Kids are entering into sports at younger and younger ages. I contributed to that issue several years ago when our youth lacrosse program was faced with dwindling numbers and we needed a new way to grow our program.
Enter the Lax Lites program. We developed a fun, entry-level lacrosse program for kids in kindergarten-second grade. "Practices" were held inside a hockey rink, on turf, kids wore brightly-colored shirts and science goggles, and players played wall ball with soft, pink lacrosse balls. It was actually fun seeing all these little kids running around learning lacrosse.
At the time, it seemed like sport self-preservation. We needed to grab those kids before they fell in love with soccer and baseball.
What are your thoughts about how early kids should start playing sports? How young is too young?
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