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Women's lacrosse drills for footwork, pressure, ball movement, and team play.
Learning how to post up with your back to the cage can give attackers a powerful advantage. This drill helps players use their body, footwork, and decision-making to create scoring chances within a 20-second window. By applying basketball-inspired concepts, attackers learn to protect the ball, establish space, and finish strong.
This article provides an in-depth look at a passing drill specifically designed for women in lacrosse, focusing on building precise passing skills and agile movement. Tailored to enhance stick control and decision-making, this drill helps female players sharpen their ability to pass under pressure and develop greater ambidexterity.
This simple defensive box drill helps players master body control, footwork, and defensive positioning. By combining shuffles, backpedals, and lateral runs, defenders can simulate game-like movements and build muscle memory for effective on-ball defense. Ideal for beginners and easy to teach during practice.
Wall ball is one of the most powerful tools to improve stick control, speed, and accuracy—but only when executed with proper form. This guide shows coaches how to progress players from basic technique to advanced one-hand and two-hand quick stick drills that build elite ball-handling skills.
The Lacrosse Stance One-Step Drill is a dynamic wall ball exercise that focuses on form, rhythm, and control. By emphasizing proper body mechanics and soft hands, players learn how to generate power through their legs and hips while maintaining quick release and consistent accuracy.
The Standing Two-Hand Behind-the-Back (BTB) wall ball drill is an advanced exercise designed for female lacrosse players to build control, creativity, and confidence. It helps players maintain proper stick mechanics while performing challenging behind-the-back passes and catches, enhancing both coordination and game-ready reflexes.
This goalie drill helps players keep their hands high when making saves, improving reaction time and efficiency while correcting one of the most common technical mistakes.
This drill focuses on developing attacking and defensive skills in a live one-on-one lacrosse situation. The attacker works on receiving the ball, establishing proper body positioning, and executing a quick dodge toward the cage, while the defender practices maintaining position and applying pressure. Adding a time limit simulates real game conditions and sharpens decision-making speed.
Avoiding rebounds is one of the most critical habits for lacrosse goalies. This drill focuses on maintaining control after making a save, reinforcing awareness, hand positioning, and readiness for a second shot.
A fast-paced transition shooting drill that teaches players how to create and finish step down shots through proper spacing, timing, and ball movement.
This drill focuses on improving an attacker’s spacing, timing, and ability to “sell” her dodge to the defender. By starting with simple repetitions and gradually increasing defensive pressure, players learn to execute realistic dodges at full speed while maintaining the right distance from their defender.
Learn how to use body positioning and angles to get open for a crease feeder, improving timing and offensive chemistry.
