RBHS BRONCO LACROSSE 2010

1. 10 December 2009 Parent Meeting RBHSBRONCO LACROSSE 2010 www.eteamz.com/rbhslax

2. 2009 Bronco Lacrosse-Review of the Season • Striving to a new level of excellence • 16-4 record • Beat both TP and Poway for 1st time in regular season • Raising the bar • Physical – Better conditioned • Mental – Better mental toughness • TEAM as one – Great team chemistry • Quarterfinal appearance is the past • Won our Quarterfinal game and lost in Semifinal to eventual champion Coronado • Conference Champion is our GOAL • Finished 2nd- highest finish ever

3. 2010 Bronco Lacrosse • Striving to an even higher level of excellence • Raising the bar even farther • Physical • Mental • TEAM as one • Semifinal appearance is the past • Conference Champion is our GOAL • Requires greater focus, dedication, commitment • Results can only come through your support of the TEAM

4. Coaching Staff • Bruce Seitz: Varsity Head Coach • Seth Bokmeyer: Assistant Coach & Offensive Coordinator • Travis Begay: Defensive Coordinator • Adam Bokmeyer: Midfielder Coach, Specialties, Box • Mark Rohrbach: JV Head Coach • Jamie Wells: JV Offensive Coordinator • Forrest Giffis: JV Defensive Coordinator

5. Continuing to Build on Last Year’s Positive Changes • Off-Season Club Team (Blue Bombers) (Summer League, Fall Indoor League Champions, Irvine Fall Face-off Tournament, OW2P- Drug Free Tournament, Winter League, Jan or Feb tournament if possible) • “Fit Kids America” Coaches • Team Community Service Project for “Wounded Warrior Project” • Increased the Number of JV Games this year • Reduced the Number of Varsity Games but Increased the Quality of the Opponents • Focus on practice time • Decrease injuries • Prepares us for Conference and Playoffs • Varsity Returning to the Carmel Tournament

6. Agenda • Player Sign-Up • Season Schedule & Important Dates • Practice Times • Uniforms and Equipment • Varsity Trip • 2010 Academic Policy • 2010 Attendance Policy • Alert Form • Participation/Playing Time • Volunteer Program • LAX Country • Treasurer Report • Financial Obligation • Booster Club • Q&A

7. Player Sign-Up Form www.eteamz.com/rbhslax Player Information Sheet 2009 Season Name:_____________________________ Age: _________ Year:______________ Address: _____________________________________________________________ Cell Phone: _______________________ Email: _______________________________ Parents Names: ________________________________________________________ Parents Cell phone: ____________________________________________________ Parents email:___________________________________________________________ Lacrosse experience: ____________________________________________________ Other Activities: (sports)_____________________________________________ Brothers: (younger)___________________________________________________ Work: _________________________________________________________________ Academics: (Good, Average, Struggle)___________________________________ College Intentions: _______________________________________________________ Other remarks: __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

8. 2010 Schedule * Conference Game Home Games Away Games

9. Important Dates • January • 29th : Last day to submit forms to RBHS to get ‘Ticket to Play’ • February • 20th : Tryouts (Saturday of Winter Break) • 27th : Practice (Saturday) • March • TBD: Ithaca, Drew, & St Lawrence College team practice and games • 12th : Game Vs St. Margaret’s @ Cal State Fullerton prior to college game • 23rd : Game and team function with Monarch HS • 25-27th : Varsity trip to Carmel Tournament • April • 5th : No practice (Monday of Spring Break Week) • 8th: Game and team function with Mt St. Joseph’s HS • May • 14th : Senior night Vs Poway

10. Practice Times • Varsity • 6-8 PM in the Stadium • Please be flexible • JV • 3:30-5:30 at Lax Country

11. Uniforms and Equipment • Practice Uniform • RBHS Lax practice shorts • Available for purchase after tryouts • Plain gray t-shirt • RBHS-issued practice jersey • RBHS Lax sweats if cold • Important for varsity because of night practices • Order directly from Boathouse Sports • Varsity Game-day Items • 2 game-day t-shirts • Game socks • Helmet decals

12. Equipment • Helmets • Can be Cascade, Brine or Riddell • Must have Royal visor and chin guard • Check before you order! • Gloves • Predominantly royal blue • Arm guards • Royal, gray or black • Do not cut! • Rib pads for varsity attack • Personal protection

13. Varsity Trip • Carmel High School, Carmel, CA • Depart RBHS Thursday 25 March in the morning • Return RBHS late Saturday 27 March or very early morning Sunday 28 March (depends on how we do in the tournament) • Minimum of 4 games • Transportation by Coach Bus (players/coaches) • Team hotel in Monterrey: 2 players per room • Players must ride the bus and stay in the team hotel • Friday tournament dinner provided for our players by the host team

