5v4 Ground ball Challenge
The 5v4 Groundball Challenge in lacrosse starts with a coach rolling a groundball for teams to compete over; if the offense recovers, they attack 5v4, and if the defense does, they must clear the ball. This drill enhances skills such as ball movement, off-ball spacing, defensive shifting, and team communication.
Scoop and Shoot: A Fun, Simple, and Effective Drill
The Scoop and Shoot drill is a simple yet effective way to keep girls engaged in lacrosse practice while reinforcing ground ball fundamentals, quick transitions, and shooting mechanics. Whether for warm-ups or skill development, this drill helps girls stay active, build confidence, and improve their stick skills right from the start.
5-Yard Scoop Drill to Improve Ground Ball Pickups
Ground ball pickups are an essential skill in women’s lacrosse, allowing players to maintain possession throughout the game. The 5-Yard Scoop Drill focuses on helping girls master this technique through repetitive movements on the field, enhancing their accuracy and speed in picking up the ball.
Ground Ball and Shooting Drill
In women’s lacrosse, mastering quick ground ball pickups with low, controlled body positioning and smooth cradling helps secure possession in tight spaces. Transitioning rapidly into a shot using compact wind-ups and precise placement enhances scoring under defensive pressure, turning 50/50 balls into effective scoring chances.
Steal the bacon - Girls Lacrosse game
This lacrosse drill is designed for young beginner girls to develop essential skills like ground balls and cradling in a fun, engaging way. It promotes teamwork, agility, and quick decision-making while keeping the game simple with minimal setup and easy-to-follow rules
Messy Yard Girls Lacrosse Drill
“Messy Yard Lacrosse” is a fast and dynamic game designed to improve stick skills and ball control in a fun and competitive environment. Players, divided into two teams, must use their lacrosse sticks to pick up and transport balls to the opposite side of the field, preventing them from accumulating in their own “yard.” At the end of the time, the team with the fewest balls on their side wins. This activity promotes speed, teamwork, and decision-making under pressure, while players practice key lacrosse skills.
Hungry Hippo GB’s
Discover a fun and energetic lacrosse drill that transforms practice into playtime! Perfect for young girls learning the game, this drill builds essential skills while keeping everyone engaged and excited.
Figure-Eight Relay: Girls’ Lacrosse Drill for Ground Balls, Cradling, and Ball Control
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.
2 on 1 Ground Balls
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.
3 Person Draw Game
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.
2 v 2 Circle ground ball dril
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.
Full field 2v1 ground balls into a fast break
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.
Box Out Roll Out and Pass
This is a fun drill focusing on boxing out, picking up the ground ball and rolling out to make a clean outlet pass.