CRABS BOX LACROSSE

WINTER 2017-2018

• 3 Teams – HS Varsity & JV and MS • Season – Dec 4th – Feb 11th • One Practice per Week @ Goals in

Catonsville • One Game per Week @ Wheaton

Sports Plex

1. Is this real box lacrosse or indoor lacrosse?

This is real BOX lacrosse played under USBOXLA rules with USBOXLA

trained coaches and referees.

2. What are your plans for teams?

Crabs Lacrosse will have 3 teams this winter – High School Varsity, High

School JV and Middle School

3. What is they time commitment and what are the expectations of

me as a player?

For HS teams, we expect this to be your primary winter activity and

expect attendance at every practice and game. We will have 1 practice a

week on Mondays and 1 game a week on Sundays starting on December

4th. The last league game is planned for Feb 11th.

For MS teams, we will have 1 practice a week on Mondays and 1 game a

week on Sundays starting on December 4th. The last league game is

planned for Feb 11th.

4. How much will this cost?

For returning players, the cost is $300 and for new players, the cost is

$375.

5. What is that money paying for?

The fee pays for practice field time, league entry fees, coaches, uniforms

and balls. We will have the same uniforms as pictured above so the

returning players can use last year’s uniform.

6. Who are the coaches and what are their qualifications?

Our current list of coaches includes:

Shawn Nadelen

Current Coach of Towson University – Coach Nadelen played in the NLL

(Professional Indoor Box League) for the Philadelphia Wings, Minnesota

Swarm, and the New Jersey Storm from 2002 until 2011.

Brody McLean

2nd year player at Towson University – Coach McLean grew up in Bolton,

Ontario. He played for Jr Box for the Toronto Beaches.

Jean-Luc Chetner

5th year player at Towson University - Coach Chetner grew up in

Penticton, British Columbia and played for the Coquitlam Adanacs where

he won a MINTO CUP in 2016 as the leading scorer. Coach Chetner also

led Team Israel to the European Box Championships earlier this year.

Ricky Kneebone

Coach Kneebone has been playing box lacrosse for 20 years. He has

coached numerous teams in the Baltimore Indoor Lacrosse League

(BILL) and the junior Premier Series League. He was the head coach of

the 2016-2017 Jr. PSL Champion Crabs High School Box team.

Taylor Koncen

Coach Koncen has been playing box lacrosse for 15 years. He was the

defensive assistant coach for the 2016-2017 Jr. PSL Champions. Coach

Koncen played for the Netherlands in the European Box Championships

earlier this summer.

Jack Parr

1st year player at Brown University – Coach Parr has been playing box

lacrosse since 8th grade. He was a member of the 2016 USBOXLA U18

team that toured British Columbia. He has played for the Crabs program

since 2011.

Donald Parr

Crabs Box Coordinator – Certified USBOXLA Coach – Coach Parr has

played and coached lacrosse for the last 40+ years. He was an assistant

coach on the 2016-2017 Jr. PSL Champions.

7. Why are we playing in Wheaton?

The facilities in Baltimore that support real box lacrosse are limited.

There are only two regulation size rinks in Baltimore – Du Burns Arena in

Canton and Myers Pavilion in Brooklyn Park. There is NO time available

at Du Burns and Myers only has 7-10pm on Saturdays available. The

Wheaton League is run by Ray Magill of University of Maryland and Ohio

Machine fame. The Wheaton Sports Plex has allocated from 9am to

9pm on Sundays for Ray’s Box Lacrosse League. Ray and Coach Parr

have been working to get many more competitive teams in the league so

that the boys can get better skills playing against better players.

8. When and where will practices be?

We will practice at Goals Inc at 6159 Emondson Avenue in Catonsville on

Monday nights. The MS team will practice from 6-7:30pm and the HS

teams will practice from 7:30-9pm.

9. Do I have to be on a Crabs field club team to participate?

These teams are open to anyone interested in playing Box Lacrosse

regardless of your club affiliation.

10 . How many boys will be on each team?

A typical box team has 21-23 players broken down by the 1-2 goalies, 5-6

defenders, 10-12 transition and 5-6 forwards.

11. How many boys play at once?

A box game is 5 runners (defense, transition, forwards) per team at any

given time on the field. There is also a goalie for each team.

12. Will I get enough time with that size of a team?

The box game is much faster than a field game. There is a 30 second

shot clock. Substitutions happen on the fly. Everyone works up a good

sweat in a typical three 20 minute period game including the coaches.

13. What is happening on August 27th?

We will have a clinic / tryout for boys interested in playing Box Lacrosse

for the Crabs this winter. This will be help at Goals in Catonsville. Middle

School players should show up ready to take the field at 9am. High

School players should show up so they are ready to take the field at

10:30am. Coaches Nedelen, Chetner, Kneebone, Kocen, Parr and Parr

will put the players through drills and situations that will simulate our

practices to help you learn the skills necessary to play the box game.

14. Do I need to have my own goalie equipment?

We have MS and HS sized goalie equipment so any goalies should not

feel obligated to buy that equipment.

15. Do I need any special equipment to play box?

For Sunday, where there will be limited checking, you just need your

regular pads (shoulder, arm, gloves, helmet). The special equipment

that will be necessary for the box team includes bicep pad and rib pads.

USBOXLA has a partnership with Warrior that allows members to get

pads at a special price. These pads will be necessary at our first practice

in December.

16. Will I get hurt playing Box Lacrosse?

Box lacrosse is a contact sport so we cannot say that you will not get

hurt. We take safety seriously which is why we play under USBOXLA

rules on Full Sized Rinks with USBOXLA certified coaches and officials.

Fighting and other aggressive contact is not tolerated by the coaches nor

by the league. Playing out of control will be a reason for a player to get

ejected from a game, kicked out of the league and/or dismissed from the

team.

17. What skills will I learn playing box lacrosse?

With the shot clock and fast transition, everyone will get many more

touches than they would out on a field. On offense, you will learn how to

pick effectively, how to play the two-man game, how to shoot for tiny

spaces. On defense, you will learn how to move your feet, how to talk

through picks, how to communicate and how to transition from defense

to offense.

18. What is next?

Plan on attending the tryout on Sunday. If you cannot, please contact

Coach Parr @ coachparr@verizon.net or via cell @ 410.916.1403.