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Zone Busters: "On-Sides Responsibility" vs 3-3 Deep Zone Ride
Here we take a detailed look at how "On-Sides Responsibility" can actually help you beat the troublesome 3-3 Deep Zone Ride…
Lax Lingo: Who Has "On-Sides Responsibility"?
Going Off Sides when you're Clearing can kill big momentum plays and Fast Breaks. Teach your players exactly who the "Middie…
1v1v1 Ground Ball Drill & Variations
Turn your ground ball drills into competitive game situations at practice with this classic drill that mixes in stick skills,…
Defense Clearing "Build-Up" Drill
One of the first things we fix when coaching new teams is Clearing. Use this great drill to get your Goalies and Defenders…
Defense Approach, Recovery, Skip Pass Drill
"Approaches" are SO hot right now. We're spending lots of time focusing on Defense in practice this summer, and this is one…

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October 22, 2021

Zone Busters: “On-Sides Responsibility” vs 3-3 Deep Zone Ride

Here we take a detailed look at how "On-Sides Responsibility"…

lax lingo on sides responsibility defense clearing play

October 15, 2021

Lax Lingo: Who Has “On-Sides Responsibility”?

1 v 1 v 1 ground ball practice drill three variations

September 16, 2021

1v1v1 Ground Ball Drill & Variations

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August 26, 2021

Defense Clearing “Build-Up” Drill

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August 3, 2021

Defense Approach, Recovery, Skip Pass Drill

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July 16, 2021

“Boston” 8-Line Full-Field Clearing Passing Drills & Variations

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November 19, 2020

PLL Pass Down, Pick Down in Transition

Use this simple play we got from the PLL this summer to create…

everybody find one man up attack ride

October 20, 2020

Lax Lingo: “Everybody Find One!” Man-Up Attack Ride

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October 15, 2020

Adjacent “Clear Through” Shooting Drill

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October 9, 2020

Lax Lingo: “Bounce!” Away from the Defense to Pass or Shoot

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September 22, 2020

All about “Substitution Game”!

Princeton Virginia Lacrosse High Wing Pick Screenshot 2020

April 15, 2020

Pick-and-Roll Plays from the 2020 NCAA Lacrosse Season

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Albany Long Pass Ground Ball Pregame Warm-Up Drill

April 9, 2021

Get your players' feet and sticks moving with this simple drill…

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Tufts/Brown 5-on-4 Clearing Passing/Slow Break Drill

February 10, 2021

Our favorite game situation drill right now has a little bit…

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Box 4-on-3 to 3-on-2 Double Break Drill

January 14, 2021

Our Box players love this great NLL double numbers-advantage…

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Box “West Gennies” Continuous 2-on-1 Drill

January 12, 2021

This classic pregame, practice, and try out Box Lacrosse drill…

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3-on-2 “Breakout!” West Genny Drill

December 8, 2020

Just when you thought you knew all the different variations of…

2 on 1 ground ball to 3 on 2 practice drill

2-on-1 Ground Ball to 3-on-2 Drill

December 2, 2020

We are having tons of fun right now with this combination loose…

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“Top of the Totem Pole” with Bill Tierney

November 26, 2020

Here are some short thoughts and words of wisdom, experience,…

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Lax Lingo: “Heavy!” On-Ball Pressure Defense

November 24, 2020

We hear top NCAA and Pro coaches use this simple call to send…

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PLL Pass Down, Pick Down in Transition

November 19, 2020

Use this simple play we got from the PLL this summer to create…

PRACTICE DRILLS

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May 3, 2021

Two Face-Off Fast Break Wing Plays for Defense

We got killed at the X this weekend, leading to lots of 4-on-3…

lynchburg 4 on 3 fast break practice drill both goals

April 20, 2021

Lynchburg 4-on-3 Fast Break Drill to Both Goals

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April 13, 2021

Figure 8 Approach Ground Ball Drill for Defense

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October 12, 2020

Two Slide and “Bounce!” Shooting Drills

even man down defense penalty release play practice drill

October 5, 2020

Man-Down Defense Penalty Release: When are you really “EVEN!”?

box lacrosse swing and shoot pregame warm up practice drill

February 12, 2020

Box Swing and Shoot Pregame Warm-Up Drill

Use this simple drill with your box and field teams to get your…

box lacrosse 2 on 1 cross over pregame warm up practice drill

January 23, 2020

Box 2-on-1 Cross-Over Drill

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September 25, 2019

Team USA Box 3-Man Shooting Drill

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February 11, 2019

Box Lacrosse Man-Up Off-Ball Pick & Roll Up Top

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September 4, 2018

Box Lacrosse Up-Pick Shooting Drill

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May 12, 2021

How to Coach like John Wooden

We found some really interesting information about, "the greatest…

no upfield slide when you ride lacrosse defense

September 28, 2020

Lax Lingo: “NO Up-Field Slide” When You Ride

lacrosse loose ball 2-on-1 to 3-on-3 build up practice drill

September 10, 2020

2-on-1 to 3-on-3 Triple Rep Drill

August 13, 2020

Ground Ball “Up and Over” Shooting Drill

give and go shooting offense practice drill

July 1, 2020

Give-and-Go Four Line Shooting Drill

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June 9, 2020

Defense Ground Ball “Escape” Drill

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Lax Lingo: “Everybody Find One!” Man-Up Attack Ride

October 20, 2020

When you're Man-Up for a penalty and need the ball back, there's…

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3-1-2 Man-Up Diamond Rotation Up Top

May 22, 2018

This is a great new play we see most top college teams using…

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Two “Shallow Clear Through” Man-Up Plays

May 17, 2018

Here are two easy plays we see from high school and college…

4-on-3 Fast Break: “Give and Go!”

