
Ground Balls: Essential Tips for Beginner Lacrosse Players
Learn the essential steps to teach beginner lacrosse players how to pick up ground balls like a pro! Mastering this fundamental skill will set your team up for success on the field.
Cradling a lacrosse ball for beginners
Cradling in lacrosse involves a fluid motion of the hands and body to keep the ball secure and protected, with the stick held close to the helmet for added defense. Proper technique, including avoiding warding penalties and maintaining two-handed control, ensures readiness for quick transitions into shooting, passing, or dodging.

Unleashing Power: How to Shoot Hard in Lacrosse
Developing a powerful shot in lacrosse requires a blend of technique, strength, and consistent practice. By focusing on proper body mechanics, wrist control, and endurance, players can significantly increase their shooting velocity and effectiveness on the field.

Complete Guide to Executing Effective Fakes in Lacrosse: Deceiving Defenders and Goalies
Fakes are one of the most important skills in lacrosse, both for deceiving defenders and creating scoring opportunities in front of the goalie. Whether with the stick or with the body, performing an effective fake can change the course of a game. In this article, I will explain how to execute different types of fakes to deceive the goalie, improve your decision-making skills, and increase your chances of scoring.
How to throw an over the head check
The benefit of throwing an over-the-head check in men's lacrosse is that it can effectively dislodge the ball from the opponent's stick, creating turnover opportunities and disrupting their offensive play. This check also applies significant defensive pressure, forcing the ball carrier to make quick decisions, which can lead to mistakes. Additionally, a successful over-the-head check can intimidate and frustrate the opponent, giving your team a psychological advantage.

How to Execute an Effective Jump Shot in Lacrosse
The jump shot is an essential skill in lacrosse, especially for players looking to improve their shooting while on the move. This technique allows players to take quick and powerful shots, increasing goal-scoring opportunities by surprising defenders and goalies. Mastering the right movements and technique for a jump shot can significantly enhance offensive performance.

Wall ball basics
Coaches will debate so many things regarding strategy, commitment, planning and much more. But the one constant is that wall ball is a fantastic activity to build skill
Benefits of playing wall ball one handed
Playing wall ball with one hand in lacrosse enhances stick control, promotes ambidexterity, and improves hand-eye coordination. This focused practice develops muscle memory, leading to quicker reaction times and increased overall proficiency on the field. Additionally, the solo nature of wall ball allows for convenient and efficient skill development, contributing to a player's overall performance.

7 Ground ball teaching tips
These 7 tips on picking up the ground ball is the foundation to every good lacrosse team. Ground balls means more possession for your team. Everything else becomes irrelevant if your team can not get a ground ball.

Finishing in close
The ability to consistently finish from in close is what separates average offensive players from great ones. Being so close to the goal with the ball in your stick requires a lot of concentration and pinpoint accuracy from the shooter. Stick protection and deception are crucial elements to finishing from in close. Let’s take a look at different techniques you will need, and ways to finish effectively.

Wall Ball Workout Fundamentals and Plan
There is no way around it, your lacrosse game will suffer without stick skills. Players have to be able to handle the ball at all levels. Every lacrosse coach at every level says the same thing: "play wall ball". There are many items on this site that can be disputed, but everybody agrees that wall ball is a must!

Your lacrosse stick should become part of your body
To become proficient in passing and shooting, the player must be able to propel the ball from the stick with the wrist "snap." Many beginning players pass and shoot with an arm motion, or "push" the ball, which causes the ball to leave the stick on a low trajectory resulting in a low pass or shot.
Transition Lacrosse Basics
Lacrosse transition drills are designed to help you and your teammates move down the field in a quick and effective manner. 80% of the goals in a game are scored in transition. However, as a coach you have no control over this situation once the game begins. This is why transition is the most vital thing to practice.

The 4 Essential One on One Dodges
There are a wide variety of moves an offensive player can use and that list seems to grow every year. However these 4 seem to be a constant over time and provide the foundation for a quality offensive player.

What is good form when shooting a lacrosse ball
This look provides simple rules for the players to follow on and off the ball. It is often referred to as a “two triangles” offense as the midfielders and attack form respective 3 man triangles.

Defenseman Tips
These are a list of tips you want all your best d-men to follow in the course of a lacrosse game.

The 4 Principles for Goaltending in Lacrosse
these 4 principles can set the foundation for every great lacrosse goalie.

Keys to being a lacrosse goalie
There is a coaching adage: "Offense wins games, Defense wins Championships". If the best defense is having the ball, the next best thing on defense is to have a capable goalie.

Shooting basics
It is very important for players to learn the proper lacrosse shooting techniques. Many players get taught the wrong way to shoot, and it ends up hurting their game in the future.