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3 goal draws
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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Women's Lacrosse Practice Drills
Women's lacrosse drills for footwork, pressure, ball movement, and team play.
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Middie Draw Game
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Cut Feed Score
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
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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RLine Possession Drill
This is a great transition drill to work in stick skills and team work.