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Originally Posted by Cardiactive
I've done guest appearence's at my little sister's lax practices and was thinking about getting involved in coaching hs girl teams in my area. What are some drills/exercises that you guys(girls) would suggest and what do your coaches run at practice?
Mostly looking for female input here, because, even though it is mostly guys on these boards and you all have great suggestions, I'm one of you and could just ask myself if I wanted a guy's opinion.
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Heyy, I play highschool lacrosse and I thought I would help you out. Even though the girls may hate it, you have to condition them. Our preseason happens in gyms since its still wet and cold so we do alot of sprints, jumproping, push-ups, crunches, jumping-jacks, etc. One of the most common sprints we do is when you go 25% 50% 75% then 100% over the course of several minutes. Alot of the conditioning has stations too, so we are always moving. For more of the actual drills indoors we do alot of wall ball, shuttle lines,a star drill, we work on moves, and do small scrimmaging. Outdoors we still keep up with the conditioning (long runs,zig-zags,short sprints, sprinting up hills) because the girls have to get used to the grass, how the ball roles/bounces, and definitely ground balls. Once we were outside we did alot of scrimmaging to the goal, shooting, and still passing. We try to get the easy stuff out of the way in the gym so we can work on the important stuff outside. It's also important to give the girls a few minutes to mess around with the stick before practice, and put in a couple of fun drills. You should stress that everyone gets along as well .. no cliques.. they all have to play together, so they should get used to eachother. Another big thing is COMMUNICATION we would run sprints if we weren't always talking through drills... If you need any clarity on anything or a better descriptino let me know I was kind of limited on time. Good Luck and Have Fun!!