Laxlife Practice Plans

• 1. Basic Fundamentals - Lesson #1
• 2. Basic Fundamentals - Lesson #2
• 3. Basic Fundamentals - Lesson #3
• 4. Goaltending & Shooting Basics
• 5. Basic Shooting Progressions
• 6. Stick & Body Awareness
• 7. Team Offense Basics
• 8. Intro To Body Contact
• 9. Individual Defense Basics
• 10. Basic Transition Movement Patterns
• 11. Shooting On-The-Run
• 12. Intro To Team Transition
• 13. Offensive Stickwork Progressions
• 14. Game Day Warm-Up
• 15. Team Offense Build-Up
• 16. Individual Defense Intangibles
• 17. Intro To Team Defense
• 18. Transition Lanes & Spacing
• 19. Transition Situations & Decision Making
• 20. Goalie Focused Drills
• 21. Offensive Stickwork Intangibles
• 22. Pick & Roll Progressions
• 23. Team Defense Build-Up
• 24. Advanced Transition & Quick Decisions
• 25. Stickwork In Tight Spaces
• 26. Adjacent Offensive Movement Patterns
• 27. Advanced Offensive Movement Patterns
• 28. Individual Compete Practice
• 29. Compete Practice (Transition)
• 30. Compete Practice (Offense/Defense)

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Equipment Needed: Empty Garbage Can, Open Wall/Field Space or Outdoor/Indoor Lacrosse Box, Sticks, Lacrosse Balls, Nets, Helmets & Gloves, Pinnies, Pylons

Optional Ball Progressions (For First-Timers): do drills using dodgeballs, volleyballs, or basketballs, whiffle balls (using bare hand or top-hand only), high density foam balls (using bare hand or top hand only), SWAX balls (using bare hand or top-hand only), real balls (using bare hand or top hand only - incorporate bounce passes)

Time Line:  60-80 min

Meeting (20 min - Optional):

• - Stick Stringing - How To Create And Maintain A Usable Stick – 20 Minutes Prior To Practice
  

Huddle (2-3 min):

• • - Lacrosse:  Hard Work
  • - Re-Hash:  Skills Learned In Previous Week
  • - Come up with an appropriate word, as a team, for a team cheer

Warm-Up (15 min):

• • • - Warm-Up Drill #1 - Running Around The Outside (Variation #1B) – With Balls (No Passing)
  • • • • - Defense Drill #1 - Athletic Position (Variation #3B) – Follow The Stick (With Ball)
    • • • - Demo:  Attacking A Loose Ball
          
      • - *Loose Ball Drill #2 - Attacking A Ball With A Partner (Variation #1 & #2) – Rolling Loose Ball (10m apart) + Cradle Around Partner
  • • • - Stickwork Drill #2 - Partner Passing (Variation #2) - "Long Pass" - 10-20m Away (Move Progressively Farther)
      • - *Stickwork Drill #2 - Partner Passing (Variation #3A to #3C) – "Dynamic Pass" - Short Run (Just Passer/Just Receiver/Both)
      • - Stickwork Drill #2 - Partner Passing (Variation #4) – "Face Away" (Stationary)
      • - Water Break:  2 min

*See Fundamental Skills Assessment Document (Allow An Extra 5 Min For Documentation)

Activity 1 (15 min):

• - Demo:  Set Shooting (Time & Space, Crow Hop)
• - Stickwork Drill #1 - Wall Ball (Variation #4) - "Set Shot" (15m Away)
• - Demo:  Prime Scoring Area, Proper Floor Sides, Wrong Floor Side
• - *Warm-Up Drill #5 - Semi Circle Shooting (Variation #1C) – All Players Shoot At Once (Game) - "Hit The Net"  
• - Warm-Up Drill #5 - Semi Circle Shooting (Variation #4) - Shot On-The-Run "Hit The Net" (Demo - 1 min)
• - Water Break:  2 min

Associated Drills (15 min):

• - Games Drill #4- North South Cradling Relay (Variation #1) – Weave Through Pylons (Touch Far-End Boards)
• - Games Drill #12 - Shot-On-The-Run Relay (Variation #1B) - Balls at Centre-Floor (Lines in Both Corners) - No Rebounds
  
• - Games Drill #7 - Lax Darts (Variation #3) – Garbage Can @ Centre-Floor (Free For All)

Activity 2 (10 min):  

• - Discussion (1 min):  The Importance of Fitness/Cardio in Lacrosse
• - Cardio Drill #1 - Rabbit Run (Variation #1B) - Single Line; With Balls (Switch Directions Halfway)

Cool Down (2-3 min):

• - Static Stretches - Have players demonstrate ones that they know; group led discussion