![]() This is another drill I learned from Coach Bill Pilat which improves the foot speed and agility of our goalies. That’s ok. Focus on the next card, focus on the next shot. This drill will work hand-eye coordination and concentration as the goalie must catch the fluttering card.Īgain, you won’t be successful with every card. We’re going to be throwing the cards quickly, one after another. The coach flicks cards one at a time at the goalie who makes the save by driving the top hand and lead foot to catch the card. ![]() The coach will stand elevated on a bucket or chair with a deck of playing cards. Standing on the bucket simulates the same shot angle from which we’d see normal overhand lacrosse shots. This is a mental drill that also works the goalie’s hand-eye coordination. Watch this drill from the Syracuse goalie Will Mark:Ī post shared by Coach Damon | Lax Goalie Coach Cards Here we’re making the save much more difficult so that when we return to normal shots they seem much easier. ![]() You setup on one pipe and the shooter essentially shoots for the far pipe. This drill is demo’d by Lax Goalie Rat sponsored athlete Will Mark. Watch this and then practice, practice, practice. Here’s a video with steps on how to juggle. Juggling against a wall is also an easier method when you’re first starting out. Start with 3 balls and then once you’ve mastered that, move to 5 balls. ![]() I don’t recommend doing this drill during practice but anytime outside of the field is perfect to learn how to juggle. Juggling improves your hand-eye coordination, an important element for us lacrosse goalies. Jumping rope is also a drill you can do before practice or even after practice to get in some extra work. I recommend at least 10-15 minutes of jumping rope per day. Here is a video that shows different jump roping exercises: Jumping rope is usually synonymous with boxers but lacrosse goalies should also work as much of this exercise into their regiment as possible.Īs part of a good pre-game warmup, I always recommend that lax goalies work in jumping rope in addition to their normal shot regiment.Īny standard jump rope will do, doesn’t have to be fancy. Do you pout and compound the errors? Or do you move on to the next ball? Jump RopeĪny sport that requires quick feet and quick reactions will benefit from jumping rope. The most important element is how you react. As a goalie, you’re going to let in goals. If you make a mistake, don’t worry about it, move on. I also like to have the goalie shout the name of the color as he/she makes the save. As the tennis balls comes, the goalie doesn’t know which color is coming so they need to react to make the save while reading the color and quickly processing the information. There should be very little time in between throws. After making the save the goalie tosses the ball at the cone which matches the tennis ball’s color. The goalie must make the save, driving their top hand and lead foot to the ball. He pulls out a ball quickly and throws it to a different spot in the goal. The coach stands about 5 feet in front of the goal with the colored tennis balls in a bucket. Place a different colored tennis ball atop each cone. Setup the 4 cones along the crease to simulate the spots on a five-step arc. For this drill we need colored tennis balls in 4 different colors and 4 mini disc cones.
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