Midfielders are the engine-room of any lacrosse team. They cover the entire field, are deployed in both defense and attack, and require a full set of multiple skills to find success. I’m going to look at the following things: All the key facts you need to know about midfielders 2. A selection of top tips …
Lacrosse is a high-frequency game and it is considered an extreme sport since it requires the players to constantly run on the field. To be able to perform at their best, the players need to stretch and warm-up before actually playing the game. Stretching allows the muscles in the body to loosen up and they …
It’s great to see that more and more girls are playing lacrosse every year. (Source) However, there is still a lack of adequate training information on the internet about lacrosse drills for girls. Well, no more! In this article, I will be compiling some of the top lacrosse drills for girls, backed by expert opinion …
Often people are under the impression that Lacrosse is solely a team sport; therefore, you need a partner or two to even practice. Contrary to popular belief, this is not the case. Even though lacrosse is played with multiple players as a team, it can be a solo practice. If you do necessarily need a …
As I was growing up, I was always fascinated by one lacrosse position in particular – that of defensemen. It seemed so heroic, and pivotal to the team’s overall success. Also when I first started playing, it seemed to be the position I gravitated naturally to myself. The defensemen are the first line of defense …
Lacrosse is widely popular across high schools in the US but I have always wondered if it was played as a professional sport. During my research, I found out the following: Lacrosse is played as a professional sport and has been around professionally since 2001 when the first major league lacrosse game took place. Premier League …
The lacrosse attackman is a pivotal position. They are crucial to victory, because of course you can’t win without scoring goals. But also the attackman’s role extends throughout the entire match – helping out with defending, retrieving the ball from the opposition, keeping possession, and working with the midfielders. In this article I’m going to …
Often when people ask me to teach them the game of lacrosse or describe how it is played, I like to reference other sports to explain it better. This is because lacrosse is not as widely understood as other sports. But which sports is lacrosse most similar to? Lacrosse contains many elements of basketball, soccer …
There is a common misconception that lacrosse is a challenging game. Maybe is seems daunting and challenging as it is a physical contact game, or perhaps the rules don’t seem as clear as other sports. Perhaps you are concerned about the level of skills required to play to a successful level. Is lacrosse a hard …
As someone that has played and coached lacrosse, I have seen that the more fun you can inject into drills for kids, the more they get out of them. Out of all the games I’ve tried, the best 15 lacrosse drills for kids are: Lacrosse Golf Lacrosse Tennis Zipper 3 On 3 Half Field Practice …