Box Lacrosse Basic Drills & Practice Plans

Making you a better coach, one practice at a time!

Lacrosse Drill Cards

A quick reference guide from the CLA for drills – to focus on lacrosse-specific skills.

Lacrosse Skill Cards

Helpful cards from the CLA that provide tips, outline common errors and corrections for the lacrosse skills that all players, at all levels need.

Printable drills:

• All the balls in the buckets
• Between the lines
• Bull dodge (with a partner)
• Buccaneers N2 cradle shuttle
• Cradling – board gauntlet
• Defense – 1 vs. 3 house help
• Defense – no stick gauntlet
• Goaltender shooter drill
• King of the corner
• Last man standing
• Looseball – crease curl & pass
• Passing – 4 player inside circle pass
• Pick – 2 on 1 pick (half floor)
• Pick – crease to shooter (simple)
• Shooting – roll & shoot (to strong side)

Lax Life

• Set-Shooting
• Shot Selection - Sweep/ Screen Shots/ Engage/ "Step-Back"/ Separation/ Off-Ball Cuts/ Crippler
• Breakaways (Banana Curl)
• Footwork/ Anticipation/ Containing
• Defensive Drill - 3 Person Monkey in the Middle "Sticks Up"

Paul Rabil

• How to Throw a Lacrosse Ball
• How to Cradle a Lacrosse Stick
• How to Catch a Lacrosse Ball
• How to Scoop a Lacrosse Ball

Jordan Hall Total Lacrosse

• Two Shooters and Salmonbellies Drills
• Shooting on Indoor Lacrosse Goals

Kevin Crowley – Hand Speed Trainer

• Figure Eight Drill
• Over the Shoulder Catching
• Spoke Drill

Ontario Lacrosse – Don Colman

• 6 Nations Box Lacrosse Drill
• Salmonbellies Box Lacrosse Drill
• Crease to Cutter
• Box Lax Up Down Drill
• 1 Pick 2 Shots

Nike Lacrosse - Thompson Brothers

• Body Dodging Tips
• How to Create Different Shots
• Inside Finishing
• How to do a Behind-the-Back Lacrosse Pass or Shot
• Lacrosse Shooting Drill

Box Lacrosse America

• Cross-Checking 101
• How to Take a Safe Hit

Whitby Minor Lacrosse

• Coaching Triangle
• Coaching Box Drill
• Coaching Cross Check
• Coaching 2-on-1
• Coaching 2-on-2

Lacrosse Nova Scotia

• Power Play "Basics"
• Penalty Killing "Box Defense"
• Provincial Lacrosse Player Skills Tracking "2-on-1's"
• Fundamental Lacrosse Skills Tracking "Dynamic Passing"

The Complete Box Lacrosse Goalie Manual

A book for beginners to coaches; and a little something for everyone in between.

Goalie Drills

Goalie drills from BCLA clinician, Donald P. Watson.

Videos

• How To Play Box Lacrosse Goalie
• Holding the Stick at 22 Degrees
• Boddam Box Goalie Gear