Coaching Youth Lacrosse: Beginner & Intermediate

Featuring over 50 easy-to-follow�videos,�tailored specifically to 8 to 13-year-old players, Coaching Youth Lacrosse: Beginner & Intermediate offers you the deep understanding you need to help your players develop their skills. In this instructional video course, Coaches Risto Worthington and Keith Gonsouland show you how to hone your coaching skills week-by-week as they guide you through each and every drill.Passing, catching, scooping, dodging and ground ball skills, as well as player positioning and face offs, defense and offense formations, riding, clear, and goalie strategies are all included in this comprehensive guide to the fastest game on two feet. As a bonus, your purchase also includes access to downloadable training notes and lacrosse coaching tips for each drill.1 Getting Started Free 2 Meet Coach Keith Gonsouland Free 1:08 3 Meet Coach Risto Worthington Free 0:39 4 Lacrosse Equipment Overview Free 2:07 5 The Lacrosse Stick Free 1:34 6 Hand and Body Positioning Free 1:33 7 Cradling Technique Free 1:57 8 Introduction to Topic 2 9 Passing Technique 1:42 10 Catching Technique 1:17 11 Partner Passing 1:03 12 The Over-the-Shoulder Catch 1:59 13 Scooping Technique 1:13 14 Scooping Line Drill 1:36 15 Introduction to Topic 3 16 Two-Handed Passing Line Drill 1:00 17 One-Handed Passing Line Drill 1:12 18 Over-the-Shoulder Passing Line Drill 2:31 19 Star Drill 2:11 20 Four-Corner Ball Drill 2:12 21 Three-Man Weave Drill 0:00 22 Three-Man Line Drill 0:00 23 Introduction to Topic 4 24 Face Dodge Technique 0:00 25 Roll Dodge Technique 0:00 26 Split Dodge Technique 0:00 27 2 v. 1 Ground Ball Drill 0:00 28 1 v. 1 Ground Ball Drill 0:00 29 Introduction to Topic 5 30 Room and Time Shooting 0:00 31 Shooting on the Run 0:00 32 In-Close Shooting 0:00 33 The Shooting Drill 0:00 34 Introduction to Topic 6 35 1 v. 1 Offense (on top) 0:00 36 1 v. 1 Defense (on top) 0:00 37 1 v. 1 Offense (behind goal) 0:00 38 1 v. 1 Defense (behind goal) 0:00 39 3 v. 3 Offense 0:00 40 3 v. 3 Defense 0:00 41 The Pick and Roll 0:00 42 Face-Off Technique 0:00 43 Introduction to Topic 7 44 Defensive Stance and Checking 0:00 45 The Defensive Slide 0:00 46 Slap Check, V-Holds, and Equal Pressure 0:00 47 Body Checks 0:00 48 Illegal Checks 0:00 49 The Long Pole 0:00 50 Introduction to Topic 8 51 The Basics Of Team Offense 0:00 52 The Skip Pass 0:00 53 The 2-3-1 Cone Drill 54 Practicing The 2-3-1 Offense 0:00 55 The 1-4-1 Offense 0:00 56 The 2-2-2 Offense 0:00 57 The Basics of Team Defense 0:00 58 The Shell Drill 59 Introduction to Topic 9 60 Fast Break Offense 0:00 61 Fast Break Defense 0:00 62 4 v. 3 Offense (Monkey In The Middle) 0:00 63 4 v. 3 Defense (Monkey In The Middle) 0:00 64 Man-Up Offense 0:00 65 Man-Down Defense 0:00 66 Introduction to Topic 10 67 Full-Field Passing Drill 0:00 68 In-Bounds Clearing Drill 0:00 69 In-Bounds Clearing With Skip Pass Drill 0:00 70 The Riding Drill 0:00 71 Basic Goalie Play 0:00 72 Basic Goalie Play 0:00 73 Goalie Training With Baseball Mitt 0:00 74 Goalie Training On Knees 0:00 75 Practice 1: Stick Skills and Ground Balls Free 76 Practice 2: Shooting 77 Practice 3: Shooting and Stick Protection 78 Practice 4: Dodging 79 Practice 5: Even-Man and Odd-Man 80 Practice 6: Odd-Man Drills 81 Practice 7: Face-offs and Drills 82 Practice 8: Even-Man Drills 83 Practice 9: Overall Skill Development 84 Practice 10: Overall Skill Development 85 Practice 11: Scrimmaging/Game Situations 86 Practice 12: Stick Skill Development 87 Practice 13: Transition 88 Practice 14: Scrimmaging/Game Situations 89 Practice 15: Overall Skill Development 90 Practice 16: Ground Ball Development 91 Practice 17: Drills and Scrimmage 92 Practice 18: Situations 93 Practice 19: Skills Competitions 94 Practice 20: ScrimmagingCoach Keith Gonsouland is in his 8th season as the head coach of the River Hill High School boys' varsity lacrosse team. The Hawks have built a record of 93-45 over the past 7 years. He has played professionally for the Pittsburgh Crossefire and Washington Power of the National Lacrosse League. Coach Risto Worthington is an assistant coach at Glenelg Country School in Ellicott City, MD. He played professionally for the Pittsburgh Crossfire in the National Lacrosse League and has played for and coached the Finnish National Team. Coach Worthington was recently the fifth-highest scorer at the World Games tournament.