Our clinics serve everyone...
Whether you are brand new to officiating, a less experienced official or an official looking to reach your maximum potential to take the next step in your career, our developmental clinics are designed to help you achieve your goal.
Level 1 Clinics
The Level 1 curriculum is classroom based and designed to teach all aspects of becoming a lacrosse official. You will acquire the foundation of knowledge pertaining to the rules, penalties, positioning, mechanics and game management.
| Date | Site | City, State | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Level 1 clinics currently scheduled |
USA Lacrosse College Player Academy (CPOA) - Level 1 Clinics
USA Lacrosse, in conjunction with the IWLCA, offers a new officials' clinic for current and recent women’s lacrosse college players. Participants experience hands-on training activities as well as field training on live games. Upon completion of the clinic, along with the Rules and Penalties Online Course and annual exam and professional development course, the participants will be USA Lacrosse Certified Officials.
This clinic is the first step in developing your skills as a girls' lacrosse official and will set you up for success if you choose to move up and work higher level games.
The registration fee will cover the classroom and on-field training and evaluation/rating. Lunch will be provided at the all day on-field session. You are responsible for your travel and lodging. Clinics for 2025 are listed below. Download the Flyer
| Date | Event / Site | City, State | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31 | Maryland Playday | College Park, MD | Click Here |
| June 7 | Lax by the Sea | New Egypt, NJ | Click Here |
| June 14 | IWLCA Southeast Cup | Raleigh, NC | Click Here |
| June 14 | IWLCA Midwest Cup | Denver, Colo. | Click Here |
| June 21 | IWLCA Champions Cup | Boyds, MD | Click Here |
| June 28 | IWLCA New England Cup | Amherst, Mass. | Click Here |
| July 12 | IWLCA Capital Cup | Frederica, Del. | Click Here |
| July 19 | IWLCA West Cup | Norco, Calif. | Click Here |
Level 2 Clinics
This clinic offers experienced officials a deeper training in two person positioning and mechanics, as well as a greater understanding of rules application, penalty administration and game management.
| Date | Site | City, State | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Level 2 clinics currently scheduled |
Level 3 Clinics
The clinic focuses on learning and refining skills in three-person positioning and mechanics, as well as continued development in areas of communication, teamwork and game management for a higher level game.
| Date | Site | City, State | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 12- 14 | Officials Development Men's Laredo 3 Clinic | Colorado Springs, CO | Click Here |
ODP Presenter Application
USA Lacrosse is expanding our official’s development program with new interactive training sessions and topics. These new sessions will be under an hour long and provide specific learning opportunities. Examples of possible sessions would be “Shooting Space and Three Seconds”, “Effective Communication with Sidelines”, “Managing Dangerous Play”, or “Preparing for your season”.
We are actively seeking topic ideas and new presenters/trainers as we build out this program.
If you have a topic idea and/or are interested in becoming a presenter, please click the red “Presenter Application” button and complete the application form.