Ground Balls

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Figure-Eight Relay: Girls’ Lacrosse Drill for Ground Balls, Cradling, and Ball Control

By Joe Juter

The figure-eight relay drill for girls’ lacrosse improves key skills like ground ball pickups, cradling, and ball control in a competitive team format. Variations such as adjusting cone distances, adding defenders, and incorporating shooting practice challenge players to sharpen their technique and decision-making under pressure.

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3 cone scoop & shot drill

By Joe Juter

Enhance lacrosse shooting accuracy and quick release with this solo drill. Using three cones, lacrosse balls, and a goal, set the cones 5 yards apart, starting 10-15 yards from the goal. Begin at the center cone, shoot, sprint to the right cone for a shot, return to the center, then move to the left cone for another shot. Repeat for set rounds, focusing on quick, accurate shots with proper form. Variations include time constraints, dodging, and using the non-dominant hand.

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Wall ball for long poles

By Joe Juter

A lacrosse long stick defenseman should play wall ball to hone their stick skills, develop muscle memory, and improve their overall proficiency with the long pole. Wall ball practice allows defenders to refine their passing accuracy, catching ability, and defensive maneuvers in a controlled environment, leading to increased confidence and effectiveness on the field. By regularly practicing wall ball, long stick defensemen can enhance their defensive capabilities, contribute more effectively to their team's transition game, and ultimately become more versatile and impactful players in all aspects of the game..

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2 on 1 Ground Balls

By Joe Juter

The 2-on-1 Groundballs Drill for Women's Lacrosse focuses on enhancing players' communication and efficiency in groundball recovery, utilizing an extra player strategically to gain an advantage. This drill encourages quick decision-making and effective passing, with variations that introduce greater complexity and mimic real-game defensive and offensive transitions.

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Ground ball, Pass, Shot warm up drill

By Joe Juter

This is a very simple warm up drill that works the fundamentals of ground balls, passing and shooting. Highly recommend this.

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3 Person Draw Game

By Joe Juter

There are few things more important in lacrosse than winning the 50/50 balls and knowing what to do it with after. This drill works on that skill and then some.

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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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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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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 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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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.

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Face off wing challenge

By Joe Juter

We all know how imperative face offs are in a game and having great wing play is a key part of winning faceoffs.