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A. Stick shaft perpindicular B. Control the ball C. Should be Natural Easy movements, not jerky / violent. |
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D. Eliminate any uneccessary stick movement (showing off) E. Be able to get the stick to the box position to pass or shoot |
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| Throwing |
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A. Start with stationary passing drills, progress to drills on the move as soon as you can B. Utilize small ball games to create |
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learning environments under pressure |
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| Catching |
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A. Start with stationary passing drills, progress to drills on the move as soon as you can. B. Utilize small ball games to teach |
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passing and catching under competitive cicumstances |
| Diagnonal on the move |
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| Over the shoulder |
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| Scooping |
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A. Emhpasize proper two handed technique, Stick low, head over the ball, scoop through. B. Run away from defender to open |
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field. C. NO RAKING D. NO ONE HANDED SCOOPS. The team that wins most of the ground ball battles in lacrosse is almost |
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| Dodges |
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| Roll Dodge |
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A. Review Kudda videos for technique. B. Progress through the dodges starting with Roll, to Face etc. C. There is no time table |
| Face Dodge |
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so don't feel this has to be done in week one. It is far more important to get one dodge down right. In a perfect world U15's should |
| Circle Dodge |
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be able to do this with their weak hands |
| Change of Directon Dodge |
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| Bull Dodge |
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| Feeding |
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| Create Space - Dodge |
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A. The key is creating space so that your hands are free to pass. Move, V Cut, get to open space to create time and space |
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| Create Space - Get ot open areas |
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| Shooting |
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A. Start with stationary shooting galleries, progress to 'on the run'. B. Practice high shots, bounce shots. C. Add combination |
| Three Quarter |
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drills combining skills that would be used to create a shot i.e. Give and Go passing of a triangle formation, Dodge / Feed |
| Side Arm |
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| Quick Stick |
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| In Tight - Hi Lo Fake |
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| Checking |
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| Poke |
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Checking under contol, on the hands or stick, NO wild swings, use both hands if at possible. Defense is played with the legs first |
| Lift |
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proper position, and stick last |
| Slap / Chop |
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| Can Opener |
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| Playing without the ball |
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| Whistle Ready |
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A. Whistle ready is running to your proper position on a dead ball situaition. The ref will blow the whistle as soon as the team |
| V Cuts - Creating Space |
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that has possession gets it. This is for both defense and offense. B. What your players do off the ball will determine much of |
| Cutting |
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your success. It is is the difference between well coached teams and the other guys. C. Are players moving, cutting, V-Cuts, |
| On Ball Picks |
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setting pics. The game is constant motion when played correctly. D. College coaches spend a lot of time studying players |
| Off Ball Picks |
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and what they do when the DON'T have the ball - Are you a part of the clear, making yourself avaible for a pass. |
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| Transition Offense |
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| Draw and Dump |
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A. Practice transition a lot, odd man rushes, and create a passing mentality. The objective is recognizing you have "numbers" |
| Give and Go |
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or more players then the defense first, Second is to find or create that 2 v 1 situation. Third, get the ball to the hole and get a |
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shot. Do NOT be too fancy when you get the ball to the hole, Do NOT over pass. The best goalies in the world only stop 55-60% |
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of the shots they face. In Youth Lax if your goalie stops 1 out of 2 he or she is doing well. Get the ball to the hole quickly |
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| Transition Defense |
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| Get to the hole |
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A. Transition Defense is a all about getting the hole, setting up a tight zone, giving up the "Longest" pass, and closing down the |
| Zone Defense |
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closest threats. In transition the players without the balls are more dangerous than the ball carrier. Bait the Offense, try to get |
| Slide and Support |
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them to over pass and make a mistake and do your best to keep them out of the hole. Give up long shots is not a bad thing too |
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| Settled Offense |
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GET ORGANIZED - Patience, get set up, pass the ball around then run your offense. Patience is the hardest thing to teach. |
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Communicate!!!! |
| Get organized - Patience |
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| Motion Offense - Part 2 |
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| Motion Offense - Part 3 |
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| Settled Defense |
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| Man to Man, don't chase |
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A. Be whistle ready B. Communicate C. Be a defense first team, and start your season with defensive systems. This is the hard |
| Slough off ball |
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part and the grind. Do not make the mistake of assuming your defense will just take care of itself while you are working on |
| Adjacent Slide |
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your offense. It doesn't. Everyone plays defense, Everyone! It is the difference between a good team and a great team |
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| Clears |
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| After Shot |
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A. Players break immeadiately to open areas for outlet pass |
| Sideline |
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A. Whistle ready! B. Younger levels get open, older levels run Modified 32. B. Clear up the sideline |
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A. Three defensmen low in a line. Two middies in the middle. On whistle one breaks to side line and the other to the ball. |
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| Rides |
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| Man to Man |
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A. Attack plays Zone down low giving up the long pass B. Middies Man to Man C. Defense Man to Man on Attack |
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| Man Down Defense |
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| Triangle Zone |
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Work on this because you will have to play it in every game. |
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| Extra Man Offense |
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| 2 2 with cutters |
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Work on transition and settled first. When this starts to take shape work in your EMO. |
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