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.
Theme Description & Objected: Station Work – Small Area Games
Stations – Small Area Games is designed to build creativity, competitiveness, and decision-making in U8 and U10 players through fast, fun, and highly active mini-games. The objective of this plan is to help young athletes learn essential concepts—like spacing, teamwork, ball movement, and defensive positioning—by playing in tight, controlled areas where touches and decisions happen quickly. Each station offers a different small-sided challenge that keeps players engaged, accelerates learning, and reinforces fundamentals in a game-like environment. This approach develops instinct, confidence, and game IQ while keeping practice fun and energetic.