Should Lacrosse Goalies Be Lacrosse Captains?
Lacrosse goalies are the quarterbacks on the field and should therefore be considered as captains for their team.
Now not all lacrosse goalies are “captain” material. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be ruled out of the captaincy just because they are in that position. This isn’t like hockey where the Captain needs to skate to the penalty box to converse with the referee to relay information to their bench etc.
By making your lacrosse goalie the captain, or one of the captains of your team, a coach is helping his cause by putting his goalie in a position of leadership. What should come with that position is an additional level of respect by the team and in turn, a level of awareness to what the goalie has to say on the field.
When we rely on our lacrosse goalies to make proper defensive calls it’s important that the team respects that. A Captain should earn the respect of team and should therefore be a mini-coach on the field.
This week I got two emails from the same team. They didn’t realize that they had written me but one email was from a Coach wondering if they should make their lacrosse goalie their Captain. The other email was from the dad of the goalie in question wondering if there was a reason why a lacrosse goalie shouldn’t be a Captain. Seems that the coach, as a rule, doesn’t allow his lacrosse goalies to be Captains.
So with all of that to consider, here is this weeks blog post. I hope you enjoy it.
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As a 4-year starter in high school, I was a co-captain of my team for my senior year. It only seemed natural as myself and the other guy were the allstars and emotional motivators of the team. The only responsibility I often passed up was the pre-game meeting and coin-flip at midfield. I had a physical and mental routine I liked to go through before a game and often didn’t feel like interrupting it for this routine. My coach said he was ok with sending only one captain for those meetings when I asked him about it. I think my teammates were able to look past my absence at the pre game meetings (since they were all busy warming up at that time too). Besides, when I stepped out of goal during warm ups, there was nobody in the goal since my backup was a starting attackman.
Great points Rich.