February 20, 2018

This is a relatively simple variation on the common 4-on-3 Fast…

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Box Lacrosse Man-Up Cut and Pick Away

February 15, 2018

We saw several Box Teams using this simple, standard Pick and…

5 on 4 slow trailer break man up offense play

5-on-4 Slow Break: “Trailer Break”

October 26, 2017

Add this common transition play to your arsenal after 4-on-3…

3-3 Man-Up: Work the “Soft Spot!

October 23, 2017

We see College and High School teams use this easy play against…

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Box Lacrosse “Open the Gate” Man-Up Play

January 24, 2017

We've seen this Man-Up Double Pick & Roll Play used by multiple…

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Man-Up 3-3 “Skips”

June 26, 2016

This is a great college man-up play that is so simple, we see…

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Two Face-Off Fast Break Wing Plays for Defense

May 3, 2021

We got killed at the X this weekend, leading to lots of 4-on-3…

even man down defense penalty release play practice drill

Man-Down Defense Penalty Release: When are you really “EVEN!”?

October 5, 2020

Don't give up easy goals after you just got out of penalty trouble!…

Man-Down Defense: One Man Shut-Off

August 6, 2019

This is a simple play we see teams use quite often to disrupt…

Defense: Defending the 4-on-3 Fast Break

November 8, 2016

Fast Breaks happen multiple times every lacrosse game. By understanding…

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Man-Down Defense: “5-Man Rotation”

October 11, 2016

This is the Man-Down Defense that we see many college and pro…

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Man-Down Defense “Box and String”

September 28, 2016

This is an older, more traditional Man-Down Defense that we…

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“Box-and-One [in the Middle]” Man-Down Defense

May 26, 2016

We see many youth and high school teams giving up easy goals…

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Transition Drills for Defense

May 10, 2016

These are some of our favorite practice drills and games to work…

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“Numbers Game” Man-Up/Man-Down Practice Drill

April 6, 2015

Our all-time favorite games to play with youth all the way up…

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We got killed at the X this weekend, leading to lo

We got killed at the X this weekend, leading to lots of 4-on-3 Fast Breaks coming our way. We asked some other coaches for help, and got these two simple wing plays to slow down the other team and force them to play settled 6-on-6.

We see this play more often at the High School level than we do in the NCAA. It all comes down to hustle, timing, and getting back in the "Hole!" as fast as you can from the Wings. On Face Offs, Turnovers, and Clears, playing even-strength Defense is always preferable to giving up numbers-advantage scoring situations to the other team!

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Bill Belichick spotted wearing his signature @croa

Bill Belichick spotted wearing his signature @croatia.lacrosse Hoodie during the NFL Draft this week!

That design is actually called "The Belichick", for the Big Man's continued support to #GrowTheGame in his family's native land through The Bill Belichick Foundation.

You can order yours through the @croatialacrossefoundation

We found some really interesting information about

We found some really interesting information about, "the greatest coach of all time in any sport," (ESPN) that we are definitely taking with us to practice this week. We hope you can too!

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WHEN THE IROQUOIS FIRST MET THE IRISH Much has al

WHEN THE IROQUOIS FIRST MET THE IRISH

Much has already been written about Ireland Lacrosse giving the Iroquois Nationals their spot at the 2022 World Games. But it was 145 years ago (Wednesday 10th May 1876) that a visiting Iroquois team played in the first lacrosse match ever seen in Ireland. Playing in Belfast against a team of Canadians from Montreal Lacrosse Club, this was the start of a two month tour, which included 27 dates across 10 towns and cities in Ireland, Scotland, and England.

The trip was led and organised by Dr William G Beers (who in 1867 had written the first rules for the field game which he’d adapted from its original native format) with the aim of introducing and establishing the game in Great Britain & Ireland. The traveling party was made up of 13 Canadian ‘Gentlemen Amateurs’ from Montreal LC, and 13 Iroquois from the Kahnawake (at the time referred to as Caughnawaga) reservation on the outskirts of Montreal.

In 1876, the rules of lacrosse were still at their early stages of development: there was no set time period for the duration of a match, with the first team to score three goals (i.e. best of five) declared the winner; the goalposts (with no crossbar or nets) were typically placed 200 yds apart.

The Belfast Newsletter reported, “We do not recollect any occasion on which so large and select an assemblage of people witnessed any outdoor sports. We may venture to say that our Canadian and Indian friends have brought us a game which will take root, and become one of the popular adjuncts to cricket and football.”
The teams played another match in Belfast on Friday May 12th, before travelling to play in Dublin, then crossing over to Scotland to play in Glasgow and Edinburgh, then onto England.

[Images: © McCord Museum, Montreal; British Newspaper Archive]
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