1. TEACHING YOUTH LACROSSE WITH COACH GORMAN March 20th, 2013 Coaching instructional class

2. COACH GORMAN BIO Current head coach Chicago Outlaws Finished H.S. career with 11 scoring records. Only lacrosse player in H.S. Hall of Fame Captained Irish national indoor team Captained Chicago outlaws indoor team Director of lacrosse Cary Grove Youth lacrosse High School career record of 96-12 over 7 seasons

3. CARY GROVE YOUTH LACROSSE PHILOSHOPY To introduce our young athletes to a new and exciting sport that is still very new to Illinois To create a safe and fun environment that is enjoyable to both our players and parents To compete in the NWCYLF and represent our community with pride and respect To become the premier youth program in the state through instruction, administration,and reputation Honor the roots and history of the game

4. Coaching Lacrosse Are you qualified?- You don't have to be a good player to be a good coach! Create a philosophy Establish goals Build your team Make it fun Stress positive reinforcement Every kid plays Teach teamwork Promote sportsmanship - only sport you meet and shake hands before the game

5. Coaching Lacrosse (part 2 ) Promote Sportsmanship Teach discipline Stress fundamentals Effort is the measure of performance Honor the game Engage the parents

6. Teaching Fundamentals Teach correct grip of stick Hand placement Stance Motion Pointers to aid- u9 38" u11 38.5-39 u13/u15 39" beauty of electric tape Suggested drills wall ball, partner passing, 3 man passing

7. Teaching Defense Teach the stance Teach positioning - you always stay between your man and the goal, feet first stick second,always protect the hole Teach stick checking - otherwise they see it as swinging their sticks slap,poke, lift Teach boxing out not taking out Man to man versus zone defense How to help 1&2 slides No Threat D box to box

8. Teaching Offense Teach players to REACT instead of REMEMBER Teach players formations and explain why they need to be in a formation The goal of an offensive formation is to create opportunies to score Teach motion - the average player has the ball for a total of 3 min, focus on the other 57 min Formations 1-3-2 1-4-1 2-2-2 Keys to motion - dodge,clear, show, replace, stress curls and fades Teach 2 plays based on motion

9. OFFENSIVE STRATEGY Off ball movement Pick and rolls - I have taken a new approach to this that has been highly successful Slip, fade, replace How to use X properly - good place to slow down,re group, sub Red, Yellow, Green - on the fly

10. Dodging Teach - fundamentals and reason for dodging Emphasis stick placement Different dodges - Bull dodge, face dodge, split dodge, roll dodge, inside roll, swim, rocker dodge, Teach the art of CHANGE changing speed and direction

11. Clears Clearing the ball is extremely difficult in youth lax, teach a live and a set clear Teach the importance of space Invert - middies most likely better handlers Demonstrate a standard, inverted, 4 across clear

12. Rides When teaching rides MAKE IT FUN! this is the attacks only change to play Defense Have a standard and a back up ride Examples "Bird" ( or 33 ) "Blackjack" ( 21 ) The objective is to force a turnover on your offensive side of the field. Our goal is to create 2-3 double teams better the opponent gets to midline Stress to importance of no threat D once the opponent passes midfield ( most mistakes occur at this point )

13. Drill Bank Progressive partner passing - stationary, string, all in one 3 man passing - stack,triangle, loop Box passing- great build up drill Star passing - great build up drill 1V1 ground ball -scoop, scoop & feed, scoop & shoot 2V2 ground ball - same

14. Drill Bank part 2 4V3 fast break 3V2 Basketball 4 cone shooting Bucket shooting Box shooting Tunnel shooting C curl shooting Baseline 2V1 3V2 4V3 5 point 1V1 2V2

15. Drill Bank part 3 Half field 4v3, 4v4, 6v5, 6v6 1v1 dodging - top center and X

16. RESOURCES ME! www.uslacrosse.org www.Kudda.com www.weplay.com www.laxstars.com www.simplylacrosse.com