Passing is an art form in lacrosse: the physicality of the sport demands quick, accurate, and well-placed passes. Helping your team master these skills requires running the best lacrosse passing drills. Run one or more of these drills a day to get your players passing like near professionals. They are appropriate for any age group, from high school, college, to even semi-pro leagues. The Hippo Drill The Hippo Drill is one of the most popular lacrosse passing drills: it has been written about by coach Mike Muetzel and is utilized by Lynchburg coach and Gettysburg coach Hank Janczyk. This drill focuses primarily on the quick pass, which makes it a lot of fun for more advanced players. It's probably bet utilized once every couple of days for the best results. …show more content…
Start by breaking up your team into two 10 man teams, including two attack players and two stick defenders.
Perform a simple playoff and start running the scrimmage. That's another fun thing about this drill: it actually simulates the real conditions of a lacrosse game in a way that other drills don't. When a player gets the ball, they have three to five seconds to throw the ball to a teammate. You can either let them be silent seconds or shout them off to add to the pressure. If a player doesn't successfully pass the ball, must drop the ball and run away from it. The other team then gets the chance to try. This drill will teach players to constantly look up-field to move the ball, be aware of the location of the ball at all time, challenge your defense to cut off passing routes, create quick transitions, and generate faster, and more effective game play. Practice this drill until one team scores anywhere from 8-10 goals. At that point, your players blood should be pumping and their passing skills should be taut. Post Passing and
Cutting This simple drill is great for beginners, medium-skilled players, and even advanced players. It's not quite as exciting as the full on scrimmage rush of the Hippo, but it was still recommended by US Lacrosse as an exciting passing drill. Start by sitting one cone at the corner of a 10-yard by 40-yard section of the field. On each end of the grid , you have a post player (for four total passes) throwing the ball into player and catching anything thrown by an attacker. Two attackers and two defenders are inside the grid and they are working to catch one of the passes and to throw it to another post player. The attackers are primarily looking to receive the passes while the defenders are looking to block that pass by anticipating passing lanes and intercepting with their stick. The first passer (called P1) attempts to throw to one of the attackers. If the attacker gets the ball, they throw it to the next passer in the rectangle, clockwise (otherwise known as P2). This passer then tries to pass to the second attacker while the second defender attempts to steal the ball. The second attacker (A2) then tries to pass it to the third passer. Continue in this way around the rectangle, until the players get tired or time has run out. The best thing about this drill is that it challenges your players to play both offense and defense. You can vary it up by forcing the players in the grid to change from attackers to defenders. This simulates the change of action and flow typical of the average lacrosse game. Follow these drills regularly to help your team master their passing and to win more games. If you are interested in learning even more about lacrosse drills, please don't hesitate to contact us today. Our friendly specialists can help you maximize your on-field lacrosse success.
Practicing is the second major part of being on drill team. If you don’t practice you don’t look good at the performance. You practice more than you do anything else. We all know the saying practice makes perfect well this was one of my coach’s favorite sayings. I don’t care if it was twelve in the morning if we didn’t look good or as one we were going to keep practicing until we got the chorography correct and until we looked good as a team. Practicing and doing things over and over can sometimes become very
As more of my teammates began to show up, I recognized most of them. However, I learned later that if I went on to play in the Spring, this would not be the same exact team I would play with. With only twenty minutes until we began,I put on all of my gear and my dad gave me a thorough warm up. Time seemed to fly by, and before I knew it, everyone was gathered together as positions were being assigned. I was originally overwhelmed with excitement, but as the game drew closer, the joy I had felt was replaced with anxiety. The lacrosse game taking place before ours ended and we entered and took our place on our bench. I recognized the opposing team’s jerseys quickly and identified them as a travel team from our area. Taking one final breath, I rushed into the lacrosse net enjoying my bird’s eye view, unsure of what was to
possession or side at the beginning of the game. If only one team is ready to play at game
with, kicking, or passing it. With passing, though, you can only pass the ball backwards or directly to your side, never forward. Like football, you score by running the ball into the endzone or by kicking it through the uprights. Also, you must touch the ball to the ground for it to count, and it is worth five points. When kicking, the ball can be kicked from anywhere spontaneously. If it passes through the uprights, it is worth three points, as in football.
