{"id":449,"date":"2016-08-31T23:44:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T03:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/?p=449"},"modified":"2016-08-31T23:44:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T03:44:20","slug":"backgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/backgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Backgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laxmagazine.com\/mll\/2016-17\/news\/081916_how_lacrosse_became_georgia_new_favorite_sport\">Lacrosse Magazine<\/a> was actually published in August. It chronicles the journey of a local high school player who wanted to come back after college and try to grow the sport in the Atlanta area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dusty DeStefano of MIH performance training tells the <a href=\"http:\/\/patch.com\/georgia\/snellville\/high-school-lacrosse-grows-in-popularity\">Snellville Patch<\/a> how he has to come up with new training regiments \u2014 different from football or soccer \u2014 to get players ready for a lacrosse season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpb.org\/news\/2014\/07\/22\/high-school-lacrosse-surges-popularity-so-does-injury-focus\">GPB<\/a> put out an article looking at the flip side of the lacrosse popularity discussion. Their article focuses more injury aspect of lacrosse. Basically, the article didn\u2019t have many conclusions when it came to comparing lacrosse with other sports, however within the lacrosse realm, the number of injuries has increased.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tony Schivone of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsbradio.com\/weblogs\/wsb-sports-blog\/2013\/jun\/07\/rising-popularity-lacrosse-out-ranks-them-all\/\">WSB<\/a> wrote of one man\u2019s journey \u2014 Liam Banks \u2014 and his quest to expand lacrosse to Atlanta. His article expands on how youth lacrosse in Georgia has influenced lacrosse at a higher level. More colleges are coming to Georgia to play games. He even mentions the notion of a professional team coming to Atlanta, which happened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrunswicknews.com\/news\/local_news\/ga-science-teacher-brings-lacrosse-to-coastal-georgia\/article_cf44601d-b6c8-5337-bea2-ed725dedf174.html\">Brunswick News<\/a> article tells how Phillip Driscoll started a lacrosse program in Brunswick. He has expanded it to include three high schools who are gaining more momentum towards becoming varsity programs.<\/p>\n<p>Questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What has changed about lacrosse in the past decade to make it an popular sport?<\/li>\n<li>Does it have to do with the sport itself or are young kids just feed up with other sports?<\/li>\n<li>Is there not enough research to determine yet if lacrosse if safer than football of hockey or is it just a preconceived notion from parents?<\/li>\n<li>What was the event that made lacrosse gain popularity in Georgia?<\/li>\n<li>Where is lacrosse popping up in Georgia outside the metro Atlanta area?<\/li>\n<li>How is the move to lacrosse affecting participation or outlook on other sports like football or baseball?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article from Lacrosse Magazine was actually published in August. It chronicles the journey of a local high school player who wanted to come back after college and try to grow the sport in the Atlanta area. &nbsp; Dusty DeStefano of MIH performance training tells the Snellville Patch how he has to come up with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/backgrounds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backgrounds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alex","category-module-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MY21-7f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":334,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/questions-about-lacrosse\/","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":0},"title":"Questions about Lacrosse","author":"amak","date":"August 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"What makes people, especially kids, want to play lacrosse? When did the change of kids playing lacrosse happen? Is there a pinpoint time that we can see a large shift in kids to the lacrosse field? Or was it a very gradual change? If we can pinpoint a time, what\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 1&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 1","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-1\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":701,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/personal-story-memo\/","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":1},"title":"Personal Story Memo","author":"amak","date":"September 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"So after our discussion in class I will be working on why lacrosse has grown so suddenly in the state of Georgia. I understand that people wan to play the sport, but the sudden expansion of it in Georgia is what I will mainly focus on. \u00a0 Some questions I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Alex&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Alex","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/students\/alex\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":298,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/lacrosse-growth-in-georgia-surprised-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":2},"title":"Lacrosse Growth in Georgia Surprised me","author":"amak","date":"August 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The amazing thing about the \u201cthing that surprised me\u201d was that I was literally living within it. For the longest time, lacrosse has been associated with as a northeast sport. 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Between 2009 and 2019, 283 schools have added or plan to add lacrosse. FIfty more are set to start between 2017-19. 175 have been men's and 208 have been women's. There have been 134 schools in DI, 69\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ashleigh&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ashleigh","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/students\/ashleigh\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":419,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/5-stories\/","url_meta":{"origin":449,"position":5},"title":"5 Stories","author":"Ashleigh","date":"August 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"So I completely misinterpreted the first assignment. I do not want to report on Ryan Lochte. I just found that how\u00a0the story was covered was surprising. What I want to write about is lacrosse and how it has slowly spread down the east coast over the last few years. 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