Goalie for offence shooting drills?

[Sjrlax69]

During practice, the offence and def always split up for some drills. At this time instead of me working with the defence, the coach makes me go in cage for the offence shooting drills and get pelted by shots from 5 yards out. Its starting to realy piss me off, do all teams do it this way?

[Kgoalie125]

My coach leaves it up to me if I want to or not.

[crosdog729]

That is the way my coach works, I get very angry because the kids have no accuracy and hit my knees and shins.

[bmxinspired]

My coach does this too. It only makes you better though.

[itsthatkid]

As a shooter it is much more beneficial to have a goalie in net.
Well, as a competent shooter. If these kids are terrible and just throwin' balls straight at you or chuckin' em as hard as they can, then its best you go with the D and let these kids work on some accuracy without the added trouble of having to get around a goalie.

[THE_1protector]

i like to do it. i get mad when shots get past me but its a shooting drill so they're supposed to score every time. but i like it cause getting the chance to stuff your best attackmen and mids is hella fun, except when they dont realize you dont like being hit in the shins and inner thighs with their hardest sidearm. its really fast paced too so you have to take the shot and get back into position. i think its good practice.

try it once everyone, you might not be disappointed.

[Sjrlax69]

Crosdog- that happens to me alll the time. These kids have an open field to aim at me and they still smack me with shots, and when im hurt they just tell me to suck it up, Ignorance......

[laxgoalie89]

yeah we have a lot of one on one with the goalie and other shooting drills like that where its more of a practice for them then us. i mean i guess its good cause at least some of us are practicing lol. but im starting to get angry cause its like us goalies have no real practice.

[GatorsLax]

there's no point of having kids walk up to five yards, take a huge windup and blast you. that will happen in a game maybe once in your career (if your defense isn't gawdawful). when I set up pure shooting drills, I usually have a cone to mark where the shots should be taken from to keep the goalie from getting pounded too badly.

[ro.lax|rYaN]

GET BETTER STICK SKILLS AND IT WONT HIT YOU ANYMORE!

getting balls whipped from 5 feet away will only make you better, its the best practice, EVER.

[<<RANGER>>]

We do this sometimes during fallball and offseason, but never during the regular season. Good practice so long as you don't actually have to play in the near future. And to the post above me, the only way that you will get the ball with your stick from five feet away is if they shoot it into your stick. And no, it is not good practice.

[smalbikpro]

GET BETTER STICK SKILLS AND IT WONT HIT YOU ANYMORE!

getting balls whipped from 5 feet away will only make you better, its the best practice, EVER.

i hope that your being sarcastic. our team has several of these things.
http://www.lacrossemonkey.com/warrior-lacrosse-monster-shooting-target-07.html

its good because the offense actually has to work and us goalies get to work on important things like long passes and whatnot. and if we do want to get shot on there's only like 2 kids on our team that i trust shooting on me when theres something specific i want to work on.

[utkdave]

just watch their stick the whole time...

[m2daRizzle]

Unfortunately, this is how being a goalie works. My coach would never make me do it if i was banged up or had recovering injuries. But if I was healthy enough to scrimmage, then I was healthy enough to take shots from my teammates.

[itsthatkid]

I've been posting multiple times in threads a lot lately...

If you are havin' a problem with the kids coming up real close, ask the coach to put out markers for where to shoot. Its not helping you at all if they're crankin' it from the crease, and its sure as all not helping them. If your coach, for whatever reason he may come up with, says no, then tell him how unrealistic the shots that they're taking are.

[BucsBrickWall]

I'm sick of it... that's all we do, every day... and i'm our only goalie, so when i get hit, i have to suck it up, no matter how much it hurts. then we just throw our D in so no one ever works in groups... always as an entire team.

[CtRidgeGoalie]

dont do it, have a trust worthy shooter give you warm ups, this will only hurt your confidence till your ready to do it otherwise just avoid it till you feel more comfortable with then hop in

[Sjrlax69]

Brickwall-Im the only goalie right now too, the senor was sick all preseason and will be back for the first game. Which suks cuz i workd all offseason and he just gets to play when ever.
Ctridge-I wish i didnt have to do it, but my coach makes me.

[cookevillelax]

i'm the only goalie on my team too and we do that every day that crap pisses me off. whats the point of doing that your not getting any practice from it and it only gives the rest of the team another chance to brag about scoring on you

[Sjrlax69]

Amen to that ^

[lax21goalie2008]

My coach is pretty good about not putting me in positions where I can get hurt easily, and I thank him for it. Well, if I did get hurt, we would be in a tough predicament because I am the only goalie with real varsity experience.

I usually go with the defense to work on breakout passes and long passes. My coaches consider me part of the defense, so I should be near them all the time.

Pretty much, just tell the coach that you are uncomfortable with getting shot on so close with no defense, and you'd rather do something constructive, like working with the defense so you all can be on the same page. I don't really understand your coach's idea that you have to get ripped on in a shooting drill, but maybe tell him to at least do 1 on 1's where they have to go up against a defender, which will ultimately help them with shooting in traffic, as well as working on dodging and stick skills, it basically hits two birds with one stone.

I don't understand why the coach wouldn't want you with the defense, since you are supposed to be the quarterback of the defense. This situation that you are in would be like quarterback having to be the tackling dummy in a tackling drill in football. Just ask him why you need to be shot on so much when all you really need is to be shot hard on right after you have a good warm up.

[Wyvern75]

It should not be done. Nothing breaks the spirit or bangs up a goalie more quickly. A coach should work with the goalie. Select individuals with good stick control can be pulled aside by the coach to run some breakaways or one-on-ones for the goalie's benefit.

I had a coach my freshman year who told the team they'd keep doing "one-on-nones" until they scored 25 goals. I was getting pelted from 5 yards out. After this went on for a while, each time I caught a shot I would flip it in over my shoulder. When the coach asked what I was doing, I told him I didn't want the team to stay out past dark and I wanted to be able to walk without a permanent limp.

Shooting drills should be run as hard and as fast as possible. Having the attack shoot at less than full power or stop at a cone conditions them wrong. But, goalies should not be subjected to full force, undefended shooting drills.

A goalie will see enough undefended shots in 6-on-6 scrimmage play and on Man up/Man down drills. Situational play, dealing with screens, calling picks, defending the occasional open man on the crease, and running clears is what a goalie should be practicing with the team. When the team is running undefended shooting drills, the goalie should be working alone with his coach and a couple helpers.

Goalies should have some attitude and lots of confidence. Use yours and tell your coach to knock it off or get another goalie.