Greeneville Lacrosse Club’s Youth Program is a recreational, developmental program, focused on serving children of all experience levels and abilities with the goal of introducing players to the game of lacrosse and helping to develop the skills of all players. 

All players, on all youth teams, who regularly attend practice, participate, and have positive attitudes should expect to receive roughly equal playing time.

Players in younger divisions (K-4) should play at all positions, in order to develop skills and an understanding of the play of the game.

Players at the Junior (5-6) and Senior (7-8) Divisions will probably develop a position preference and begin to spend more time developing those specific skills (i.e. long pole defender, goalie, FOGO, etc.).

Additionally, there are a number of more controllable factors that may result in a player receiving more or less playing time than others:

Safety concerns created by an imbalance of size of players that could cause harm,

A gross imbalance of skills that would potentially humiliate a player,

Failure to be ready when it is time for a substitution, as a “line” or as an individual,

Misconduct or poor attendance at practices and/or games,

Fatigue, illness or injury.

HIGH SCHOOL

Our High School level team is geared to be more competitive in nature. Players are expected to earn and keep their playing time by: 

• Attending practice and being ready to begin practice promptly at starting time
• Giving 100% effort 100% of the time.
• Bringing effort and energy to practice.
• Showing support and encouragement to teammates.
• Asking questions, being coach-able.
• Showing up in the off-season.
• Work on stick skills.
• Adhering to the Player Code of Conduct 
• Having strong character.

It is only through such conduct that our sport can continue to earn and maintain a positive image and make its full contribution to amateur sports in the United States and around the world. USA Lacrosse supports the following behaviors for those who participate in the sport or are involved in any way with USA Lacrosse. The following essential elements of the "Code of Conduct" must be followed:

Sportsmanship and teaching the concepts of fair play are essential to the game and must be taught at all levels and developed both at home and on the field during practices and games.

The value of good sportsmanship, the concepts of fair play, and the skills of the game should always be placed above winning.

The safety and welfare of the players are of primary importance.

Coaches must always be aware of the tremendous influence they have on their players. They are to strive to be positive role models in dealing with young people, as well as adults.

Coaches should always demonstrate positive behaviors and reinforce them to players, parents, officials and spectators alike. Players should be specifically encouraged and positively reinforced by coaches to demonstrate respect for teammates, opponents, officials and spectators.

Players should always demonstrate positive behavior and respect toward teammates, opponents, coaches, officials, parents and spectators.

Coaches, players, parents and spectators are expected to demonstrate the utmost respect for officials and reinforce that respect to players/teammates. Coaches are also expected to educate their players as to the important role of lacrosse officials and reinforce the ideal of respect for the official to players/teammates.

Grievances or misunderstandings between coaches, officials or any other parties involved with the sport should be communicated through the proper channels and procedures, never on or about the field of play in view of spectators or participants.

Officials are professionals and are therefore expected to conduct themselves as such and in a manner that demonstrates total impartiality, courtesy and fairness to all parties.

Spectators involved with the game must never permit anyone to openly or maliciously criticize, badger, harass or threaten an official, coach, player or opponent.

Coaches must be able to demonstrate a solid knowledge of the rules of lacrosse, and should adhere to the rules in both the letter and the spirit of the game.

Coaches should provide a basic knowledge of the rules to both players and spectators within his/her program. Attempts to manipulate rules in an effort to take unfair advantage of an opponent, or to teach deliberate unsportsmanlike conduct, is considered unacceptable conduct.

Eligibility requirements, at all levels of the game, must be followed. Rules and requirements such as age, previous level of participation, team transfers, etc, have been established to encourage and maximize participation, fair play and to promote safety.