How to Play Lacrosse
These are skills that even the best players in the world work on, day in and day out. The thing about lacrosse is, the better you get at it, the more fun it becomes to play. If you can give yourself a strong foundation in all these basic fundamentals, then you will be well on your way to becoming a great player!
Defense
Beyond knowing basic footwork and obeying rules, it is unnecessary for a youth player to learn defense until he has reached this intermediate stage. It is important for youth players to be able to catch, throw, scoop, and cradle with a short stick before they move up to using a long stick on defense.
Stickwork Drills
Intermediate-level players should continue to work on the stickwork drills that they learned as beginners. There is really no limit to how good a lacrosse player can become with his stick. Even the best players in the world work on their sticks every day for better ball handling, passing, catching, and shooting.
Scooping
As players start getting better and the competition starts to improve, groundballs become more and more crucial to success. Less accomplished players can be important to successful teams by becoming workhorses and picking up every ground ball. Many of the best ground ball players in the game have the ability to pick up the ball […]
Shooting
Intermediate-level players, much more so than beginners, need to start concentrating on their shooting ability. Shooting is like other fundamentals in lacrosse. The more the player works at it, the better he will be. Most of the best players in the world grew up with a lacrosse goal in their backyard or in a nearby […]
Cradling
One aspect of lacrosse that players must continue to improve is cradling. The better a player gets at cradling, the better feel they have for having the stick in their hands and controlling the ball. Players should be encouraged to constantly have their sticks in their hands and practice cradling whether they are walking around […]
Passing
It is important for an intermediate player to continue to work on his passing every day. Using the beginner drills that this site outlines is a good way for an intermediate player to warm up or practice on his own every day. One-armed passing is a great way for an intermediate player to continue to […]
Lax 101
Lacrosse, considered to be America’s first sport, was born of the North American Indian, christened by the French, and adapted and raised by the Canadians. Modern lacrosse has been embraced by athletes and enthusiasts of the United States and the British Commonwealth for over a century. Lacrosse is a team sport that is played using […]
Catching Basics
Lacrosse catching is a basic lacrosse skill that is not as easy as it is made to look by accomplished players. It is a skill that takes regular practice and is one of the fundamental stick-handling skills to master first.
Boys’ | Penalties
There are two types of boys’ lacrosse penalties: personal fouls and technical. The penalty for a personal foul results in a one to three-minute suspension from play and possession to the team that was fouled. Players with five personal fouls are ejected from the game. The penalty for a technical foul is a thirty-second suspension […]
Boy’s | How to Play
Men’s lacrosse is a contact game played by ten players: a goalie, three defensemen, three midfielders, and three attackmen. The object of the game is to shoot the ball into the opponent’s goal. The team with the most goals wins.
Boy’s | Field Positions
Boys’ lacrosse is a contact game played by ten players: a goalie, three defensemen, three midfielders, and three attackmen. The object of the game is to shoot the ball into the opponent’s goal and to keep the other team from scoring. The team scoring the most goals wins.
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