14. 2010 Academic Policy • 2010 Bronco Lacrosse (Boys) Academics • Grades, not athletics are the most important aspect of your High School years. The Coaching Staff believes in this and will continue to monitor all player grades and behavior throughout your time with the program. • The team’s academic policy is set to a standard above the school and district policies. District and school policies apply to eligibility to participate in any sport, however, our grading criteria to practice and or participate in games are set above. • Going into the season eligibility/probation (school/district) is based on your grades from the semester ending January 10. If you are below a 2.0 you will not be allowed to try out for the Team in February. If you have a 2.0 for the January grades, #2 below rules apply. • BLUE CARDS: All players will be on “BLUE CARDS” starting in Feb until grades come out on Mar. Players that do have a 2.1 or above on Blue Cards will not be allowed to participate in games until their Blue Card shows satisfactory grades (2.1 or above). Players with a 2.0 will be allowed to practice, those below a 2.0 will not be allowed to practice or participate in games. Players receiving grades with a GPA of 3.5 or better on their mid-March grades will be exempt from continuing “Blue Cards” all others will continue on the Blue Cards. Blue Cards will be turned into Coach Seitz twice in the following months: Feb, Mar, Apr. Failure to submit a Blue Card will constitute a violation of the academic policy, in turn making the player ineligible to practice or participate in games until corrected. • MARCH GRADES: Players with a GPA below 2.0 will be dismissed from the team for the season. Players with a 2.0 GPA or above will abide by the Blue Card rules as stated in #2 above. • MAY GRADES: Players with a GPA below 2.0 will be dismissed from the team for the season. Players with a 2.0 GPA or above will abide by the Blue Card rules as stated in #2 above.

15. 2010 Attendance Policy Lacrosse is a Team Sport; as such attendance to practice and games is not only mandatory but crucial to the success of the team. Each member of the team has a role within the team and must fulfill this role. The following rules apply to player participation: • Be at all practices and games on time prepared to participate. This means geared up at the designated start time. • Any absence from a practice or game must be approved by a coach at least 48 hours in advance. Even if you are only going to miss 15 minutes. • Each player gets one practice day a season off (subject to coach approval). The player must notify their coach in advance (48 hrs) that they are taking their “Free Day”. This “Free Day” does not apply to tryouts, game days or the day before a game and also may not coincide with a holiday break. You only get one so use it wisely. • Non-emergency doctor appointments are not an excusable absence. • Driver instruction and testing are not excusable absences. Violations of the attendance policy will result in the following: • Unexcused absence from practice first offense: one game suspension. • Unexcused absence from practice second offense: two game suspension. • Unexcused absence from practice third offense: dismissal from team. • Consecutive day absences are separate offenses, i.e. miss 3 days in a row counts as your 1st, 2nd and 3rd offense. • Late for practice 0-60 minutes: one week of field clean-up. Late for practice 61-120 minutes: one game suspension. • Multiple occurrences of being late to practice may lead to dismissal from the team. Injured Players- • Must see trainer • Must be at practice (unless excused by coach) Sick- missed school • Player and parent discretion if the player comes to practice- goal is for player to get well. • Player must notify either the position coach or head coach by email or phone each day

16. Alert Form

17. Participation/Playing TimeIt’s Not Your Turn • Criteria for Team Selection: • Physical talent • Effort - 100% all the time • Positive attitude• Attendance• Good academic standing in accordance with RBHS athletic policy • The Rancho Bernardo High School Lacrosse program is highly competitive. Due to a large school and limited opportunities, we may not be able to place everyone on a team who wishes to participate. While this is not our desire, it is reality. • Please be sure when your son tries out for a team, both you and he understand there is a possibility he may not be selected. If selected, both you and your son should be prepared to accept placement at any team level (varsity, junior varsity). Team selection is a highly subjective process. While you might not agree with all of our decisions, it is our coaching staff’s responsibility and right to select the teams with whom we will work for the entire season. • In order to make the team as a junior or senior, a player must be outstanding as a player and person along with being willing to play a position the team needs. Underclass student-athletes possessing these qualities have the same opportunity to make a team as the senior does. • One of the goals of a competitive athletic program is to put the most talented members of the team in competition to win the game. Starting positions and playing time are not guaranteed to seniors making a team, or to anyone else for that matter. Each member of a team is very valuable to the team’s overall progress. Some members may play a great deal of time in a game while others may not see what a parent would consider “significant” playing time, but it is our hope that regardless of playing time, each team player can learn sportsmanship, working together to meet team goals, responsibility, commitment to team and school, loyalty, placing team above self, learning to accept instruction and criticism, respect for others, winning and losing with dignity, self-control and being responsible for one’s own actions. Our main goal as coaches is to build “Men for others in the future”.

18. Nine Years AgoIN CARMEL MOUNTAIN RANCHThree Principals & Two AD’s • Two goals, one was broken • A dozen used balls • 42 players minus 6 • No nets • 25 old football jerseys • Zero school support • Horrible campus reputation “Bunch of Burn-outs” • ASB nothing to do with the team • Non-CIF Sport • No field • No money

19. LAXCOUNTRYEST. 2005 • JV practice & games • RB Middle School • STARZ • College Teams • Clinics • PQ Middle School • Visiting High Schools • Camps • Tournaments • Lacrosse Only Field • FCA Try-outs OLD

20. Volunteers Needed • Lisa Winans • We Need Your Participation • Travel Arrangements • Game filming • Maintenance & Field set-up, tear down • Announcers • Organizers • Fund raisers • Program • Snack bar • Pictures • Uniform issue and collection • End of Year Banquet • Welding • TEAM SUPPORT

21. Treasurer Report • Cindy Arthurs • Expected Expenditures (2009)

22. Financial Obligation • Non funded CIF Sport • Fundraising opportunities • 2010 Player obligation ~ $530 (10% discount on sibling) GOAL: $0 • Varsity Trip $250 not included in obligation • Sweats ~ $80 • Varsity Spirit Pack ~ $40

23. Questions/Comments/Concerns