Template:Talk About Ground Balls
From Lacrosse Plan Drills
Talk About Ground Balls
Its important to teach your players about how controlling ground balls can win games. The following points are good pieces of information to tell your kids.
- The team that wins more "GB's" is going to get extra possessions and extra chances to score. It is that simple.
- These extra possessions are also likely to be followed by "unsettled situations,"- a 4-on-3 Fast Break or 5-on-4 Slow Break of some kind.
- Transition goals are easier to score because there is almost always an unbalance of players
- Always scoop and and move the ball
- Let's work on calling Ball/Man and not Man/Ball
Ground Ball Statistics
http://www.laxpower.com/content/mauboussin/stats_analysis.php?page=2
