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Brooklyn Lacrosse Announces Free Summer Session, New High School Club

Brooklyn Lacrosse, NYC's fastest growing Lacrosse club, has announced it free summer sessions, coupled with the news that they are now offering a High School aged team for boys and girls.

Brooklyn Lacrosse, NYC’s fastest growing Lacrosse club, has announced it free summer sessions, coupled with the news that they are now offering a High School aged team for boys and girls.

Brooklyn Lacrosse was formed in 2012 as an idea about bringing Lacrosse to Brooklyn, and has quickly grown to a Spring Session with over 200 boys and girls and 40 coaches during its first season.

Brooklyn Lacrosse Free Summer Sessions will take place on Sunday morning’s (exact schedule available June 1) in July and August at Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park (Register Here). It will be an extension of its current Spring format, offering separate teams for boys and girls at the 1/2 Grade, 3/4 Grade. 5/6 Grade and 7/8 Grade, as well as new boys and girls teams from Grades 9-12. Brooklyn Lacrosse also offers a co-ed “Pee Wee” session for kids in Pre-K and Kindergarten. They also will offer free clinic sessions with top collegiate coaches, and will announce those session shortly.

“This Summer is going to be a Lacrosse Jamboree at Pier 5”, explained Joe Nocella (Co-Founder and Director).  “We will have basic clinics, open play, training session, and a wide range of age groups. We are planning it like a summer concert series, with offerings for everybody.”

“We are keeping our entire Summer free to encourage new players and parents to try this sport out, and because it’s a way to give back to the community that has given us so much. We are not doing this for money or ego, we are simply doing this because we love lacrosse and believe the youth of Brooklyn can benefit greatly from it. When you remember that this whole thing is about kids playing lacrosse, every decision this organization makes is quite simple.”

In addition to its current offerings, Brooklyn Lacrosse has decided to launch Brooklyn’s first High School aged club team, for both boys and girls.
“Turning these kids away after 8th grade just didn't feel like we were providing enough opportunities for these kids”, explained Nocella.  “The argument can be made that kids need access to athletic teams during their high school years more than any other age.

“We have had great buy-in from local middle school clubs as well as high school clubs, many of which will be sending its players down to Brooklyn Lacrosse’s free sessions this summer. We want to be a program that serves children from Age 4 to 18.  It’s a tall task, but when you love a sport as much as we do, it’s just a natural extension”

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