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Color Hand Eye Drill

By Joe Juter

The goal is to focus on improving a center's ability to track and gain possession of the ball on the draw. This drill will help with hand eye coordination, quickness off the whistle, tracking, handling pressure, keeping head up to find the quick outlet. This drill looks to improve a players ability to track and gain possession of the ball off the draw. While it is premised for players who take the draw, it can easily be replicated with players on the circle as well.

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3 goal draws

By Joe Juter

Emphasize getting a shot off quickly by limiting the amount of time they have to score. This is a great drill the works on the draw and the girls really seem to enjoy.

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Middie Draw Game

By Joe Juter

This drill focuses on creating synergy within the draw team, where three players collaborate to win the draw and then leverage a man-up advantage to score, with the opposing team holding one player back to create a 3v2 situation. Key coaching points include fostering effective communication and spatial awareness to secure possession from the draw, and quick strategic execution to transition into a scoring opportunity, emphasizing the cycle of draw, possession, and shot or save.

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2 v 2 Circle ground ball drill

By Joe Juter

In this drill, players split into two teams and compete to control ground balls tossed by the coach into a circle, aiming to complete two consecutive passes before exiting near their team's line to score a point. Emphasis is on strong communication for both teams: attackers coordinate to facilitate quick, effective passes, while defenders focus on rapid marking and strategic doubling to prevent easy exits and scoring.

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Fast Full Step Build Up Drill for Goalies

By Joe Juter

This drill progressively builds a goalie's technique and strength, starting with controlled full steps without a stick and advancing through exercises with resistance bands to enhance quick, powerful movements toward the ball. Key focuses include maintaining a sharp eye on the ball, utilizing resistance for strength training, and perfecting footspeed and landing posture to face the shooter effectively.

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Cross Field Zig Zag Lines

By Joe Juter

This a great drill that can incorporate many players as they work on their sticks skills from many angles.

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Criss Cross Passing

By Joe Juter

Warm up stick work drill that incorporates both passing, catching, communication and ground balls.

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Side to Side Passing Shot Goalie Drill

By Joe Juter

This drill has two attackers swiftly passing the ball in front of the goal, challenging the goalie to track its movement side to side. The unpredictable moment when one attacker shoots hones the goalie's quick, explosive cross-cage movements and positional awareness, emphasizing minimal steps, speed, and constant readiness with stick up.

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Full field 2v1 ground balls into a fast break

By Joe Juter

This is a competitive drill that works on ground balls, transition and fast breaks. It is fun as the players can really just get after it.

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Figure 8 shooting in close

By Joe Juter

This is a great drill to work on crisp passing and proper technique when receiving the ball shooting it in front of the goal in tight space

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Parents and Coaches Youth

By Joe Juter

All of us as coaches, have to deal with parents but there are certain types that make all of us crazy.

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1-2-3 Box Drill

By Joe Juter

The 1-2-3 Box Drill in lacrosse focuses on enhancing defensive sliding and recovery techniques through a structured setup that simulates game-like scenarios. This drill trains defenders to respond quickly to offensive movements by sliding to the ball carrier as directed and then swiftly recovering to a strategic defensive position, all under fast-paced conditions.