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Strategies for improving stick skills and ball control in lacrosse

By Joe Juter

There are a number of strategies that you can use to improve your stick skills and ball control in lacrosse. By practicing regularly, focusing on proper grip and hand placement, working on your footwork and body positioning, and developing your passing and catching skills, you can become a more effective and efficient player. In addition, by developing your lacrosse IQ, you can better understand the nuances of the game and make better decisions on the field.

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Out and up clearing drill

By Joe Juter

This is a great drill to work on stick skills and/or as a warm up before your team gets going. Much better for defensive players stick work than conventional line drills.

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Enhancing Ball Retention and Accountability: A 2-Minute Offense Lacrosse Drill

By Joe Juter

The 2-Minute Offense Drill in lacrosse sharpens players' ability to maintain possession under pressure by enforcing strict accountability through physical consequences for turnovers. This drill challenges both offensive and defensive units, enhancing strategic play and improving game-like responsiveness.

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Cut Feed Score

By Joe Juter

This is a great team drill to work on feeding the ball for the quick stick goal. For the defense it is a great drill to work on communication and keeping your head on a swivel.

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2 Balls 4 Players Stick Drill

By Joe Juter

I really like this drill as it is an alternative to the old school line drills as the kids get many more touches. A great stick work drill to start every practice or warm up before games where players get into small groups of 4 and get a lot of touches.

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Half time plan

By Joe Juter

At halftime, a lacrosse coach should assess the team's performance objectively, identifying both strengths and areas that need improvement. They should communicate constructive feedback, emphasizing key adjustments to strategy, player positioning, and tactics. Motivating and inspiring the team for a strong second-half effort is crucial, fostering a positive mindset and reinforcing the importance of teamwork and execution.

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5v4 Scramble drill

By Joe Juter

Practicing lacrosse drills in a true ‘scramble’ scenario. The game is extremely fluid and every moment in each game can be different, so creating or practicing lacrosse drills in truly ‘unscripted’ scenarios really helps to prepare your lacrosse team for these situations and the kids love it.

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Full field practice plan focusing on transition

By Joe Juter

Transition and Team Timing Practice plan. Transition play is a crucial aspect of lacrosse that involves quickly moving the ball from defense to offense or vice versa.

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Full Field 2v1 Ground Ball into a Fast Break

By Joe Juter

This is a fun competitive drill that works on ground balls, transition and fast breaks. Let your players compete with a reward and consequence based on the results!

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Wall ball basics

By Joe Juter

Coaches will debate so many things regarding strategy, commitment, planning and much more. But the one constant is that wall ball is a fantastic activity to build skill

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123 Box Slide Drill

By Joe Juter

As coaches we often work hard on a defined slide package, or multiple slide packages in our lacrosse drills. Maybe you are a crease slide guy, or a coma slide guy, or even an adjacent slide guy. In addition to working on the slide, this lacrosse drill really emphasizes the slide and the recovery.

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Circle The Crease Into a 3v2

By Joe Juter

I love drills that can incorporate a little bit of everything. This fun version of 3v2 does exactly that. I highly recommend you give it a try if you want to work on some fundamentals but change things up a little bit.