U9
Directors
| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| McKinley Saunders | U9 Director | u9sptitans@gmail.com |
U9 Division and 2025 Season Info (2017/2018) under 9 years old - ages 7 & 8
| U9 | U9 Scheduled two floor times per week on Tuesdays & Thursdays; one practice and one game, each for 1 hour. The GELC schedules games to have a start time of 6:00 pm or 7:00 pm. Games will begin April 12-13, 2025. The GELC will schedule weekend play with Westlock. U9 will end with a wrap up GELC Jamboree style tournament on June 13-15, 2025. |
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Division | Allotted Time |
Warm-Up/Training
|
Period/Game 1 |
Period/Game 2 |
Period 3/Game | Period Break |
| U9 | 1 hour | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
- The typical lacrosse season for the Sherwood Park Titans U9 begins at the start of April.
- U9 teams will consist of 8 to 16 players per team (dependent on registrations)
- U9 will have evaluations to ensure parity teams are made. Evaluations will consist of skills and parity games. Starting the first week of March.
- U9 will play approximately 8 to 10 league games.
- U9 will follow the LTAD Option L with the following modifications:
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- Fallback
- Shift on the fly
- Regulation ball used
- No coaches on the floor
- U9 level lacrosse is full floor, 5 on 5 lacrosse, with goalies.
- Players will rotate as goalie (so everyone gets a chance to try)
- Referees are present for the game portion of the time slot to start and stop play. Play will be stopped for infractions.
- 5 min warm-up, 3 x 12 min straight run-time periods, 3 min breaks between periods, NO SHOT CLOCK at U9
- Game sheets should be filled out for U9 games
- Alberta Lacrosse Box Lacrosse Rules
- JERSEY: You will be loaned a jersey that is to be returned at the end of the season
Player Equipment
Please review our player equipment checklist
**Mouthguards are MANDATORY for U9**
If you have specific questions, please email the division director U9@sherwoodparktitans.ca
