Watch Coaches Will Corrigan and Eric Koch use a whiteboard to explain and demonstrate offense vs. defense. Coaches then explain various drills and tactics for the audience to use.
Rutgers Defense: Values, Drills, and Concepts for the Spring Season with Jimmy Ryan – Rutgers Univ.
Watch as Coach Jimmy Ryan breaks down the values, drills, and concepts when preparing for the spring season.
4v4 Box Defensive Focus with Kevin Conry – Univ. of Michigan
Watch as Coach Kevin Conry explains and shows video of this 4v4 box defensive focus drill. The drill involves defending a large area with less people, making it more challenging as there is more ground […]
Coaching Tips: Athletes Who Have Experienced Trauma with Dr. Lee Dorpfeld – Univ. of South Florida
Watch as Dr. Lee Dorpfeld discusses some tips for coaches who are dealing with athletes that have experienced some form of trauma. These athletes are not trying to push your buttons or be difficult but […]
Circle Shooter Drill with Mike Hungerford – Farmingdale High School (NY)
Watch as Coach Mike Hungerford explains and shows video clips of this circle shooter drill. The game is played 2v2 with an additional player from each team outside the portable crease. A groundball is inserted […]
10-Minute Clinic: The Faceoff Drill Dinner Menu with Casey Dowd – Princeton Univ.
In this Lacrosse Coaches Insider | 10-Minute Clinic, Assistant Head Coach, Offensive/Recruiting Coordinator Coach Casey Dowd from Colby College (Waterville, Maine) shares drills and repetitions for faceoff development. Faceoff Drills Discussed in this 10-Minute Clinic: […]
Being a Good Teammate
By: John Klessinger – South River High School (MD) Originally Published in: A Coach’s Manual Provided by: Championship Productions “Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the […]
Drills to Develop Off-Ball Defense with Steve Grossi – Towson Univ.
Watch as Coach Steve Grossi explains and shows video of drills to develop off-ball defense. He will focus on number’s build up and scramble defense drills with detailed explanations of each: 2v1 Hockey, 4v3 to […]
What Are We Doing to Create a Championship Culture? with Robert Grasso – La Jolla Country Day School (CA)
Robert Grasso asks the question, “what can we do to create a championship culture?” Every team has a culture – are you working to develop the kind of culture you want? Robert states that if […]
Fear Is Powerful, but It Is Better to Build and Not Break with Kate Leavell
Kate Leavell explains that fear is a powerful tool that works as a short-term motivational tool but requires more and more overtime to be effective. Eventually fear does not work, as the recipient tunes it […]
Assistant Coach Checklist
By: Denise Corlett – (Retired) Stanford University Originally Published in: Winning Ways of Women Coaches Provided by: Human Kinetics ☐ Always be loyal to your head coach, staff, and school. At some point you might […]
Social Media: Your Messages/Views Are Always a Reflection of Your Employer with Garry Rosenfield – Coaches Inc.
Watch as Garry explains that coaches need to know their social messages and their views they express are always a reflection of their employer/program. Coaches are always on duty, thus always representing their school or […]
Potential Will Get You Fired
Coach Mickey Marley’s Twitter Originally Published in: Game Ready – 52 Takeaways for Winning You are probably thinking, what in the world does this guy mean with the statement potential will get you fired. Potential […]
Practicing Picks with Bobby Benson – Providence College
Not sure how to practice your pick play? Watch as Coach Bobby Benson (previously at Johns Hopkins Univ.) demonstrates a couple different drills you can use to practice picks while also incorporating other aspects of […]
Maple Stickwork Drill with Dan Chemotti – Univ. of Richmond
Watch as Coach Dan Chemotti explains, and players demonstrate this maple stickwork figure 8 drill. This is a one-handed drill and the top hand is the boss hand that goes for passing, catching and shooting. […]
Goalies Who Drop Their Hands with Eric Hagarty – Endicott College
Watch as Coach Eric Hagarty explains that when goalies have issues like dropping their hands, chicken wings or standing straight up, your coaching staff should find the issues and isolate it. Work individual drills and […]
Lane Drill with Amy Bokker
Watch as Coach Amy Bokker explains and shows video of this lane drill. The drill is part of the warmup and the first part of the progression into the ride. Using the lines on the […]
How Strong Is Your Bounceback?
Provided by: Raise Your Game The reason I’m so passionate about embracing failure is that I used to shy away from it. In fact, it wasn’t until I was in my early thirties that I […]
Stick Maintenance and Upkeep with Lars Keil – Massachusetts Youth Lacrosse
Watch as Coach Lars Keil (formerly at Harvard University) emphasizes the importance of stick maintenance and upkeep, highlighting that it falls under the responsibility of each player. The coach assumes the role of reminding their […]
Optimism
By: Alan Stein, Jr. Originally Published in: Raise Your Game Confidence comes from an understanding of your own agency, your own influence, and your own ability to make things happen. Bob Rotella is a sports […]
Dodge and Bounce Shooting Drill with Justin Turri – St. John’s Univ.
Watch as Coach Justin Turri explains, and players demonstrate this ‘behind the net dodge and bounce’ shooting drill. The bounce should occur a yard or two below the goal line extended. Changing posture and speed […]
Offense: Sweeping Slides with Acacia Walker-Weinstein – Boston College
Watch as Coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein explains and players demonstrate attacking a face guard with this sweeping slides drill. The drill lengthens and removes the 2nd defender from the dodger.
Knee Down Drill with Mike Horowitz – Colorado College
Watch as Coach Mike Horowitz explains that the purpose of the Knee Down Drill is to isolate the hands and to work on speed and technique.
Sit/Hesitation Dodge Drills with Ryan Moran – Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County
Watch as Coach Ryan Moran explains and shows practice and game video of these sit/hesitation dodge drills. The sit move can help to get around the crease or execute a roll dodge. The 1st video […]
Shooting (Dummy Extension) Drill with Brooke Eubanks – (Retired) Univ. of California, Berkeley
Watch as Coach Brooke Eubanks explains, and players demonstrate the Dummy Extension Shooting Drill. The bags are placed just off the pipes on the crease. The dummies represent a defender right on the hands and […]
Good Coaches
By: John Klessinger, Head Wrestling Coach – South River High School (MD) Originally Published in: A Coach’s Manual “A good teacher creates an environment that allows the student to succeed.” – Bill Parcells, 2x Super […]
Picks Behind the Goal with Bobby Benson – Providence College
Watch as Coach Bobby Benson explains, and players demonstrate picks behind the goal. Coach will cover the standard picks and focus on some of the popular ones. He explains the term ‘butt and back’ when […]
What Does Control Really Mean?
Originally Published in: Game Ready – 52 Takeaways for Winning Is it that you have total command of a situation? Is it that you have some command of the situation? Or, is it that you […]
Tennis Ball Game with Mike Hungerford – Farmingdale High School (NY)
Watch as Coach Mike Hungerford explains that the tennis ball game is played like half-court basketball. It is 3v3 with one defender playing as a goalie making the action 3v2. One team begins with the […]
Starter Drills with Nat St. Laurent – Ohio Northern Univ.
Watch as Coach Nat St. Laurent explains how every practice begins with a team meeting. The team then stretches before moving on to their starter drills. Coach refers to these drills as ‘attention grabbers’ and […]