/ 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.
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 defensive, 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 @ or via cell @ 410.916.1403.