Description
Focus:
- Improve agility, balance, coordination, and speed
- Deeper focus on core lacrosse skills: protecting the stick while cradling, catching, passing, and dodging
Training Environment:
- Fun, engaging, and success oriented
- Predictable routines with emphasis on learning new skills and trying new things
- Effort is celebrated using fun games to reinforce skills
Player Development:
- Athletic: Skipping, hopping, flexibility, strength
- Lacrosse Skills: Changing hands, stick positioning, catching, passing and shooting on the run
- Tactics: Techniques and concepts introduced during 1v1 and 2v2 offense/defense; intro to 2v1
- Social/Emotional: Teamwork, cooperation, responsibility and helping other players
- Cognitive: Longer concentration periods, making choices, start to understand rules and solve problems
