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Summer League News & Registration

Registration is now open for our Carroll Manor Summer League. This league provides for off-season continuation of skill development in a relaxed and enjoyable environment. Summer league sessions will include drills, scrimmages, and special instruction/demonstration by guest speakers.

The Carroll Manor Boys Lacrosse summer league will meet every Tuesday evening from June 24th through July 29th. All sessions will be held at the Hydes Rd. Field Complex in Hydes, MD. An end of season party with scrimmages and contests will be held on the final day.

Each summer league session will be broken up as follows:

6:30 - 7:00 - Skills and Drills
7:00 - 7:20 - Guest Speaker
7:20 - 8:30 - Scrimmages

Age Eligibility: The league is open to all boys aged 5-12 (Clinic through Midget). Players in Clinic B, Tykers, Lightning and Midget age groups are required to bring full equipment to participate. Boys will be grouped based upon age/talent level during scrimmages and instruction. Player age will be determined per Spring 2008 playing age.

Levels of Play: The following levels will be offered:

• Clinic A (stick only) - for starting players, typically aged 5 or 6. Boys will play with soft balls and will not wear protective equipment.
• Clinic B (full equipment) - for starting or second year players, typically 6 years old, who are developing skills for advancement to Tykers in 2009. Boys will need to provide full equipment.
• Tykers (ages 6-8 for Spring 2008 season) - boys must have played at least one outdoor season of Tykers lacrosse
• Lightning (ages 9-10 for Spring 2008 season)
• Midget (ages 11-12 for Spring 2008 season)

Cost: The Summer league is free for all Carroll Manor boys lacrosse players currently registered for 2008 Spring Lacrosse. Fee for non-Carroll Manor Players (those that did not participate in the Spring program) is $30. The adjusted fee will be shown on the confirmation page after you register.

Notes:

• Please register for the age group you played in Spring 2008.
• To play Tykers, you must have played at least one season of outdoor Tykers lacrosse.
• All levels other than Clinic A require that the player provide full equipment. Clinic A only requires that the player provides their own regulation lacrosse stick.

Please follow this link to register.

Program Vision

The CMRC Boy's lacrosse program historically has a reputation as a highly respected program within the MYLA. Over recent years the program has experienced some growing pains, reducing our presence within MYLA, especially at the older levels. We have a vision that we believe will reestablish the Carroll Manor Boys Lacrosse Program as a superior lacrosse program in Northern Baltimore County.

Our roadmap to expanding the program involves a multi-faceted approach, predominantly focusing on offering a year-long lacrosse experience that will reinforce the proper fundamentals of the game of lacrosse and encourage individual and community commitment to CMRC. Our goal is to provide a system that allows players of all skill levels the opportunity to develop to their maximum playing potential without the need to transfer to other programs. This entails offering year-round instruction and playing opportunities and expanding the program such that we can ultimately field teams at all levels of play.

For 2008, our program will focus once again on our clinic, Tykers and Lightning levels. We will reintroduce a Midget program starting with the indoor season of 2008. This midget program will be predominantly comprised of boys graduating from lightning after the 2008 outdoor season, with supplements brought in through recruiting and through our 2008 Carroll Manor Summer League. We are confident that we will be able to field a competitive Midget team during the 2009 MYLA season. This Midget team will lead us forward to the eventual reintroduction of a Junior Program in 2011. This timetable for the reintroduction of midget and junior teams may be accelerated if we receive enough community interest and support from prior and new players before the planned reintroduction of the levels.

We are committed to getting this program involved in the higher ages as soon as possible and plan to do our best to advertise, promote and recruit within the community. There are a lot of Carroll Manor boys who currently play elsewhere: we want to bring them home.

Katie Barthelme, Boys Lacrosse Co-Chair
Mark McWright, Boys Lacrosse Co-Chair

Program Goals

The goal of the CMRC program is to teach fundamental skills and promote sportsmanship in a positive and fun environment, where all boys have the opportunity to participate and learn equally and fairly. Many programs design their teams for the single purpose of winning; this is often done at the cost of many of the younger, less experienced and/or less athletic players. We believe strongly that the primary focus of each coach should be on the development of each player to the best of his individual ability, especially at the younger and in-house levels. What makes Carroll Manor unique is that our success as a program will not be judged purely on win/loss record; rather it will be judged upon four distinct criteria:

• The individual improvement of each boy and his growth as a player and as a person both on and off the field

• The quality of the community environment that we provide for players and their parents both on and off the field

• The level to which we prepare our players for playing lacrosse at the more elite levels in high school and college (focus on fundamentals)

• The degree of enjoyment and love for the game that we bring to all of the boys participating in our program

We believe that through proper instruction and encouragement the boys will be able to grow into skilled players and have truly rewarding experiences.

Coaching Philosophy

Though some programs limit coaching by parents, we extend the opportunity for all parents to become involved in the CMRC Boys Lacrosse coaching community. Good coaches are the foundation of a successful program; this begins at Clinic Level and spreads through the rest of the program.

We recognize that coaching is a privilege and not a right. In order to ensure that the standards and goals of the Carroll Manor Boys Lacrosse Program are being met, we will be initiating a year-end review for all program coaches. We will ask that every lacrosse family anonymously fill out a review form, providing comments and critiques on what they liked and did not like over the course of the season for each of their coaches. These coaching assessments will be reviewed by the program administrators and a board of parent representatives. Recommendations for future coaching will be determined after this review. Anonymous feedback will also be provided to all coaches so they may understand what practices are beneficial and what may need improvement. Any coaches who prove to have a negative impact on the program and fail to meet the outlined goals will not be invited to coach in subsequent seasons. We believe that the above practices and goals will ensure the best environment for our boys.

The coaches and administrators of the Carroll Manor Boys lacrosse program recognize that we are not involved in this program for personal gain or glorification: we are here for the boys and parents of this community. Our primary focus is to ensure that we meet the needs of this community at all times. This is best served through the volunteer efforts from within the community itself. We encourage all parents with a desire to make a true, positive impact on this community to volunteer time with the program. Everyone has a wide range of talents to offer, whether these talents lead to positions as coach, assistant coach, team administrator, or program board assistant. If you are interested in helping out, please be sure to contact us.

Contact Information

Program Function	Name	Email / Phone
Program Co-Chair	Katie Barthelme	Katie.barthelme@omitron.com 410-321-4952 (home) 443-465-4073 (cell)
Program Co-Chair	Mark McWright	MMcWright@getgisi.com 410-935-3484 (cell) 410-817-9839 (home)
Lightning Commissioner	Chris Goles	cgoles@fbw.com 410-557-7022 (home)
Tykers Commissioner	Bob Olsen	rolsen@northstargroupllc.com 410-340-3560 (cell) 410-667-6727 (home)
Clinic Commissioner	Matt Bleach	bleach2@verizon.net 410-817-9817 (home)
CMRC Office	Wally or Gussie	cmrcrec@carrollmanor.org 410-887-1840