12-14 Lacrosse Drills
236 drills for 12-14 lacrosse players. Browse by skill focus and add them directly to your practice plan.
2v2 Drill
Set up two offensive players and two defenders in the attack zone. Coach starts with a pass to offense. Offense works quick passes and dodging to create shooting lanes. Defenders communicate, slide as needed, and force low-percentage shots. Play continues until a goal, save, clear, or whistle. Emphasize positioning, timing, and reading the defense.
2v1 Drill
Play 2v1 in the attack zone. Coach starts with a ground ball or pass. Offense works quick ball movement and stick handling to create scoring opportunities, while the defender practices positioning and slides. Play continues until a goal, save, clear, or whistle. Focus on decision-making under pressure.
Get Over Drill
Setup: cones down the middle of the 8 meter, with 3 attackers and 3 defenders on one side, and 3 attackers on the other. - ball starts on the 3v3 side, must stay on your side of the cones - once ball is scored, saved, turned over, the other side immediately starts - the three defenders have to quickly get over to the other side to play defense - defensively, working on going from a settled to an unsettled situation, avoiding shooting space, getting back to settled. - offensively, 3 mans, and shooting before defense can get settled. - offense on even side rotates to the other side, those attackers rotate off, and new defense add in.
2mans from both sides
- setup with cones down the middle, and a 2v2 on each side - one side will start in a 2v2, the other side is flash-cutting - offense has to stay on their side of the cones, but defense does not (can slide/crash) - Offense: must work the 2 man. Should keep their head up for the cuts on backside, but 2 man is option 1 - Defense: work on defending a 2 man (bookending), marking cutters, and sliding/crashing
10 Yard Sprints
Build short-sprint speed and change-of-direction quickness. Players line up on the sideline. Cones 10 yards from the boundary. Sprint line to line, 4 times in 12-15 seconds. Repeat 5 times. Variation: Hold a stick and shuffle instead of sprinting. Increase time to 15-18 seconds. Stay low throughout.
Scramble
Develop transition skills in unsettled, man-advantage situations. Defense lines up outside the box at GLE. Offense is diagonal, 15 yards outside the box corner. Coach calls a number (2-6) — offense sends that many players, defense sends one fewer. Roll the ball to the offense to begin. Play to a shot, save, or clear. Variation: Send an extra defender after a set number of passes to transition from unsettled to settled.
Keep Away 3v2
Improve clearing under pressure in tight spaces behind the goal. Goalie on the end line with 2 defensemen. 2 attackmen start 5 yards above the end line. Goalie and defense play keep-away by moving the ball quickly. Attack tries to gain possession or force the ball out of bounds. Players cannot cross GLE. Variation: Set a time limit for possession. Add a third rider or remove a clearing player. If attack gains possession, play 2v2 to goal.
announcements
bring the team in to share news
5v5 off a draw half field
1 draw taker each team, 4 lined up on half circle and 4 down low for attack/defense
Goalie Warm up
Have goalie receive shots on goal and clears
Indian (ladder) run
a group exercise where participants jog in a single-file line, and the last person in line sprints to the front, repeating the process continuously.
Sprint jog walk
line up on the sideline, sprint across to other side, jog back then walk, repeat as necessary.