Catch & Connect

Catch & Connect
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	Activities Partner Pass Progressions w/ Brooke Eubanks (Stanford Lacrosse) Diamond Passing Keep Away Game Tiger Tails 2v2 Game with Outlet
Partner Pass Progressions w/ Brooke Eubanks (Stanford Lacrosse) - Link to Drill	Set Up	Focus Points
Partner Stickwork Progression is a daily warm-up routine for all skill levels that develops hand speed, stick control, wrist strength, and passing accuracy through focused partner repetitions with both hands. SET UP Pair players up facing each other with one ball per group. Begin with Swoop Fakes: extend the arms away from the body, slide the bottom hand up toward the stick head, cradle the stick toward the face, swoop it underneath the arm, quickly reset the hands, and deliver a controlled pass to the partner. Complete repetitions with both the right and left hand. Progress to one-handed passing by moving partners slightly closer together and placing one hand at the top of the stick. Players pass back and forth using only that hand, emphasizing a strong wrist snap and clean release before switching hands. The progression can be used consistently at the beginning of practice to build repetition and comfort with the stick. COACHING POINTS & PRINCIPLES		Quick Hands, Soft Stick: Keep the stick loose in the fingertips and develop quick hand movements while maintaining control of the ball. Pass to a Target: Follow through toward the target and aim around your partner’s ear rather than simply throwing the ball in their direction. Snap the Wrists: Especially during one-handed passing, use the wrists and forearms to generate the pass and release the ball cleanly off the shooting strings rather than pushing or “shot-putting” it.
Diamond Passing Keep Away Game - Link to Drill	Set Up	Focus Points
Start with a 2v2 GB, and then add in the 3rd offensive player to make it 3v2		Ground Balls Offense – Make good passes, a teammate should be at an adjacent cone. If the player with the ball carries, the offense should move like a carousel maintaining their spacing. Defense – Communicate, who has ball! Need no play the ball, and have backside zone since we are playing with 1 less player. One the ball is passed, a new defender should slid to the ball, and the previous defender on ball needs to get back inside for backside supper and help. Keep stick UP to try and knockdown passing
Tiger Tails - Link to Drill	Set Up	Focus Points

2v2 Game with Outlet - Link to Drill	Set Up	Focus Points
2v2 Double Team & Outlet is a defensive-focused small-area game for intermediate through advanced players that develops on-ball positioning, aggressive slides, double teams, and recovery while challenging the offense to escape pressure through an outlet. SET UP Set up a 2v2 with an offensive outlet positioned away from the action. The ball starts with a pass to one offensive player as their defender approaches and forces them down the wing. The passer cuts through to create space, allowing the ball carrier to attack and force the second defender to slide. Once the slide comes, the defenders lock in the double team while the offense must escape pressure by finding the outlet, who can then move the ball to the middle for a finish. Defense earns points only for caused turnovers, not goalie saves. COACHING POINTS & PRINCIPLES		Force Down the Wing: Take away the middle with your positioning and stick, influencing the ball carrier toward less dangerous space. Slide & Lock In: Slide aggressively toward the ball carrier’s stick and establish the double team—one defender plays body while the other looks for the check. Recover With Urgency: If the offense escapes the double team, immediately recover toward the middle and look to disrupt or intercept the next pass.

Jump to a Section

Partner Pass Progressions w/ Brooke Eubanks (Stanford Lacrosse)
Diamond Passing Keep Away Game
Tiger Tails
2v2 Game with Outlet

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.

Partner Pass Progressions w/ Brooke Eubanks (Stanford Lacrosse)

Partner Stickwork Progression is a daily warm-up routine for all skill levels that develops hand speed, stick control, wrist strength, and passing accuracy through focused partner repetitions with both hands.

SET UP

Pair players up facing each other with one ball per group. Begin with Swoop Fakes: extend the arms away from the body, slide the bottom hand up toward the stick head, cradle the stick toward the face, swoop it underneath the arm, quickly reset the hands, and deliver a controlled pass to the partner. Complete repetitions with both the right and left hand. Progress to one-handed passing by moving partners slightly closer together and placing one hand at the top of the stick. Players pass back and forth using only that hand, emphasizing a strong wrist snap and clean release before switching hands. The progression can be used consistently at the beginning of practice to build repetition and comfort with the stick.

COACHING POINTS & PRINCIPLES

Quick Hands, Soft Stick: Keep the stick loose in the fingertips and develop quick hand movements while maintaining control of the ball.
Pass to a Target: Follow through toward the target and aim around your partner’s ear rather than simply throwing the ball in their direction.
Snap the Wrists: Especially during one-handed passing, use the wrists and forearms to generate the pass and release the ball cleanly off the shooting strings rather than pushing or “shot-putting” it.

To view more from Championship Productions Click Here.

Diamond Passing Keep Away Game

Start with a 2v2 GB, and then add in the 3rd offensive player to make it 3v2

A fun and engaging groundball and transition drill that works on both offensive and defensive teamwork & spacing

Set Up

Set up cones in the shape of a diamond in the playing area. You can make it larger to force longer passes but the stand length should be about 8-10 yards away from each other. On the sideline, set up 3 lines of each team, depending on your group size. They should be alternating (dark, light, dark, light, etc..). Coach rolls a ball into the field (doesn’t have to be inside the diamond), and the team that picks up the ball is on offense. Another teammate from the winning team will join, giving them an advantage (4v3). At this point the game-play will move to the cones, and the defense has to stay inside the diamond while the offense needs to stay out. Play keep away for 30 seconds or until coach blows the whistle for a new group!

Coaching Points and Principles

Ground Balls
Offense – Make good passes, a teammate should be at an adjacent cone. If the player with the ball carries, the offense should move like a carousel maintaining their spacing.
Defense – Communicate, who has ball! Need no play the ball, and have backside zone since we are playing with 1 less player. One the ball is passed, a new defender should slid to the ball, and the previous defender on ball needs to get back inside for backside supper and help. Keep stick UP to try and knockdown passing

Progressions

Make the groups smaller (2 lines of each color) so it turns into a 3v2 for more spacing at younger ages
if you have more than 4 players (5v4) we can put an offensive players on the crease who can rotate in and out during the keep away play
Add go to the goal

3v2 4v3 Advanced Decision Making Defense Slide & Recovery Ground Ball Battles Ground Balls High School Intermediate Offense Spacing Principles Small Area Games U10 U12 U14 Women’s Lacrosse

View Drill Page →

Tiger Tails

2v2 Game with Outlet

2v2 Double Team & Outlet is a defensive-focused small-area game for intermediate through advanced players that develops on-ball positioning, aggressive slides, double teams, and recovery while challenging the offense to escape pressure through an outlet.

SET UP

Set up a 2v2 with an offensive outlet positioned away from the action. The ball starts with a pass to one offensive player as their defender approaches and forces them down the wing. The passer cuts through to create space, allowing the ball carrier to attack and force the second defender to slide. Once the slide comes, the defenders lock in the double team while the offense must escape pressure by finding the outlet, who can then move the ball to the middle for a finish. Defense earns points only for caused turnovers, not goalie saves.

COACHING POINTS & PRINCIPLES

Force Down the Wing: Take away the middle with your positioning and stick, influencing the ball carrier toward less dangerous space.
Slide & Lock In: Slide aggressively toward the ball carrier’s stick and establish the double team—one defender plays body while the other looks for the check.
Recover With Urgency: If the offense escapes the double team, immediately recover toward the middle and look to disrupt or intercept the next pass.

To view more from Championship Productions Click Here.