6 Lacrosse Passing and Catching Drills for Beginners – LaxWeekly
by jakenathan
Passing is one of the most important skills in lacrosse. If you cannot pass and catch, it’s hard to do anything else on a lacrosse field. Today I want to give you my favorite passing and catching drills that you can do at home by yourself or with a partner. These are simple, easy and effective drills that will make you better in no time! Let’s get into it.
Wallball – Wallball is the MVP of lacrosse drills. It is by far the most important drill that any lacrosse player can do, and if you don’t do wall ball regularly, you’re missing out.
To do wallball, find a wall (preferably one with no windows around it) that you can throw a lacrosse ball against. If you don’t have access to a wall, you can purchase a lacrosse rebounder.
Every great lacrosse player I know, whether they are a 10 year old or 30 year old professional, does wall ball regularly. Think of wall ball like a “science lab” where you can optimize your passing and catching form and try out new things. If you’re looking for the easiest way to get better at passing and catching, start with 30 minutes of wall ball every single day for 30 days. Come back to me after this and tell me how you did!
Bonus: Wallball Off of a Tree – So wallball is too easy for you now, huh? It’s time to turn it up a notch. Find a tree (that your parents or neighbors don’t mind getting thrown on) and start trying to do wallball. The lacrosse ball will start bouncing in all sorts of crazy directions, and it will force you to become a catching ninja! This is one of my favorite “secret” drills to really work on your lacrosse passing and catching.
Don’t Crack the Egg – This is one of my favorite passing drills to do with a partner. This will specifically help you with lacrosse catching. Think of the lacrosse ball like an egg – if you drop the ball it will crack. Find a partner and pick a number of successful catches in a row you have to get without dropping the egg. For example, start with 20 successful catches in a row.
Keep increasing the number until you’re up to 1,000 successful catches. Yes! You’ll get there faster than you think.
Sideline to Sideline Passes – One of the most rare and valuable skills you can have in lacrosse is the ability to pass and catch from long distances. This will be especially helpful if you’re a defender, because passing and catching from far away will help you with clearing.
Get a partner and stand across from each other on the sidelines of a lacrosse field. It should feel very far away and intimidating at first. Make sure you bring a few balls with you, and start passing and catching. You might find yourself dropping the ball more than usual at first, but over time, you will figure out the right form to successfully catch the ball. Coaches will be very impressed if you’re able to do this right.
1-Handed Partner Passes – Passing in lacrosse forces you to use your wrists, which is not a very common muscle group that you use in everyday life. In order to develop wrist strength, pass with a partner with one hand. Use what would be your top hand, so if you’re right handed, use your right hand, and if you’re left handed, use your left hand. Your wrists might be a little sore after this exercise!
Soft Hands – If you or your son is very new to lacrosse, they might find passing and catching extremely difficult. Instead of trying to pass and catch with a stick, start out by throwing and catching a lacrosse ball with your bare hands. Try to focus on having “soft hands” where you guide the ball back to you instead of snatching at it like a net.
If you use these lacrosse passing and catching drills in your routine, you will find yourself improving quickly. Remember, every great lacrosse player struggles with passing and catching, and it’s not a “natural” skill that you are born with. Keep at it and don’t give up even if you find yourself discouraged. You got this!
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Throwing and catching exercises
Exercises of this
groups have a holistic impact
on the human body, contribute
development of dexterity, speed, eye,
strengthen and develop the muscles of the legs, torso
and especially the arms and shoulder girdle. At
their implementation is being improved
coordination of movements, so that
throw objects at a certain
distance and to a specific target,
subtle muscular feeling is needed.
Throwing an object is much easier
coordination than catching, in which
several tasks should be
resolved in one step. At the moment of capture
it is necessary to determine
direction of a flying object, speed,
from which the object flies, the volume of the object,
depending on which is determined
fishing method, weight, requiring certain
fishing effort.
When catching rubber
or soccer balls when the ball
bounces off the floor or wall,
the practitioner must also determine
elasticity, on which the height depends
takeoff and the angle at which the ball bounces.
Exercises of this
groups are particularly used in
physical education lessons at school.
as items
large are used for throwing and catching
and small balls, stuffed balls, sticks, etc.
Basic exercises
in throwing and catching:
Throwing on
range.Throwing at a target.
122
toss and
catching.Throwing.
Throwing for a distance
– one of the independent types of lung
athletics. In gymnastics lessons, these
exercises are not specifically studied and
rarely applied.
Throwing
target
Exercises in
throwing at the target are used in the lessons
gymnastics in the hall and on the playground. IN
hall as objects for throwing
small and large balls are used, in
as a target – plywood panels or
circles painted on the wall, gymnastic
rings, etc. In gymnastics classes
this type of throwing, especially when
conducting lessons in elementary school,
most common.
most characteristic
an example of throwing at a target under conditions
natural terrain or on the site
is a Russian folk game
small towns. Throwing in an open area
also small stones, snowballs and
pr.
Toss
and fishing
To this group
exercises can be attributed tossing
and catch balls ( stuffed, football and
etc. ) and a gymnastic stick, as well as
juggling i.e. tossing and
catch two or
more balls or
other items. Juggling
most fully represented in the circus
art.
