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Player's Tips for Girls
- Practice your individual skills on your own at least 1 hour a day.
- Catching and Throwing: Play catch with a friend. If you are by yourself, find a wall and bounce the ball on the ground and in the air to practice throwing and catching.
- Cradling: Jog with your stick and ball.
- Dodging: Set up chairs or cones in the yard. Pretend each is an opposing player. Practice face, split and roll dodges around the items.
- Put several in a row to practice multiple dodges in traffic.
- Keep in shape on your own. Run at least 2 miles every other day in the off season.
- When possible, watch games at a higher level such as High School and
- College games. Watch how the players move on the field, how they work together, and their ability to execute the fundamentals.
- Read the lacrosse rule book to learn the details of the rules.
- Always practice good sportsmanship. Never use bad language, never excessively celebrate after a good play, never taunt an opponent, and ABSOLUTELY NEVER participate in a fight in any way.
- Remember, Girls Lacrosse is considered a NON-CONTACT SPORT. If checking is allowed, checks MUST be UNDER CONTROL AND NOT VISCIOUS. Never check towards the body of an opponent.
- When passing or shooting, remember that the forward motion of your stick and the ball MAY NEVER endanger another player (whether on the opposing team OR your team).
- NEVER make any stick to body or body-to-body contact.
- Defensive players in the 8-meter arc must be within a stick length from an opponent. If a defensive play in the 8-meter arc is not within a sticks length of an opponent for more than 3 seconds, it is a major foul.
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Player's Tips for Boys
- Practice your individual skills on your own at least 1 hour a day.
- Catching and Throwing: Play catch with a buddy. If you are by yourself, find a wall and bounce the ball on the ground and in the air to practice throwing and catching.
- Cradling: Jog with your stick and ball.
- Dodging: Set up chairs or cones in the yard. Pretend each is an opposing player. Practice face, split and roll dodges around the items.
- Put several in a row to practice multiple dodges in traffic.
- Keep in shape on your own. Run at least 2 miles every other day in the off season.
- When possible, watch games at a higher level such as High School and
- College games. Watch how the players move on the field, how they work together, and their ability to execute the fundamentals.
- Read the lacrosse rule book to learn the details of the rules.
- Always practice good sportsmanship. Never use bad language, never excessively celebrate after a good play, never taunt an opponent, and ABSOLUTELY NEVER participate in a fight in any way.
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Tips for Coaches of GirlsTeams
- Remember to always create an environment of fun for the players.
- At the U9 and U11 levels fun is #1 and teaching the fundamental skills in a simple is a secondary effort.
- At the U13 Level, teaching the fundamental skills is #1 with fun being a very close second.
- At the U15 level, teaching the fundamental skills, conditioning, team skills, and a positive “winning” work ethic are important. Fun moves farther down the priority list.
- Stick selection is important. Older “straight sidewall” sticks are less efficient and more difficult to learn with than the more recent “curved sidewall” sticks. They are slightly more expensive but much easier to learn with.
- Encourage girls to practice catching, throwing, scooping and dodging on their own. One hour a day of fun individual practice is typical Players new to the game cannot improve their skills fast enough to enjoy the game with organized practice times as the only time allocated to work on the basic individual skills.
- Be on time to all practices and games.
- Create a written plan for each practice.
- Structure practices so that as many players as possible stay busy at all times.
- Remember as a coach to present only positive behavior to the players, parents, officials and other teams. Everything that you do as a coach will be copied by your players at some time.
- There is no place for anger, foul language, cheating, and unsportsmanlike behavior.
- Line drills are great for building skills and improving conditioning. Set up the drills with lots of running and so that each player gets optimum “touches” on the ball. Keep “standing around” to a minimum.
- Remember that every player has potential. Encourage each player with individual achievable short-term goals.
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Tips for Coaches of Boys Teams
- Remember to always create an environment of fun for the players.
- At the U9 and U11 levels fun is #1 and teaching the fundamental skills in a simple is a secondary effort.
- At the U13 Level, teaching the fundamental skills is #1 with fun being a very close second.
- At the U15 level, teaching the fundamental skills, conditioning, team skills, and a positive “winning” work ethic are important. Fun moves farther down the priority list.
- For boys new to the game, encourage the use of less expensive sticks with soft mesh pockets Stick selection is important. For boys, the most expensive sticks are not necessary until players develop excellent catching, throwing, cradling, and dodging skills with less expensive sticks.
- Make certain that your players are properly equipped before each practice and games. Make certain each player is wearing equipment that fits properly. Make certain that shoulder pads and arm pads are adequate in their protective covering of the player and that they are unaltered. Make certain that each player wears a cup. Make certain that each player wears a mouth guard. Ribs guards are highly recommended, many coaches make them mandatory.
- Proper goalie equipment is critical. Make certain that goalies wear helmet, gloves, mouth guard, throat guard, and chest protector that fit correctly. Shin guards are appropriate for young goalies as they develop their stick skills.
- Encourage players to practice catching, throwing, scooping and dodging on their own. One hour a day of fun individual practice is typical Players new to the game cannot improve their skills fast enough to enjoy the game with organized practice times as the only time allocated to work on the basic individual skills.
- Be on time to all practices and games.
- Create a written plan for each practice.
- Structure practices so that as many players as possible stay busy at all times.
- Remember as a coach to present only positive behavior to the players, parents, officials and other teams. Everything that you do as a coach will be copied by your players at some time.
- There is no place for yelling, screaming, anger, foul language, cheating, and unsportsmanlike behavior.
- Line drills are great for building skills and improving conditioning. Set up the drills with lots of running and so that each player gets optimum “touches” on the ball. Keep “standing around” to a minimum.
- Remember that every player has potential. Encourage each player with individual achievable short-term goals.
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