A stick, a ball, and any flat wall are enough to build real stick skills before a new player ever steps onto a full practice field. That simplicity is why wall ball has been the go-to solo drill for generations of lacrosse players, and why it's still the first thing most coaches point a beginner toward. USA Lacrosse — …

Watch a Colorado Mammoth game at Ball Arena one weekend and a CHSAA high school match the next, and it can feel like two different sports sharing a name and a stick. Box lacrosse and field lacrosse both trace back to the same game, but the National Lacrosse League and USA Lacrosse govern versions built around different …

Box lacrosse packs a full professional season into fewer games than most sports play in a single month. The National Lacrosse League runs on an 18-game regular season — short enough that no losing streak goes unnoticed, tight enough that every winter home game at Ball Arena matters for the playoff bracket that closes …

The first time you watch a lacrosse game, ten players per side are moving at full speed with no obvious pattern. Within a few minutes of understanding the positions — who stays where, who can go anywhere, and what each role is responsible for — the action snaps into focus. USA Lacrosse governs the sport at every level …

For Boulder County lacrosse families, the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is the easiest way to watch the best outdoor players in the world — and in 2026 there are more reasons than ever to follow along from the Front Range. Colorado has its own team in the Denver Outlaws, a Colorado-grown star starring elsewhere in the …

One goal. After a season that put the Front Range's pro lacrosse team back among the best in the world, the Colorado Mammoth's 2025-26 campaign ended on a single overtime goal — a 13-12 loss to the San Diego Seals in the National Lacrosse League quarterfinals on April 25, 2026. For Boulder County fans who made the …

School's out, the spring CHSAA season is over, and your player still wants to pick up a stick three times a week. Summer is when Boulder County's lacrosse families start hunting for camps — and the search window is short, because the good ones fill up fast. This guide walks through the kinds of camps available near …

When the National Lacrosse League handed out its end-of-season hardware in May 2026, an unusual amount of it traveled to Denver. The Colorado Mammoth — the Front Range's pro box lacrosse team, a half-hour down US-36 from Boulder — collected three of the league's marquee honors: Coach of the Year, GM of the Year for the …

A Boulder County sophomore drops a highlight clip into a college coach's inbox, hears nothing back, and assumes the door is closed. It isn't — they're just early in a process that rewards patience and planning over panic. College lacrosse recruiting runs on a multi-year timeline, and Colorado players who understand how …

Getting a kid started in lacrosse in Boulder County usually begins with one confused question from a parent: which program, for what age, and when do I sign up? The answer depends almost entirely on how old your child is, because youth lacrosse is organized into age bands that determine team, level, and season. This …