Pass with a partner
Ready when: Wall ball (b2) done.
What you are learning
Passing overhand to a partner's stick head and catching their pass in the pocket, then racing for loose ground balls. Passing is how a team moves the ball up the field.
Words on this card Stick, Head, Scoop, Soft hands, Goggles
- Stick
- The lacrosse stick: a shaft with a head at the top.
- Head
- The head is the frame at the top of the stick; the pocket is the net inside it that holds the ball.
- Scoop
- Picking a ball up off the ground with the stick; a ground ball is a loose ball on the ground.
- Soft hands
- Letting the stick move back a little as the ball arrives, so it stays in.
- Goggles
- Eye protection and a soft tooth guard.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Hold your stick head up by your ear as a target.
- The thrower steps toward the target and throws overhand, pointing the stick at it at the finish.
- The catcher lets the stick give as the ball arrives.
Your part while they practise
Be the partner; hold your stick head up as a target.
Step by step
- Overhand passes with soft hands to the partner's stick head.
- Widen the distance each round.
How much: 20 passes 8 min a session 3 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Ground ball race
Roll the ball between you; the first to scoop it wins a point.
Who plays: the child against you.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Stand 6 m apart, each behind a cone
- A third person or you rolls the ball into the middle
- Both run and try to scoop it first, without stick contact
- The winner passes it back to the roller. 10 rolls
- Fair play
- A grown-up starts 2 m further back.
- Points
- 1 point for each ball scooped first; 1 bonus point for a clean pass back.
- Fouls
- The point goes to the other player
- Hitting the other stick
- Picking the ball up with a hand
- Pushing
- Winning
- More points after 10 rolls.
- 4 points for 1 star
- 7 points for 2 stars
- 10 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Closer.
Further, on the move.
What you will see, and what to say
- the pass arrives low
Step and point at the target
Finish pointing at their stick. - the catcher is stiff
Soft hands
Let the stick give.
Self-check
7 of 10 passes caught in the pocket.
Stop and get a coach when
A ball hits the face; use goggles.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains passing, catching.
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