Day 3.5: Team Building

One of the lessons that the parents here are learning is that the lacrosse on this trip is really secondary (or maybe even tertiary). I know, that sounds strange. We all spent all this money to send our boys to a lacrosse camp so you would think that the only thing they would learn is lacrosse, right? Wrong. The big thing that they are learning is teaming. As a manager, I can tell you that this is huge. Ginormously huge. There are so many young people who come out of college who don't know about working together towards a goal and 22 year olds don't always want to go back to life school. The team building exercises that are going on here will take these boys very far in life.


You've already seen some pictures of the 5/6 team and their team building, so this time you get two views of the 7/8 team as they learn about working together and not letting down their teammates (literally).

The other hugely important things that the boys are learning besides lacrosse are independence and self-confidence. I know I'm finding it very interesting to learn how well my son has learned what we have tried to teach him. In the exercise below, #44 from the 5/6 team was learning to not give up or say, "I can't." It's easy to think that something can't be done, but sometimes we can surprise ourselves by what we can do. Again, these lessons will help the boys on and off the field.

Last night the boys switched from kickball to dodgeball. I'm told that they take this as seriously as they do lacrosse.

The weather today is, again, wonderful. It is partly cloudy and the temps are in the mid 70s. There is a chance of showers, but there is pretty much always a chance of showers here in the summer. That is why everything is so green and lush. The parents are still waiting to hear what the boys are doing today before tonight's games. Given the weather forecast, it sounds like today and tomorrow are the best days for outdoor fun. Hopefully, the boys get to go to Adirondack Extreme today.