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Best of luck in getting your team started! To outfit a boys lax player your looking at about $200-300 in equipment depending on deals you might get. Helmets ($100-150) are the largest expense and usually provided by team to ensure quality and consistent color/logo along with jersey and shorts. Most teams that I'm aware of have players procure their own shoulder pads, cleats, elbow pads, etc. Goalie equipment (chest and throat protector, spare sticks) are also usually supplied by teams especially in early days (before goalies are committed and willing to invest personally).
US Lacrosse and other organizations have grant programs for start up programs which may be worth a look if you are just getting going. Below is link to US Lacrosse site (worth a good look if you haven't already)
http://www.uslacrosse.org/programs/equipgrants06.phtml
Also, as you get started, below is a nice presentation from a start up program in Central Susquehanna that lays out some background, budget, and "sales" presentations for start-up program... also worth a look
With 10 players on the field you realistically need 16-18 players committed to get through a season. 1-2 goalies (they can get hurt or sometimes back out in early days), 3-4 attackmen, 4+ defense/long poles, and AT LEAST 6 solid midfielders. Middies run ALOT so 2 solid lines of 3 are key to keeping legs through a game. If you use situational players (long stick, defensive mids) you can survive with 2 lines. Absence, injury, etc. make having at least one sub at attack and d-fense very helpful.
LAX is not OHSAA sanctioned yet and is "club" from a school standpoint. School sponsorship/ funding varies widely across the state with many start-up programs (and well established ones) pushing most of the costs including travel, fields, refs on players and parents. If you can secure field time from your AD and maybe some school bus $ for away games you'd be doing well. Don't be discouraged. The OHSLA [URL="http://www.ohsla.org/"]http://www.ohsla.org/ has a D3/Club division for new programs which also allows players from several schools to play in the program. This gives some flexibility for recruiting new guys in getting going until you have solid base support in your HS.
Good luck and use your resources...[/QUO
Great! Thx for the response. That is more info than I have been able to acquire in the past month.! Hopefully I can pull a few strings and get this team going!
