New London Outing Club - NLOC - New London, New Hampshire

Registration Opens Week of June 16

Please use this website to set up your personal family account to easily register, join or renew memberships and to receive special e-announcements, newsletters, etc.

Register On-Line
• On Line Registration and credit card payment

Download and mail-in forms with payment:

• Program Mail-In Registration Form (waivers must be checked and signed as appropriate)

• Mail-In Membership Form

• NLOC Code of Conduct Form (must be signed by player and both parents - retain a copy at home)
All forms and program fees must be completed and paid prior to participation.

Please consider becoming a member of The Outing Club to support our facilities and operation.

Questions: Call Bub Morgan, 526-5831 or email: ocdirector@tds.net

NLOC COACHES PHILOSOPHY
It is the goal of The New London Outing Club to provide sports programs based on sound instruction, manifest good sportsmanship, equal opportunity for children of all ability levels to participate; and compassionate, fair coaching. Safety is a paramount concern. We want our coaches to balance strategy and tactics with fun and exercise for our children. Coaches are expected to keep a proper perspective on "winning" as a goal best achieved when the whole team can claim victory, rather than a select few exceptional athletes. Volunteer coaches and parents must always remember that these programs are for the children and not adults.

OUR PROGRAM GOALS
Our Lacrosse Program and our volunteer coaches strive to meet the following goals:
1. To make playing lacrosse FUN for all players
2. To have our players learn to LOVE THE GAME of Lacrosse
3. To encourage PARTICIPATION in Lacrosse by all players into maturity
4. To teach players the LIFE LESSONS of a team sport
5. To have all players work and play to attain GOOD FITNESS.

OUR PROGRAM EXPECTATIONS
Our program hopes to foster the proper perspective for our players by mandating that all involved, players, both parents and coaches, read and indicate by their signature that they will abide by a Code of Conduct.

We also have the following expectations:
Players:
- Attend all practices & games
- Complete all school work on time
- Check equipment the night before a practice or game
- Display a positive attitude and behavior & abide by Code of Conduct
- Practice your lacrosse stick skills at home, every chance available
- Get into proper physical shape to play
- Relax and have fun playing lacrosse
- Do something nice each day for your parents

Parents:
- Find ways for your child to earn your support (rides, equipment cost, etc.)
- Volunteer to help with team - scorers, timers, halftime snacks
- Abide by Code of Conduct
- Relax and let the children play

Coaches:
- Organize fun, safe, instructive practices & games
- Accept school commitments and family obligations (with notice)
- Allow each player equal playing time based on attendance, behavior
- Abide by Code of Conduct
- Relax and let the children play

HOME games will be played at Proctor Academy, Woodward Park or at the Kearsarge Regional High School. Click here for field directions

LACROSSE EQUIPMENT
In order to participate in our program, the following equipment is needed by each child:
Boys - Boys lacrosse stick (soft mesh pocket), lacrosse helmet (certified by NOCSAE), attached mouth guard, shoulder pads, arm guards, gloves, athletic cup, and football or lacrosse cleated shoes.

Girls lacrosse stick, lacrosse eye guard, mouth guard (Goalie gear for boys and girls is provided by the NLOC.)

Uniforms (practice vests, game jerseys and shorts) are provided to each player for the season. These uniforms are to be returned to each respective coach at the end of the season.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Any family wishing to participate in our lacrosse program but having financial issues should contact our Program Directors for assistance as needed. The NLOC wants all children to be able to participate, even if they are unable to help share the expenses of the program.

THE GAME OF LACROSSE
Lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America. Lacrosse has evolved in its present form from a traditional contest played by Native Americans called “Baggataway”. First documented in 1636, this contest was between many Indians per side on a field 1 to 15 miles long and lasted for up to 2 or 3 days. At this time the French missionaries likened the stick carried by the Indians to the "crosier" carried by bishops, thus "la crosse".

In the 1800's, the Canadians modernized the game with the adoption of set field dimensions, set player numbers, and crude rules. The game further evolved and spread to other countries. It became a recognized sport after being played in Olympic competition in 1904, 1908, 1928, 1932 and 1948. The game is still played by Native American tribes like the Iroquois nation, who call it "The Creators Game". Lacrosse is mostly known as "the fastest game on two legs", and has been one of the fastest growing sports in America at the youth, high school and college levels.

To the Native Americans, lacrosse was more than just a game, it was spiritual, magic, and pervasive of their whole culture.

THE BOYS GAME
The Fundamentals of Lacrosse
1. Catch, throw, cradle and shoot right-handed and left-handed
2. Play with your stick perpendicular to the ground
3. Know your target and focus on it before you pass or shoot
4. Offer a target when you want the ball passed to you
5. Move the ball out of your stick as fast as you can
6. Run through the ball for the scoop
7. Move without the ball
8. Move to the ball- always catch the ball on the move
9. Shoot behind the goalie, overhand. Bounce the ball on long shots
10. Shoot with a quick release
11. Defensemen must have better stickwork than attackmen or middies
12. Play defense with your feet - not your stick
13. Everyone must play good defense . . . attackmen too
14. Play defense like a boxer - jab (poke check) while always moving
15. Always hustle!

Training Tips:
Workouts outside of regular practice:
• Running - 1 mile 3x a week. Run with stick and practice cradling.
• Strength - push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, sprints and hill running
• Stickwork - practice with a partner or a wall, at least 1 hour each day: right/left hand throwing, catching and cradling, running ground ball scoop and pass, feeding and shooting at a target, wall rebound and catching, crosstraining - all other sports help your fitness