Exercises
in toss
and catching big
balls (including
and stuffed): throw from below, throw from behind
head, push with both hands from the chest,
the same with one hand, push
from the shoulder of one and
two hands
throw from behind over the shoulder of one
hand and catching with two (Fig. 78), catching
ball in front of you or to the side, catching the ball
overhead, catching the ball behind the back, throwing
between the legs with forward bends and
fishing with and without turning, holding
ball between the feet, jump up,
toss the ball in front of you (Fig. 79) And
catch him.
toss and
catching a gymnastic stick come down to
tossing it horizontally,
vertical and inclined positions,
as well as flipping it in the air
around longitudinal
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And
transverse axles and
catching two
or one hand with different grips.
Sports | it’s… What is Sport?
InterpretationTranslation
- Sport
This term has other meanings, see Sport (meanings).
Utagawa Kunisada. Sumo wrestling
Sport (eng. sport , short for the original old French desport – “game”, “entertainment”) – organized according to certain rules, the activity of people, consisting in comparing their physical or intellectual abilities, as well as preparing for this activity and interpersonal relationships arising in its process.
Sport is a specific kind of physical and intellectual activity performed for the purpose of competition, as well as purposeful preparation for them through warm-up, training. In combination with rest, the desire to gradually improve physical health, increase the level of intelligence, obtain moral satisfaction, strive for excellence, improve personal, group and absolute records, fame, improve one’s own physical abilities and skills. Sport is designed to improve the physical and mental characteristics of a person.
Sport is an integral part of physical culture. This is actually competitive activity and preparation for it. It clearly manifests the desire for victory, the achievement of high results, the mobilization of the physical, mental and moral qualities of a person. Sport is necessary to influence society.
Mass sports enable millions of people to improve their physical qualities and motor abilities, improve their health and prolong creative longevity.
High performance sport is the only model of activity in which the outstanding record holders can exhibit the functioning of almost all body systems within the zone of absolute physical and practical limits of a healthy person [ source not specified 1025 days ] . The goal of elite sport is to achieve the highest possible sports results or victories in major sports competitions.
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Professional sports
- 3 Sports in Russia
- 4 See also
- 5 Notes
- 6 Links
History
The development and change of sport throughout human history can tell a lot about both social changes in society in general and the essence of sport in particular.
Hermes, Olympian god – patron of athletes
Many examples of cave art discovered to date contain depictions of ritualistic ceremonial scenes. Despite the fact that the actions depicted in these images cannot be attributed exclusively to the modern concept of sports, it can still be concluded that even then there were activities and rituals reminiscent of sports activities. These images, located in France, Africa and Australia, were made 30,000 years ago.
There are objects and structures that indicate that there were activities in China that fit the modern definition of sport, as early as 4000 BC. Apparently, gymnastics was a popular sport in ancient China. Images and objects in the tombs of the pharaohs also indicate that various types of sports activities were developed already several millennia ago, among them swimming and fishing can be noted. On the territory of Ancient Persia, such sports as polo and competitions of equestrian knights on spears originated.
Ancient Greece already had a wide variety of sports. The greatest development was received by various types of wrestling, running, discus throwing and chariot competitions. Judging by this list, military culture and military art were directly related to sports in ancient Greece (and not only there). The Olympic Games were also held there every four years – in a small village in the Peloponnese called Olympia.
Croquet
From ancient Greek times to the present day, the history of the sport is easily traced. Over time, the sport has become more organized and regulated. More and more new types and subspecies of sports appeared and formed, the rules were clarified, the sport acquired traditions and supporters.
The industrial revolution and mass production led to the fact that more and more people began to have free time, which led to the mass nature of sports. More people were willing and able to make sports a part of their lives, by playing sports directly or devoting their leisure time to watching sports. These trends have been further developed with the advent of mass media and global communications. Sports became professional, which further increased its popularity.
Modern post-industrial society, based on such resources as information and knowledge, using the possibilities of individual contacts of people with the help of Internet technologies, actively cultivates intellectual sports such as poker and online multiplayer games.
Professional sports
Basketball
Nowadays [ when? ] , when the culture of leisure was greatly developed, sports competitions and watching them became popular entertainment for spectators and professional activities for athletes. High-level professional athletes earn large fees, and also earn income by advertising various products, and become celebrities – sometimes exclusively among the fans, and sometimes among the majority of the population.
To regulate what is happening in professional sports, general and highly specialized organizations and associations are formed that bring together athletes, coaches, referees, and sometimes fans.
The fact that sport has become a business and a source of wealth has a strong impact on the essence of the competition. Due to the requirements of entertainment or refereeing convenience, sports rules [ source not specified 404 days ] are often changed.
Sports in Russia
Main article: Sports in Russia
As of 2008, Russia had 2,687 stadiums with stands for 1,500 seats or more, 3,762 swimming pools, and 123,200 flat sports facilities. [1] In 2008, the number of people involved in sports sections and groups was 22.6 million people, including 8.1 million women. [1]
See also
- Active leisure
- Sports
- Olympic Games
- Portal: Sport
- Sports (TV channel)
- Radio Sport
- “Sport, sport, sport” – Soviet documentary-staged film of 1970
- Federal Agency for Physical Culture and Sports
- Children and Youth Sports School
- Fair Play
- Physical culture
- Aerobic training
- List of sports museums
- Healthy lifestyle
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Social and economic indicators of the Russian Federation in 1992-2008 // Rosstat
Links
- Sports in the Open Directory Project (dmoz) links directory.