Stick skills, ground balls, transition, and team-defense drills for every level.
Lacrosse practices reward repetition — the players who touch the ball the most and repeat the fundamentals the most (wall ball, ground balls, passing) improve the fastest. These drills scale from a player's first season learning to cradle and catch through advanced tactical work on riding, clearing, and man-up situations for high-school and club teams.
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See Lacrosse practice plansWall ball is the single most important habit a young lacrosse player can build — a few minutes a day of throwing and catching against a wall builds…
This drill pairs a controlled cradle with a game-realistic cut to open space, training young players to protect the ball while moving rather than…
Ground balls decide games at every level of lacrosse. This drill builds the low, wide-base technique and the competitive instinct to win a loose ball…
This progression builds a quick, accurate release on both the catch and the throw, the foundation every other passing and dodging skill in lacrosse…
Four players and a passing box build the give-and-go habit that unlocks a settled offense — pass, cut, and fill the space a teammate just vacated, on…
Adapted from the classic weave concept, this drill builds passing accuracy on the run and the habit of advancing the ball up the field with pace…
Clearing — moving the ball out of the defensive end under pressure — is one of the most game-deciding team skills in lacrosse, and one of the least…
Riding is the mirror image of clearing — applying coordinated pressure to force a turnover before the other team gets the ball across midfield — and…
An advanced, game-situation drill that trains a team's extra-man offense and penalty-kill defense together — the possessions that swing close…
A full-field numbers-up drill that trains a team to recognize and finish a fast-break advantage — 4-on-3 or 3-on-2 — before the defense can recover…
An advanced 1-on-1 dodging drill that adds a live team-defense slide package, training attackers to read help defense in real time and make the extra…