Drills and Variations from Coach Toomey from Loyola
4V4 – x3
I learned so much talking to Coach Toomey, Head Coach from Loyola, as I love his ability to make adjustments during a game, and he has certainly built a team that is capable of beating any lacrosse team on any given Saturday. In this drill [...]
Coach Richie Meade, Navy, and The Mineola Drill
As a coach do you need to work on your 6V6? For most coaches this means 18 players stand around bored on the sidelines while coaches get frustrated watching a monotonous half field scrimmage for what seems like hours or days at a time.
This is a great [...]
If you have ever been on the sideline and cringed as a player launched a shot in transition that missed the cage from 15 yards out only to go flying into the parking lot, and you did not have the shot backed up, you may want to read the rest of this article.
In our recent [...]
In our recent podcast with the Coach of the Tufts NCAA DIII Championship, Mike Daly he was gracious in sharing two great defensive lacrosse drills to help teach slides as well as develop player’s skills to knock down or more importantly catch skip passes. We are getting a lot of emails on more [...]
Coach Ryan Mercyhurst 4V4 Lock On to Transition Drill
I loved our recent podcast with Coach Ryan from Mercyhurst. I think all lacrosse coaches are always looking for new ways to engage players, find lacrosse drills that emulate game situations, and reinforce a number of key skills in each drill. And of course [...]
Yale “Box Passing Drill”
We discussed this unique drill with Coach Andy Shay from Yale. The drill is designed to replace line drills under the definition that it is a warm up drill, a passing fundamentals drill, and designed in a way to emulate close looks for passes that will occur in a [...]
In the recent podcast with Coach Sowell he described a basic defense Spoke Drill he uses at the beginning of practice for his defensemen and middies. You can listen to him describe it in his own words in the Interview Section of the site under teaser, for all our Members. The dialog was [...]
Maybe you are like me; every time you see an offensive lacrosse player set a pick you hold your breath a little bit waiting for the moving pick call. Or possibly, you have one of those bigger defensive players, playing with a pole that sees every pick as an opportunity to run over the [...]
2-Minute Offense – With Full Accountability
After hearing Coach Cerino from Limestone describe this lacrosse drill on our recent podcast (you can hear him describe this drill in his own words on the free sample) I just fell in love with the concept. As you know our criteria for great lacrosse drills is fast paced, [...]
(Go to the interview section and hear Coach Cottle describe this drill in the preview for Free Members)
In this great lacrosse drill we received from Coach Cottle from when he coached at Maryland we get all the elements we are looking for in lacrosse practice drills that simulate game scenarios, and focus on competitive [...]
