Indiana Girls Lacrosse Association 2013 Spring Coaches Meeting

Indiana Girl's Lacrosse Association 2013 Spring Coaches Meeting

Indiana Girl's Lacrosse Association Welcome and Introductions

Treasurers Report

Arbiter Information

Indiana Girl's Lacrosse Association 2013 Competition Rules, and Compliance and Guidelines

Competition Rules US Lacrosse 2013 Women’s Rule Exception – Visible Undergarments – Do not all have to be the same color, but do have to comply with the color rule. Must be solid color, and must be white, gray, black, or one of the team’s uniform colors. Exception – New Uniform Requirements – 12 Month Waiver Option New Officiating Procedures Points of Emphasis

Rules Interpretation Meeting Head Coach is Required to Attend Prior to Playing Season PENALTY – Does not attend, team not eligible for state tournament.

Officials and Fees Officials assigned by designated INGLA assignor. Fees paid by home team unless previous arrangements made between teams for neutral site or play day. Exception – State Tournament

Weather Conditions Official, trainer, of school personnel can stop a game for severe or dangerous weather conditions. Game can only be restarted if conditions change in sufficient time to allow game to be completed. No lightning has been seen for 30 minutes. A game shall be considered to be complete if the weather prevents the completion of the game and more than 80% of the game is completed or by mutual agreement of both coaches.

Conduct Honor The Game Unsportsmanlike conduct by anyone connected with a program is the responsibility of the head coach and extends to assistants, fans, and other team personnel. Such conduct could lead to penalties as a consequence for the head coach and/or team. Game management and a safe environment for all is stressed as paramount. Violations of conduct are subject to further disciplinary action.

Athletic Trainer Officials are expected to remove a player exhibiting concussion symptoms, reentry can only be authorized by an appropriate health care professional. The home team is responsible for providing an appropriate health care professional for all games. The appropriate health care professional may be one of the following individuals: A medical doctor (MD) or doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) that holds an unlimited license to practice medicine in the State of Indiana, or; A certified athletic trainer (ATC/L) licensed in the State of Indiana. Any member of the coaching staff or the student-athletes parent may not be considered an appropriate health care professional for the purposes of diagnosis for re-entry into game, even if they meet the qualifications as defined above.

Fall and Spring Coaches Meeting Head Coach is expected to attend, if they can not attend, then they must send an appointed designee to represent the program. Must notify President and Secretary No written proxy. PENALTY – If no one attends from the team, then the member team will not be eligible for the state tournament for the upcoming season.

US Lacrosse Membership and Roster All players members of US Lacrosse through June 1, 2013 All coaches members of US Lacrosse through June 1, 2013 Roster due to INGLA by March 4, 2013 No competition, games, scrimmages, play dates until team has a validated roster. Validated Roster All players and coaches register online at www. ihswla. com Head Coach shall submit player roster INGLA has verified all US Lacrosse memberships are current through June 1, 2013

US Lacrosse Membership and Roster PENALTY – Any team that has not met the deadline for submitting a valid roster shall forfeit all games until roster has been received and validated. The Head Coach shall be suspended for 1 regular season game for failure to submit a valid roster by deadline. US LACROSSE PENALTY – The Head Coach for each team must be a currently registered high school coach with US Lacrosse no later than April 1, 2013. Failure to meet this deadline will result in forfeiture of all US Lacrosse awards for the 2013 season.

Coaching Education US Lacrosse Level 1 Certified For 2013 playing season, head coaches have been given a time period to complete the necessary steps for certification. By March 1, 2013 – Complete and Pass the US Lacrosse Level 1 Online Course By March 1, 2013 – Complete and Pass the Positive Coaching Alliance Double Goal Coaching Course By March 1, 2013 – Complete the US Lacrosse Level 1 Field Course By March 1, 2013 – Complete the US Lacrosse background check. New coaches have 1 year to complete certification, but must complete Level 1 Online course, PCA Online Course, and Background check by April 1, 2013. PENALTY – If the Head Coach fails to meet the above requirements, then the team will not be eligible for the state

Scheduling Each team must play a minimum of 8 games in- state with varsity member teams. Duplicate games do not count to meet minimum. Teams must play all members of their respective region. Schedules due to assignor by January 1 each year.

