BEGINNER 

• Using the end-boards and/or the restraining-lines as boundaries, start with a coach and one volunteer (possibly more depending on the size of the group), in one or more of the 3 zones (offensive zone, defensive zone, neutral zone) of a lacrosse floor; otherwise using the full-floor with large groups.  Creases could also be utilized as another boundary that only the "sharks" can step in. 

• • *Variation #1 (7 min):  "D/O Zone Boundary."  Have all players ("minnows") start against the side-boards, with balls in everyone’s stick, ready to try and successfully cradle to the opposite side boards, without dropping the ball.

• • The coach and initial volunteers ("sharks") are trying to “strip” players of the ball; all players should be using 2-hands to cradle.  

• • Players become "sharks" if they drop the ball, get stripped, or get pushed over one of the boundaries.  Otherwise, the same sharks can be used for the entire game (which places high cardio demands on the sharks).  Players need to protect the ball and should use team tactics or any other sort of deception that will help get the, safely to the other side of the floor.

• • The game ends when every player has lost their ball, or there is one or two players left who still haven’t dropped their ball.

*Most common error = not adequately protecting the ball