3/6/2017 - Practice Plan

From Lacrosse Plan Drills
Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
10 Min Clearing Stations
  • Split kids into these 3 groups: Attack, Middie, Defense
  • Defense Group with 1 goalie
    • Have 3 defense cluster in front of the goal
    • Goalie with the ball yells clear, 2 defense go to the side at GLE, 1 goes top right
    • Goalie passes to one at GLE, that D passes to the other GLE D, and then passes to the D near the mid line
    • Rotate all Defense in
  • Midfield Group with 1 goalie location at the midline
    • Two midfield stand about 10 yards apart passing to each other
    • Goalie yells clear and they pass to the goalie
    • Both middies banana cut out and goalie passes to one. The other Middie takes off down field, banana cutting to receive a pass from the first Middie
  • Attack Group
    • 3 Attack take the field
    • 2 attack stay near the midline and 1 attack is halfway to goal from the midline
    • Coach passes the ball to one of the top attack, the attack closest to goal runs to X
    • The other high attack takes off down the field looking for a pass. Takes the pass and either shoots or passes to the guy at X
    • X attack goes around goal and looks for attack that made the pass driving to goal
    • Original attack breaks to goal looking for a pass and goes to X, attack adjust to 2 GLE and 1 at x


10 Min 4 on 3 Fast Breaks
  • Tim and Dan coach offense
  • Kyle and Dave coach defense
5 Min Water
20 Min Stations

Station 1: Kyle and Dave - Defensive Pushes

This drill teaches players how to properly position their feet when playing defense and how to push to funnel out with the top and bottom hands of the stick.

  • Demonstrate proper short stick and long stick defensive posture
  • Play with your feet don't over commit, contain
  • Demonstrate the Vcheck when the attacker is going towards your strong hand
  • Demonstrate the bottom hand push check when the attacker is going towards the week hand
  • Work on funneling your man out of the shooting zone
  • Have two lines and work 1 on 1 for each skill


Station 2: Dan and Tim - 3 on 3 - Rule of 3

This drill teaches the importance of attacking the ball and communicating with your team mates.

  • 6 players are used for the drill, 3 per team
  • The rule of 3 is one player goes for man, the other ball, the last hovers and circles called the shark
  • A coach rolls a ball out and the players call man, ball, and the 3rd person hovers/circles to try and get the ball if its kicked out.
  • The “man” player looks to box out the closet competitor
  • The “ball” player runs through the ball and tries to scoop it, if its not possible, the player looks to flip the ball out to the 3rd player hovering and circling.
  • The 3rd player (shark) runs in half circles or full circles around the scrum looking to get a ball kicked out to them.


20 Min 6 on 6
  • Zero - cutting and returning
  • One - Crease guy setting picks up high when ball is at x
  • Run Triangle