Game Reporting Team scores are tracked by LAXPOWER Only the INGLA designated person shall enter scores into LAXPOWER – Jeremy Brown All game reports will be submitted online using INGLA website game reports STATS will be entered by each team on their respective team page

Concussion Baseline Testing Effective for the Spring 2013 playing season, all high school players are required to have a baseline concussion test conducted by an independent organization. This should be an Im. PACT or equivalent concussion test. PENALTY – Any player found to have not completed a baseline test during their high school eligibility shall be declared an illegal player, and all games the player in question participated in shall be declared forfeits. The head coach shall be subject to further disciplinary action.

State Tournament No changes to format Roster limit Regional Host School State Tournament Program Teams must meet all information submittals and program ad deadlines Teams must submit players for Rising Stars game PENALTY – Not meeting any of the required items above will result in non-inclusion in program, and players not being eligible for rising star game.

Awards The awards committee will provide a guideline for submitting candidates and voting. The awards committee will provide dates and deadlines for submitting all information and voting. Only the Head Coach is to submit nominations for INGLA and US Lacrosse awards. Only the Head Coach is to review and vote for the nominations. Head Coach should keep information, including results of voting, confidential. No players or parents should know award winners before official announcement. The Head Coach is responsible for timely responses and commits to meeting all deadlines.

Awards PENALTY – If the Head Coach fails to submit Regional nominations by deadline or notify awards committee they will not have any nominations, and/or if they fail to vote for All-Region by the deadline, then all nominations submitted from their team will be pulled and the Head Coach will not be allowed to vote for All-Region, All-State or Coach of the Year, and their name will be pulled from consideration for Coach of the Year. PENALTY – If the Head Coach fails to submit State nominations by deadline or notify awards committee they will not have any nominations, and/or if they fail to vote for All-Sate by the deadline, then all nominations submitted from their team will be pulled and the Head Coach will not be allowed to vote for All-State or Coach of the Year, and their name will be pulled from consideration for Coach of the Year. PENALTY – If the Head Coach fails to submit a vote for Coach of the Year, then their name will be pulled from consideration. PENALTY – If the Head Coach shares any information about the nominees prior to official announcement then all of the nominees from

Compliance Head Coach must sign they have received document, and will comply with the requirements. Duplicate form provided for signature and submittal. PENALTY – Team shall not compete against member teams and all scheduled games will be forfeited until team is in compliance.

2013 State Tournament Host Site

WDNT 2013 – Girls High School IN/KY National Team Head Coach – Ashley Grant Asst. Coach – Brandon Davis Sub-Region Chair – Brian Southern Location shifted to Philadelphia, PA Tryouts – Sunday, April 21 – 1: 00 pm to 4: 00 pm

INGLA State Website www. ihswla. com

INGLA Awards 2013

Expectations The awards committee with will provide guidelines, date and submission info Only the HEAD coach can nominate and vote Only the HEAD coach reviews nominiations All results should be kept confidential

Penalty If the Head Coach fails to submit State nominations by deadline or notify awards committee they will not have any nominations, and/or if they fail to vote for All-State by the deadline, then all nominations submitted from their team will be pulled and the Head Coach will not be allowed to vote for All-State or Coach of the Year, and their name will be pulled from consideration for Coach of the Year. Just communicate!

IGLA Awards All Regional Team (one team) All State Team (1 st and 2 nd team) All Tournament Team (one team) Coach of the Year Candi Parry Award

US Lacrosse / INGLA Awrds All Americans Academic All Americans

All Regional Team 13 players from each REGION 6 attack 6 defenders 1 GK Each team can nominate up to 5 players The players from this list may be nominated for all state consideration.

