How to Practice in Lacrosse

Host: Today on Clubhouse Gas, we've got a few drills for you from Coach Jim Buczek, one of the utmost authorities on High School Lacrosse. So stay tuned, it's a great edition of Clubhouse Gas. Jim Buczek: What we're going to do right now is a shooting drill, we call Tick Tock, it mirrors much like basketball, shots from different spots around the parameter where one player from this position here, fielding across as the shooter rotates around at various positions in front of the goal. What we're looking to see from the shooter is not much scoring right now but proper technique much like basketball, you want to look at where the ball is, where the elbow is, where the follow through is, with the cross we're looking does he have his hands far away from his body, is he following through, pulling his bottom hand all the way across to his opposite hip, and is he following through with the stick. And next, once he does, is using the proper form and technique, then we'll start to assess him, is he actually scoring. [Video playing] Jim Buczek: There you go. Now, we're trying to build on the standstill shooting, we're going to introduce switching hands and running into the equation, we're looking for the player to catch with one hand, switch across to the other hand, so that the stick is going from shoulder to shoulder or ear to ear and then back to the technique we were working on earlier, getting his hands free away from his body and pulling the bottom hand across to his opposite hip while on the run. [Video Playing] Jim Buczek: There you go. Now we are trying to build on the standstill shooting, we are going to introduce switching hands and running into the equation, we are looking for the player to catch with one hand, switch across to the other hand, so the stick is going from shoulder to shoulder or ear to ear and then back to the technique we were working on earlier, getting his hands free away from his body and pulling the bottom hand across to his opposite hip while on the run, much like one-on-one basketball, one-on-one. [Video Playing] Owen is going to have the ball, Perrin, using defensive principles just like basketball, keeping between his man and the goal. Owen is going to try use principles from basketball and much like a running back, escapability, athleticism, change of direction. Owen's going to try and beat Perrin to the goal. The difference between basketball and football, no one's guarding the end line. Once you just cross it, you score. Once you shoot a basket, it either goes in the hoop or it doesn't. And Lacrosse, we got the added bonus for the defense or challenge for the offense, as you got Fraser Perrin in the goal, trying to stop Owen. So, should Owen beat Perrin, he still got to get the ball by Fraser. [Video Playing] Jim Buczek: Oh Yeah, there, one for Perrin and one for Owen. [Video Playing]