Fast break and shooting
Ready when: Pass with a partner (b3) done.
What you are learning
Attacking with more players than the defence (2 against 1): pass and move, give and go, and a shot on the move from outside the shooting circle round an empty goal.
Words on this card Stick, Scoop, Soft hands, Give and go, Fast break, Check, Shooting circle
- Stick
- The lacrosse stick: a shaft with a head at the top.
- 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.
- Give and go
- Pass to a team-mate, run into space and get the ball back.
- Fast break
- Attacking quickly with more attackers than defenders.
- Check
- A defender's stick move to knock the ball out of a stick.
- Shooting circle
- In school play, a 5 m circle round the empty goal; shots come from outside it.
Set up
A small goal with no keeper; a 5 m circle of cones round it; cones.
Weather: dry ground
Show it first for the one teaching
- Two attackers start 15 m from the goal, a defender in front.
- The ball carrier runs at the defender; when the defender comes, pass to the free team-mate.
- The team-mate shoots on the move from outside the circle, aiming low.
Your part while they practise
Be a defender who stays outside the circle.
Step by step
- Pass and move.
- Give and go.
- A shot on the move from outside the circle.
- 2 attackers against 1 defender.
How much: 10 attacks 12 min a session 2 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: 3 on 3
A small-field game where goals are scored only from outside the circle.
Who plays: two teams of 3 against each other; you referee.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- One goal at each end with a 5 m circle; no keepers
- Start with a scoop at the centre
- Shoot only from outside the circle; nobody enters the circle
- Two halves of 5 minutes
- Fair play
- A grown-up plays only as a passer.
- Points
- 1 goal for each shot into the goal from outside the circle.
- Fouls
- The ball goes to the other team
- Stepping into the circle
- Shooting while someone stands in the line of the shot
- Body or stick contact
- Winning
- More goals after two halves.
- 1 goals for 1 star
- 3 goals for 2 stars
- 5 goals for 3 stars
Easier or harder
No defenders.
Full pressure.
What you will see, and what to say
- the shot goes high
Aim low, follow through
Point the stick at the bottom of the goal. - the attackers bunch
Cut to open space
Spread out.
Self-check
From outside the circle, standing, 5 of 10 shots into the goal.
Stop and get a coach when
A ball hits a limb; check the protection.
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 under pressure, finishing.
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