All State Team 13 players 6 attack 6 defenders 1 GK Excelled in the state Each team can nominate up to 5 players

All tournament team 13 players 6 attack 6 defenders 1 GK These players are chosen from the final four team and selected by committee.

Coach of the Year One head coach is selected by their peers. . . exemplifies excellence on and off of the field, passion, sportsmanship, success and dedication to their team and the growth of lax in Indiana. Other attributes may include promoting the growth of all lax players in the state, sportsmanship, assistance to all lax programs. One coach will be selected and the coach with the most votes is chosen.

Candi Parry Award will be given to one player from the Academic and /or All American pool of candidates who shares the qualities of Coach Parry. These would include, excellent lacrosse skills, superb sportsmanship, selfless giving to help others, a willingness to pitch in and help and a love and passion for lax. This recipient will receive a $500 scholarship for their college expenses and will be chosen by the All American committee members.

Nominate for All regional Assess your players. . . Analyze stats, review card info, percentage of games played, overall contribution to the team. Rank your players in order of importance Send your players names and narrative to lesliedsheman@gmail. com Stats will be merged from website

All regional players have excellent lacrosse skills be a leader on and off of the field be a starter played in a majority of the scheduled games dominant factor with the region Vote for the BEST players in the region not an equitable distribution among teams

How to vote for all region Go to website and log in CAREFULLY review ALL players Vote for 12 field and 1 GK DO NOT VOTE FOR YOUR OWN PLAYER

NOMINATE FOR ALL STATE Review your all regional team selections Consider if any or all of these players are all state nominees Update stats Rank your players in importance to your team

An ALL STATE PLAYER Have excellent lacrosse skills be a leader on and off of the field be a starter be an all regional player played in a majority of the scheduled games dominant in the STATE

HOW TO VOTE Go to website and log on Carefully review all players and read narratives FIRST team will get 3 points each SECOND team will get 1 point each Do NOT vote for your own players You may have to consider players you have not seen play this season

Nominate and vote for all tournament Head coaches serve on a committee that watch ALL final games and meet during the tourney. Best players for those games are selected.

ALL AMERICAN WWW. USLACROSSE. ORG ALL CRITERIA IS LISTED Number of cards is a key factor CONFIDENTIALITY IS CRUCIAL

ALL AMERICAN COMMITTEE Colleen Mabry / Chair Brian Southern Co-Chair Jeremy Brown Leslie Sherman Julie Jerrell

US Lacrosse National Awards All American Academic All American

2013 US Lacrosse Sports Symposium JANUARY 11, 2013 PHILADELPHIA

Overall Points Really enlightening Came out of this with a lot of confidence in US Lacrosse Some of my own thoughts too In Indiana, we have the power to REALLY change the culture of the sport -Concussions -Knee injuries

Presenter: Randy Dick-Lily Men’s lacrosse has a moderate and women’s lacrosse a relatively low rate of overall time loss injury in high school and college compared to other team sports when time loss injuries do occur, 25 -30% (M) and 3035% (W) occur to the head and face. Hard helmets and facemasks have been successful in reducing subdural hematomas and significantly minimizing ocular, oral and nasal injuries of all types as well as head and face lacerations and contusions. There is anecdotal but not solid scientific evidence that helmets have been effective in minimizing the risk / severity of concussion to a small degree. Not statistically significant, difficult to measure

While contact to the head is illegal in both men’s and women’s lacrosse, many of the other rules of the games are very different. Hard helmets / facemasks have not been required or deemed necessary in women’s lacrosse because: Rules established to minimize contact and injury Use of officials to enforce these rules, stricter penalties

