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From Lacrosse Plan Drills
Fireball
- Start with one goal and a goalie.
- Divide the remaining players into two "teams".
- Place the teams on opposite sides of the field about 30 yards apart at the restraining line. Use cones to identify where the players should stand.
- Give each player on each team a number: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
- Now you're ready to start your game. Call out some numbers: "1,4,5". You can use any combination of numbers to achieve 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, etc.
- After calling out the numbers roll out a ball and blow the whistle.
- To gain possession a team must win the ground ball and pass back to the coach. This is the "ground ball" phase of the drill.
- Now that you've established an offense (ground ball winner) and defense, the coach makes a pass to the offense. The offensive players must cut to get open. The defense must "mark up" in a man-to-man defense.
- Now it's just a normal scrimmage. The possession ends with either: (1) a goal, (2) a goalie save, or (3) a defensive clear back to the coach.
- Keep score to make it competitive for the two "teams".