 "Awesome footwork Alex, could you feel the difference between that ball and the last?" Dennis indicates when the players use the correct technique and then compares it to a previous shot where they do not. This is enabling them to get used to using internal feedback independently and how they should be executing the shot.
keep possession of the ball and in 100m it is to get a powerful start.
In a soccer game there are two teams of 11 players who try to score a point by kicking a ball into the opponents net. Soccer is played on a rectangular field with a net on each short side of the field. All players must hit the ball with their feet or body and only the goalie is allowed to touch the ball with his/her hands. There are many things you can do to condition yourself to play.
During each match, the Chasers try to keep possession of the Quaffle, a spherical ball about 12 inches in diameter, and try to score a goal, which is worth ten points, by throwing it through one of the opponents’ three hoops. They can pass it among themselves, but only one player is allowed in the scoring area at any time. The two Beaters have to protect the rest of the team from the Bludgers, round, jet black balls, made of iron, and 10 inches in diameter, by hitting them at the other team with a wooden bat (like a baseball bat), which they hold in one hand. The Keeper has to protect the team’s goal hoops by flying in front of them and stopping the opponents from throwing the Quaffle through them. The Seeker’s job is probably the most important one on the team, and it is to catch the Golden Snitch before the opposing team’s Seeker. The Snitch is a small golden ball the approximate size of a walnut 1 inch in diameter with silver wings that move so fast that it nearly impossible to see. Catching the Golden Snitch ends ...
You have the speed, now you have to do the problem solving.” I love the game because it always keeps spectators on the edge of their seats; a wide variety of players and strategies leaves any individual wondering how the match will unfold. Soccer is incredibly dynamic; every team has a distinct playing style, such as the “long ball,” possession, or counter attack to name a few, and each style has its ramifications. One approach may suit a team depending on the capabilities of the players, and the match becomes fascinating if teams with different styles oppose each other. For example, how does a side compete with a “long ball (merely kicking the ball as far as possible and then having players run onto it)” style? “Long ball” teams are frustrating because they constantly clear the ball as far as possible resulting in the opposition team running towards their own goal trying to defend. World class soccer players in these situations instantly read the game and know how to solve the problem. I admire the tactical side of the game, and I strive to understand it similar to the way professionals do. While tactics are crucial in soccer, a commanding leader is vital to a team’s
The game starts when each team is on its half of the field, the goalkeepers are ready, and the referee blows the whistle. When the referee blows the whistle the team that is in the center circle starts. The team that starts is decided before the game begins. When the game begins the team passes the ball to the second half of the field to his teammate who is next to him in the center circle.
The 2-2 formation operates as a simple square. The two defenders in front shadow the ball while the two players in the back serves as support. This formation is effective for pressing and is fairly easy to learn.
The team must restart the process each time the ball is dropped. The goal of each team is to pass the ball through all steps seamlessly in the shortest possible time.
I chose this training method to create a short 20 minute session for a soccer player because I believe a goalie training would be a little different comparing to a full-forward player. The goalie training is not as tension as the other players as it doesn’t have much movement during the game but the does not mean it doesn’t train hard, a goalie training call be hard and difficult at times but overall all these training session can help improve his/her skills for the game.
All are important in the execution of this teaching style. The first step is introduction of the game. In this step the game is first introduced. But it should not be the full version of the game, it should be modified to give an idea of the more advanced game form. So if we say we were going to teach volleyball to students, instead of jumping right into a volleyball game or having the students try it, modify the game to get the students to come up with their own tactical way of playing. To start, split the students into two teams. One team on one side of the net and one on the other, tell the students they have to make three passes on their side then throw the ball over the net on the third pass. The second step is gam appreciation. Here you give the students a general understanding of the rules of the game. Explain to them the boundaries of the court and that in order for their team to get a point, the ball must hit the floor when tossed to the other side. The third step is tactical awareness. In this step students must identify with their team what tactics will wrk and what they need to do in order to win the game or activity. So here, the students would talk amongst their teammates to determine what will make them successful. For example, if they make quicker passes or throw the ball into a more empty space. The fourth step is decision making. Here the teacher asks thought provoking questions that get students