ABOUT STARTER PROGRAMMING

IMMEDIATE GOALS 2020-2021 (COVID-ERA)

As an at-home parent and independent club operator/founder, I have the ability to be available during the day for sessions with Pre-K players as well as summers.

Provide Day-Time Pre-K Programming Fall/Winter/Spring 

Provide day time outdoor sessions as long as weather is friendly between 9:00 am - 3:00 pm for parents looking for physical activities for their children during the day. Same programming indoor in winter once it is cold. 

Provide After School Programming K-2 Fall / Spring

Provide afterschool programming for elementary school students between 3:30 - 5:00 PM. 

Provide Local / Seasonal / Accessible Team/Game Opportunities Ages 5-8

Provide small sided, soft lacrosse and "equipment lacrosse" opportunities for players that are ages 5 and up that have done previous Starter Lacrosse programming. 

Provide Summer Programming

Provide a Summer Camp program for 2020.

Provide Clinic Programming For Nursery Schools, Pre-Ks, Churches and other Organizations
For schools, churches and other organizations sees new programming, contact us for special clinics/events!

PHILOSOPHICAL 

Encourage Lacrosse For Fitness Benefits, Outdoor Play Benefits, Social Benefits

Like soccer and basketball, lacrosse is a great sport because it is inexpensive, there are plenty of fitness benefits to the running element of the game and it teaches young kids to "play well with others" which may be the most important "takeaway".

Advocate for seasonal play and multi-sport participation 

Lacrosse is a great sport to play side by side with almost any other sport! The motor skills, physical literacy, fitness benefits will all be transferable to other sports and the benefits of other sports will be transferable to lacrosse.

Expose more families to lacrosse at younger ages

In Grosse Pointe and surrounding areas there is definitely a need for more pre-K programming of any kind and more 8U lacrosse programming specifically. As a parent home with a pre-K son for the past 3 years we were always looking for activities during the day to participate in.

Support Local Scholastic Lacrosse

Scholastic players need to come from somewhere and hopefully the scholastic experience at any and all of the local high schools and other lower schools that have lacrosse can be positive and competitive experiences with a deeper and more experienced player pool.