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| Notre Dame Ground Ball Drill (Haverford) - Link to Drill | Set Up | Focus Points |
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| Inside Out Chaos Passing Game - Link to Drill | Set Up | Focus Points |
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| 3v2 Scrappin’ Drill w/ Scott Marr (U Alabany) - Link to Drill | Set Up | Focus Points |
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| Double Trouble Sliding Numbers - Link to Drill | Set Up | Focus Points |
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| 6v6 Scrimmage - Link to Drill | Set Up | Focus Points |
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Phase 3: Compete & Adapt :As players enter the Train to Compete phase, the focus shifts to applying skills and concepts in competitive, game-like situations. Practices emphasize situational play, decision-making under pressure, and team principles while fostering communication, leadership, and adaptability. Coaches demand constant communication, reward smart team decisions, and encourage players to take ownership of their performance and growth.
Week 8 Practice /90 Minute Session
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.
Summary
A Groundball and Ball Control Drill that incorporates Conditioning!
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Create a small area on the field, and give every player a ball. They must roll a ball to themselves, get possession, and they carry and maneuver through each other.
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Summary
Inside out chaos passing is a really fun game that works on recognition ground balls in team passing.
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Create a small playing around area, in this video specifically we’re using the right side restraining box. Split your group up in the two teams. Each team will have three players on each end line. The rest of the players will be around the playing field, alternating dark white dark white. Coach will put 6 to 8 balls in the middle of the field, and on the whistle the players in the end line will run to try to gain possession of a ball. After a player gain possession, they will find a teammate on the perimeter and make a pass. That teammate that just received the pass will now bring it in the playing area trying to find another teammate to pass it to while the other teammate takes their place on the perimeter. Play for 1 minute, the team in possession of the most balls, wins! Play best of 5, or 7 depending on your time. It’s really fun, engaging, and players will learn how to play within the chaos inside the box and finding teammates to pass to around the field.
Summary
Set up your players in an arc surrounding the goal inside the retraining box area. Line up the offense on 1 side and the defense on the other, coach with balls in between. Start with 3 offense and 2 defense on the crease. Coach rolls a ball in and its a live 3v2. Players must battle, and the perimeter players can keep the ball in play if it rolls to them
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Each group does 3 reps, and then sub players in
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A live 6v6 scrimmage allows players to apply the skills and concepts practiced throughout the session in a game-like environment. Play continuously while encouraging communication, decision-making, and teamwork. Keep coaching interruptions to a minimum, using brief teaching moments between possessions to maintain the flow and maximize repetitions.
Constraint Ideas: Possession clock • Every player touches the ball • Assisted goals only • Bonus points for defensive stops or caused turnovers • Start from specific situations (clear, ground ball, man-up, etc.) • Limit dodges or require a dodge before shooting • Reward good spacing and ball movement • Play uneven numbers (6v5, 5v6).