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Cortland 1V1 w Slide to 2V2 Lacrosse Drill
Many times, OK, well, almost always, when the great NCAA Coaches share their lacrosse drills with us, I get a little melancholy because they just make so much sense, often they are simple in configuration, they target a unique need in a special way, and might have seemed obvious to a coach with 35 years of lacrosse coaching…
But I had never thought of that specific way of reinforcing lacrosse fundamentals. Perhaps that is why they are NCAA Lacrosse Coaches preparing for the tournament, and I am writing articles for the internet…
Thus, this was the case with our second interview with one of my favorite coaches, Coach Beville from Cortland. Although he offered a litany of great lacrosse drills, this one stands out to me, for the reasons listed above.
Maybe like you, I have come full circle realizing the importance of one-on-one play both offensively as well as defensively in lacrosse practice. But especially if you are coaching by yourself – they seem to slow down practice, or we run them from the same location, or just get to be the same old thing. But the facts remain that in a 6V6 situation, usually nothing happens until somebody ‘beats’ somebody.
In this case, Coach Beville does an awesome job of creating a drill that is so game realistic, reinforces 1V1 play both offensively as well as defensively, integrates a slide to begin the drill focusing on controlled approach, footwork, breakdown when they get to the ball and positioning, as well shooting, and can quickly be adapted to 2V2, all at a very fast paced.
First Option, The Basic Drill, 1V1
May 13th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
this drill looks great.. i’m going to use it Tuesday!