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Battleship is a checklist type of scoring constraint for your practices! Instead of playing to a score, play where your one team wins by successfully executing 3-4 actions (offensive or defensive), reads, or skills… just like the game Battleship where you have to sink your

Most people think of rollbacks all wrong! They think the point of a rollback is to be quicker on your rollback than your opponent. The fact is, at the higher levels athleticism is pretty equal and you can’t rely on this! The way you should think of your rollback is by making your

The easiest way to skip the ball through the defense is using the “Screen “Pass.” It’s just like a screen shot where you wrap your shot around your defender’s body or around pick actions to hide the ball from the goalie. We can do the same with our passes, feed the ball around

Re-dodging is a critical skill for all offensive players, where you dodge, pull out like you’re going to move the ball, and re-attack as the slider retreats making him late when he re-slides. Most players focus on the “Open up” version of this move, which is a great move, but

Without a doubt, most ball-dominant kids aren’t great finishers. The reason is they really don’t get that many reps in practice and when they train on their own they tend to shoot on the run or time and room shots. It’s boring and not even useful to practice finishing without a

Mistakes on the field are a given, but they’re not what defines you—it’s your response that matters. Think about the last time something didn’t go your way. Did you let it shake your confidence, or did you find a way to bounce back? Great athletes have a secret weapon: a reset

The Face Dodge Finish is an incredibly easy and effective way to learn how to finish more like a box lacrosse player. Field lacrosse players traditionally fake high to shoot low and vice versa. This type of fake is effective and especially important when you don’t have much angle

Double teams are among the most powerful developmental environments for players on both sides of the ball. We came up with this “Flag Football 4v4 Double Team” game so we could ratchet up the pressure in our small net, no equipment games. The constraints of the game: the offense

In 1994 I wrote Bobby Knight a letter asking permission to observe an Indiana basketball practice. Coach Knight wrote back and said a visit was fine, but he wouldn’t meet with outside coaches during the season. I went to Bloomington for three days and hung out with the head

Confidence is overrated—at least on the field. Too many athletes rely on feeling confident to play well, but feelings come and go. You can feel great and still lose, or feel terrible and still dominate. What truly matters is what you do. Compete with intensity, communicate, be

The “Jab Start” is an advantage 1v1 and a great way to work multiple facets of your one-on-ones! A jab shifts your defender’s weight in the direction of the jab and then by pausing or hesitating and leaning back, you can shift their weight back to the center which allows you to

Stick protection is obviously an important part of being a good lacrosse player, but too often, stick protection is a focal point of teaching when learning to protect your stick situationally is more realistic. Furthermore, so often when players get trail checked, stick

One of the most impactful moves any player can learn is to use hitches and hesitations when coming out of a rollback! A good rollback will create separation on your defender, but he’ll be trying to recover and close the gap. If you’re near shooting range when you come out of your

One of the biggest keys to a great offense is being able to capitalize on advantages. Some teams have great dodging, but can’t convert once they draw a slide, or have great transition opportunities but aren’t cashing in. Usually, this is because players have poor spacing,

To be a great defensive player you have to be great at double teams. Communication is one of the biggest keys to great double teams and using the “Stay left” “Stay right” communication has been the best way I’ve learned to ensure direct and actionable communication to guarantee

The key to installing a PBO is to keep the main thing the main thing. Explain to your players the most important principles of play and continuously emphasize them throughout the season. These principles will become a constraint or a guide that will get their attention and

There are endless applications for hesitations and hitches in 2-man game, and this reel will show you why they are so effective as solutions for various coverages.

If you want to learn how to break ankles, you have to learn how to shift the weight of your defender, and usually, you have to shift it twice! You’re going to have to make your moves at the right distance and use double jabs! If you make your move too close you’ll get jammed, if

There’s nothing more fun than playing a little fetch with your very good boy! Next time, start messing around with different posture changes to see if you can elicit different responses. Try your dodging posture, your shooting posture, even an “I’m not doing anything” posture!

Stick protection is obviously an important part of being a good lacrosse player, but too often, stick protection is a focal point of teaching when learning to protect your stick situationally is more realistic. Furthermore, so often when players get trail checked, stick