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Lacrosse equipment inventory,counted.

Helmets, shoulder pads and chest protectors that have to carry the right standard, gloves and arm pads, a goalie set worth more than the rest of the bag, sticks and jerseys by number. Tag it once, hand it out by scan, collect it after the last game, and order from the roster.

Two lacrosse sticks lying on the grass

Where the count lives today

  • Who has which helmetthe equipment room, roughly
  • Which chest protectors carry the standarda look at the tag
  • The goalie setwhoever played in net last
  • What to reordera guess in the winter
  • Here: one count, all seasonplayerkit
What to count

What a lacrosse club counts.

Six kinds of item, and the one detail each needs on record.

  • Helmets

    certification + size

    Certified to the standard your league requires, by size. Recorded on the item, not on a clipboard.

  • Shoulder pads and chest protectors

    standard + size

    Field lacrosse in the US requires chest protection that meets the NOCSAE ND200 standard. Record the standard and the size on each piece.

  • Gloves and arm pads

    size

    By size and condition. Gloves wear out first; note it at check-in.

  • The goalie set

    set

    Chest protector, throat guard, goalie stick, pads. Tag each piece and hand them out as a set.

  • Sticks

    length

    By length and position. Team-owned sticks counted when the bag goes out and comes back.

  • Jerseys and shorts

    number + size

    Home and away sets. Each number is assigned to one player per team for the season.

How to inventory it

How to inventory lacrosse equipment in five steps.

The same five steps every season, in a lacrosse bag.

Hands sorting stacks of numbered team jerseys on a table in a dressing room
2 · Hand it outHand-out night: jerseys sorted by number on the table
An open equipment bag on a dressing-room bench
3 · Get it backReturn day: the bag comes back to the bench
Track & scan

Anyone with a phone can check helmets and pads in and out.

Put a code on it and scan it in or out. Works in the browser on any device, so the parent volunteering at the field needs no training and no install.

  • A QR tag on every item — helmets, chest protectors, gloves, sticks, jerseys
  • Hand-outs by scan — item to player, with the date and time
  • Works offline at a field with no signal
A staff phone after a scan: an item matched, out with a player, with the return and the other actions one tap away

the scanner, in the browser

Know what to buy

Next season's order, from this season's roster.

Size charts from the players you actually have. Replacement forecasts from what went missing or wore out. The order is no longer last year's plus a guess.

  • Size chart and order sheet from real roster sizes
  • Replacement forecasts from what was lost or worn out
  • Refundable deposits on the goalie set and helmets
Deposits and cards on file
Size chart and order sheet report
Hand-out night and return day

Families book a time slot. Staff get a prep list.

The club opens a window. Each family books a slot from its own calendar, enters the sizes, and gets a confirmation and two reminders. At the table, staff see what the player has out and mark each item returned or kept.

  • Booked from the family's calendar — pickup, drop-off or return; families can move or cancel until the cutoff
  • A prep list for staff — sizes entered at booking, on screen or printed
  • Returned or kept, item by item — at the table, by scan
A family's phone: the pickup time booked from their own calendar, with the storage room and the spot
Getting it back

Your club decides how the gear is covered.

Five ways to get equipment back. One record of who has what. Use a different one per season, per team or per item.

  • deposit

    A refundable deposit

    Collected per player per season, by card or in cash. Refunded automatically when the player's last item is checked in. A forfeited deposit goes against the replacement cost.

  • card on file

    A card on file

    The parent signs a card authorization up to the value of the gear. If something is not returned, an owner or admin sends a replacement charge. The family can pay it, dispute it, or return the item.

  • off-season

    Keep it over the summer

    A family asks to keep an item until a date. Owners approve from a queue. The same deposit or card covers it until it comes back, and the item stays on the player's record.

  • reminders

    Reminders only

    Overdue gear sends the family a weekly reminder and puts the player on the club's follow-up list. No money held, nothing charged.

  • another way

    E-transfer, check or cash

    E-transfer, Zelle, Venmo, a check or cash. The family taps "I've sent it" and the club records the payment on the account. playerkit's fee applies to card payments of fees only, never to deposits or transfers.

Games, practices and the calendar

Hand-out night is on the same calendar as the games.

Games, practices and the equipment hand-out all live on one club calendar. Families mark going or not going. The schedule flags a double-booked rink. One subscription link puts it in Google, Apple or Outlook.

  • Games, practices and events with going or not going and RSVPs
  • Conflict checks on rinks, fields, teams and people
  • One calendar subscription per person — league schedules import too
See the season side
Org schedule, month view
Messages and notifications

One message. One notification.

The team chat already has every family on the roster. Announcements show who has read them. Each person has one inbox for all their clubs, picks how they hear about each kind of notice, and sets quiet hours. Nobody gets five pings about one practice change.

  • Team chat and announcements — families are in because they are on the roster
  • A daily or weekly summary instead of a ping for every message
  • Notification settings and quiet hours — reminders skip people who already answered
A parent's phone: the messages inbox with the team chat, the team and club announcements and the family thread
From a club

Northstars Football

Football · Sherwood Park

Read the story
Handing out a player's gear went from thirty minutes and two people to one minute and one person. The other twenty-nine minutes now go to fitting a helmet properly.
Equipment manager, Northstars Football
Last season we lost several full kits and couldn't say which. This season there are several hundred items out, none overdue.
Equipment manager, Northstars Football
Finding out what jerseys we have went from hours in a bin to minutes on my phone — and I can answer the board at the field.
Equipment manager, Northstars Football

And the checks you can run yourself

  • Works offline

    check: airplane mode, then scan a tag

  • Nothing to install

    check: open it on the phone in your pocket

  • Export everything

    check: the export button on any report

  • Your money, directly

    check: the money arriving in your own Stripe account

Questions

Questions lacrosse clubs ask.

Which standard do our chest protectors need?

In US field lacrosse, USA Lacrosse and the NFHS require chest protectors that meet NOCSAE ND200, for goalies and field players. Box lacrosse in Canada follows its own association's rules. Record the standard on each piece when you tag it, and the bag you hand out is the one the officials accept.

How do we keep track of the goalie set?

Tag each piece: chest protector, throat guard, pads, the goalie stick. Hand them out as a set by scan and check them in piece by piece, so you know which piece went home with whom.

Can we take a deposit on lacrosse gear?

Yes. A refundable deposit is collected by card when the gear goes out and refunded when it comes back. The payments page explains how the money moves.

Count the lacrosse bag once.

Tag it when the season opens, scan it back after the last game, and you will know what to order for next season. Free to start.