US Lacrosse Position In youth sports, oppose any headgear that would “upset the balance between safety and game integrity, or bring some unintended consequence. ” “Everybody looks at equipment intervention as the end- all, be-all — but it’s not, and the football discussion bears that out. ” U. S. Lacrosse would rather emphasize education and rules enforcement and keep the game unchanged. “People are less focused on those because they’re less tangible, and the picture of a helmet on a kid makes them feel better. But it’s much more complicated than that. ”

The Case for Helmets (hard or soft) that support a face mask almost eliminate the risk of oral, nasal, facial injuries, and possible concussion severity, particularly from inadvertent stick and ball With rapid growth in sport, there are not enough qualified officials or coaches that understand the foundation of the way the game is played to enforce existing rules. *

Case for NO Helmets Hemotoma and skull / scalp injuries, of which hard helmets have been designed to prevent, are basically non-existent in this sport. Oral, nasal and facial injuries do not occur frequently based on injury surveillance data and are addressed to some extent by the eyeguards. The existing rules when enforced, minimize the risk of head and face injuries* Unintended consequences / change nature of the game Honor the tradition, uniqueness of the game*

Dr. Margot Putukian Differences in reported concussion incidence between genders differ at youth and college age; not much difference in incidence at youth level, whereas in college level women have higher reported incidence than men Need additional research Mechanism of concussive injury: Boy’s/Men’s: primarily contact with another player Girl’s/Women’s; primarily stick to head contact, followed by player to player and then ball to head

ANY ATHLETE WITH SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF CONCUSSION SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM PLAY AND SHOULD NOT RETURN TO PLAY UNTIL EVALUATED BY A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER Concussion is elusive injury; varied and often subtle presentation of injury, and signs/symptoms may take several hours to present. No clear marker/ test to “diagnose” injury. Symptoms non-specific, sideline evaluation limited.

We Can Do Our Part Take the player off the field Support the ATC, MD Support the athlete Support the parents Report the incident to the league!

Dr. Richard Hinton: ACL Injuries Notes: Only 5 -15% of ACL grafts fail but only 50 -60% of people return to pre-injury level of sport by 2 years Females are at higher risk for ACL injury in some activities but not all There are many accepted surgical techniques suggesting no consensus on “best” practices The human lower extremity is designed for bi-pedal gait and moderate speed long distance running not jump, cut, twist, turn

Un-prepared knee much like concussions Non-contact mechanisms but often avoidance activity Major risk factor is high demand sport participation, question of risk acceptance

Return to Sport not as good as once assumed Return to same level of participation: high school football 52% at one year, mixed recreational sports 45% at 2 years, NFL 62%, NBA 70% Multi-factorial reason: Fear of re-injury, change in life priorities, commitment to rehab, surgical issues, core sporting ability Re-injury not insignificant; 1 in 5 -6 of scholastic female athletes will re-tear ACL on full return to sport 50% operative side, 50% non-operative side

We Can Do Our Part Proper Conditioning Know the surface you play most on Emphasis on hip strength in female developing athletes Promote flexibility as much as we do strength and endurance Power is not always better, control is important too Sport-specific training Nutrition and Hydration

In Regards To Concussions Stick-to-head, ball-to-head What about body to body contact? Usually in change of direction motions, like ACL tears Do our girls really possess the control to change direction or height quickly? Most of them, NO 1 simple thing: practice defense WITHOUT sticks! Officials to enforce stick to body, reward vs. punish good body positioning Ownership on attackers to not drive through, teach them to work around the goal

State Sub Committees Development Rules/Umpires Bylaws State Tournament Fundraising/Sponsorship Awards Communications Disciplinary

State Sub Committees Disciplinary 2 Officials – Tim Hammond and John Sherman 2 Board Members – Jeremy Brown and Brian Southern 2 Coaches – Volunteers: Submit Name to Jeremy Brown 1 Compliance Officer – Colleen Mabry 2013 – Develop Framework and Criteria for what the committee handles

LUNCH 1: 30 pm Indiana Rules Interpretation Meeting