Please Note: The practice is designed to bring value across multiple age levels. You can use this as a foundation to build and develop your own practice. With that being said, we highly encourage you to adjust the drills based on your team’s age and skill levels. Lacrosse Drive should always be used as a starting point — you can make drills easier or harder by changing the constraints.
To make a drill easier, you might Increase the playing area, reduce the number of defenders or rules, add time or space to make decisions
To make a drill harder, you might: Shrink the field or add boundaries, add defenders or touch restrictions (e.g., “one-pass before shooting”), or Limit time or space to force faster decisions
Small adjustments to field size, player numbers, and rules can significantly change the challenge level while maintaining the same core learning goal.
Practice Theme & Objective
This Practice, is to lay the ground work for the foundation and principles we want our players to know and build on. Being comfortable handling the lacrosse stick, is one of the most important part of the game. The more you feel comfortable and confident, the easier it is for you to grow and develop. During this session, continue to reinforce the coaching points and principles noted at each drill. It’s important to get across to the players, that no matter skill level they are, we can always get better at the basic principles of handling the stick. At the end of practice, it’s always good to ask the players questions, like “what do you learn today?” Or “what drill did you like and why?”
