LACROSSE
LESSON 1

Class                                    Date/Time                                #Students  

Activity                        Location                Equipment  Lacrosse sticks, balls, cones, goals

Teacher Objective

To keep students active while learning the basics of the cradle in lacrosse.

Student Objectives

Students will be able to demonstrate the proper technique of cradling within a lacrosse setting.
 

Skill Development
Organization/Managt.
Teaching Cues
Instant Activity
* Pac-man
Students gather around student with backs to the sun Stay within the boundaries.
Sett - Lesson on the technique of cradling in lacrosse. Huddle up. Very difficult skill to pick up.
Cradling

1.  Hand placement

2.  Body position

3.  Feet position

4.  Shoulder action

5.  Wrist action

 

Each student pick up a lacrosse stick and ball and have a sit in middle of field.
 

Make sure students are spread out giving room to work.

1.  Dominate hand placed higher on stick. 
2.  Non dominate hand at bottom of stick.
3.  Loose upper hand/wrist.
4.  Loose grip for easy stick movement.
5.  Body is square to the stick
6.  Feet are roughly shoulder width apart.
7.  Shoulders swing in unison.
Closure


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