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The 4 Principles for Goaltending in Lacrosse
these 4 principles can set the foundation for every great lacrosse goalie.
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Latest coaching articles and tactical notes.
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Pros & Cons of Pressure Defense
Many teams, especially less experienced or skilled teams, can not handle pressure. When I coached games where both teams are less skilled I found a lot of success in forcing the offense to make quick decisions. Typically I found that they would go to the goal and run into the defensive help. Obviously putting pressure can work in other situations as well.
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Double pole the inbound
This is a daring defensive move that can catch teams off guard. You may also want to practice it because with under two minutes left if you need the ball this is a tactic you will need to try.
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Lacrosse 101 - Clears
After the defense makes a stop and regains possession of the ball it is time to run the clear. Let's go over the basics of clearing
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Keys to being a lacrosse goalie
There is a coaching adage: "Offense wins games, Defense wins Championships". If the best defense is having the ball, the next best thing on defense is to have a capable goalie.
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Lock 2 Defense
The idea of a Lock 2 Defense is simple: your two short sticks shut off and the long sticks play defense. This works fantastically against teams that are not well balanced on offense -- short sticks shut off the best two offensive players to let the long poles play!
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60 defense
I would use this if the other team has strong crease play, if they do not use a crease man such as in a circle offense I would not use it.
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3 1 3 settled clear
This is a great clear to utilize a talented midfielder who can leg it up the field.
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5 Characteristics We Want from Our Starting Goalie
Here is the solution to create a complete goaltender. Divide the position in to five specific segments, each to be focused on daily and throughout the season. The order and frequency is based on how many practices you have, and how much time you can allocate.
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How to Train your Goalie
Even with teams that are lucky enough to have more than one coach on staff, rarely does that staff have enough experience with the position to be useful in developing their goalie. I'd like to share with you some thoughts to help improve one of the most critical parts of your team.
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Break Out Clearing Drill
This is a great drill to work on the fundamentals of passing when clearing the ball. This is one of those drills that has been part of the lacrosse coaches playbook for what seems like forever.
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Adjacent Slide on Defense
When using an Adjacent Slide defense the goal is to lock off the crease, denying the ball to the man in front of the goal.