Junior Lacrosse

[This page is under development]

Club

If you are a young lacrosse player and want to join a club, or want to start playing lacrosse, then please contact the Junior Development Chair at semla.juniors@southlacrosse.org.uk, who will be pleased to help you.

More information will be added soon including a list of SEMLA clubs running junior programmes and essential information clubs will need to start their own junior programmes.

ClubLocation
SpencerEarlsfield, London
RichmondRichmond, London
Reading WildcatsReading, Berkshire

Left: Spencer U12s, runners-up at the National U12 Boys Championships 2022

School

Various forms of lacrosse are played as part of the school PE curriculum and/or as extra-curricula activities.

Pop Lacrosse is the form of lacrosse played in primary schools typically up to and including school Year 6.

An alternative format is Pinball Lacrosse, using more realistic sticks, suitable for all ages.

Secondary schools (Years 7-11) can play various formats of lacrosse with various type of lacrosse stick. We'll explain the options on this page.

More information will be added soon...

Pop Lacrosse

Pop Lacrosse is the form of lacrosse played in primary schools typically up to and including school year 6.

Pop lacrosse is a fast-paced non-contact version of lacrosse. Played with 5-a-side mixed gender teams. The equipment required is;

  • Plastic-headed pop lacrosse sticks
  • Soft pop lacrosse balls (tennis balls can be also be used)
  • Small 3' x 3' pop-up netted goals

More information to follow...

Pinball Lacrosse

The step-up from pop lacrosse using under-size strung 'real' lacrosse sticks with soft lacrosse balls.

The feel of scooping, throwing and catching is the same as with senior/adult sticks, but designed for the youth player.

Various non-contact and semi-contact game formats are possible which we will describe on this page in due course.

Images will be added soon...

More information to follow…

6-a-side Lacrosse

The step-up from pinball lacrosse with the additional of a goalkeeper. Everyone in lacrosse is hoping to see this at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. It's already in the World Games, the pre-cursor to Olympic participation.

Can be played as a mixed game, or a girls/boys game.

Images will be added soon...

More information to follow…