SUMMER WALL BALL CHALLENGE 2024 - PRIZES!!!!!
Howdy Rockford Lacrosse Community!
As your players have heard their coaches say endlessly, "we need to hit the wall more." That being said, that assumes everyone knows exactly how to hit the wall properly, what reps they could be doing, and how many a player should do of each. Rather than leave your player's striving to engage in some arbitrary activity without any guidance, we have decided to help them out by adding a little structure, providing some key practice thoughts in video form, and best of all: competition.
This summer, we will be giving away 4 total heads to the top 'Wall Ballers' from Rockford Lacrosse.
Rockford Lacrosse's Wall Baller of the Summer:
Most improved (judged by a weighted % of improvement for 150/300 test time)
Below you will find a link to a Google Sheet. Within this set of sheets you will find a Wall Ball Workout that we recommend for your player's age group, a Wall Ball Ledger to record reps over the summer, and the Wall Ball 300/150 Testing for each grade.
Parents, your job is to make a copy of this Wall Ball sheet and help your athlete fill it out over the summer. Please only sign off on reps that have been completed with proper form and intensity. WE WANT players pushing themselves to speed up their passes to the point they are dropping the ball from time to time. In order to see the long term success hitting the wall brings we first have to fail by pushing our limits of throwing and catching.
Categories:
Rep Getters:
2029/2030 (Rising 7th/8th)
2031/2032 (Rising 5th/6th)
2033/2034 (Rising 3rd/4th)
WALL BALL CHALLENGE RULES!!!
Please have all reps signed off on and submitted back to alex@teammilax.com by 5pm Sunday August, 4 2024.
Winners will be announced the following Friday August 9, 2024 on Instagram!!
We are stoked to bring this to you all this summer and cannot wait to see the results on the field this coming fall season!! Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have and stay tuned for more how-to's this summer!!
PLEASE CLICK TO READ AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM COACH GERVAT regarding the 2024 spring season!
GREAT VIDEOS TO IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS!!!
Click on this link to work on everything from face offs to stick work, dodging and shooting!!!!!!
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Chris Gervat - Davenport University Head Coach 2012-2015, UMass Alum
OUR YOUTH STAFF HAS MORE PLAYING AND COACHING EXPERIENCE THAN MOST VARSITY AND TRAVEL TEAM PROGRAMS!
Brice Shotwell - OWU
Matthew Gusky - Michigan State University
Hi Everyone! Excited to get going with all of our new and returning players. It's going to be a great year ahead.
As we're about 1 month out from the season to officially begin, there is plenty of time to improve.
Below I've listed expectations by age group of what new and returning players should be able to do come mid March.
We want the boys to enjoy themselves! A small amount of work will lead to more fun when the snow melts!!!
Wall ball and cradling relate to dribbling and passing a basketball. If we get better at these fundamentals, we can do drills to prepare for games.
TIME TO START WALL BALL HOMEWORK - WINTER 2024!!!
3/4th Grade Expectations:
- Catch and Throw with Strong hand
- good gauge is 20 catches in a row on wall ball
- Strong cradle with strong hand, and the ability to cradle with weak hand
- Great ground ball form - top hand touching the plastic, bottom hand on bottom of stick
HW: 30-40 minutes/week of wall ball:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sKKMHAg4zY&t=2s
Try to do all of the reps through 3 minutes into this video!!!!!
U12 (5/6th) & U14(7/8th) Expectations
- Catch and throw strong with both hands
- Cradle strong with both hands
- Ability to shoot on the run with both hands
- Strong on groundballs with strong hand
HW: 40-60 minutes/week of wall ball:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sKKMHAg4zY&t=2s
Try to do all of them!
More Great Drills:
https://www.rockfordramlax.org/page/show/3779461-more-great-drills
How to Practice:
- Tennis ball wall ball!
- Garage wall space works
- basement wall works!
- If the basement ceiling is too low, you can sit in a chair!
FUNDAMENTAL WALL BALL SCREENING- MARCH:
Coaches will be running this daily until everyone passes it by age group. If you do not screen out of this, you'll become part of the pre-practice wall ball group!!!
Details of what drills will be in this screening will be sent out in the next week or two. If you follow the HW below you'll have no problem with the screening!
This was started by an old varsity coach and we're bringing it back!!!
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Through an enthusiastic instructional curriculum that emphasizes sportsmanship, camaraderie, and work ethic, the program focuses on the growth of players as both athletes and members of our Rockford community.
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