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- Ties in very closely to basketball!
- Fun 60 minutes of shooting, dodging, and games with our coaches and Varsity Players!!!!!
2024 Season Video Recap!
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Hi Everyone! Excited to get going with all of our new and returning players. It's going to be a great year ahead.
Below we've listed expectations by age group of what new and returning players should be able to do come mid March 2025.
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.
OFF SEASON WALL BALL FALL 2024
3/4th Grade Expectations:
- 1-2 wall ball sessions per week in fall/winter 2024
- 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 AND throw 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!!!!!
more explainers below!!!
U12 (5/6th) & U14(7/8th) Expectations
- 2-3 wall ball sessions per week fall/winter 2024
- 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!!!
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
The goal of Rockford Lacrosse is to instill a lifelong passion for the game of lacrosse by promoting an environment where young athletes can develop skills in a fun and positive setting.
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.
Thank you for visiting our website. We hope you find the information provided useful.
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