shots in a shorter period of time. There hands and reaction time become much quicker.
SHOOTING ACCURACY | Gary Gait is among many who have gone on record about the shooting accuracy that comes from playing box lacrosse.
REACTION TIME | Almost every point made deals with faster speeds. A byproduct of playing faster is you have to react faster. That means faster to a ground ball, faster in transition, faster to play the ball, faster to shoot the ball. You name it, your reaction to it get faster.
PLAYER SAFETY | When it comes to pre-season training, the goal is to get better for the Spring season, not get hurt. Many indoor facilities boast full fields, which ultimately are surrounded by some sort of netting. As one of the area's top orthopedic doctors pointed out, the box is a safer playing surface. There is nothing to get tripped up on and in to.
PROVEN SUCCESS | You can list as many of the benefits as you want, but the proof is in the success that box players have. Look at the most successful players over the last decade. The majority play box in the off season. Paul Rabil, Casey Powell, the Gait brothers. No matter who you identify with, the common thread is that they have or still do play box lacrosse.