why cant i catch?

[Jmalins23]

okay so im a sophmore and i start on attack, i feel that im one of the, if not the best player on my team.. so im leading my team in points and stuff but lately i have not been able to catch the ball. at the beggining of the season i could catch fine but lately i just cant for some reason. so my coach gets on me about it and makes me more nervous so i get worse at it... so what do u guys think is wrong with me? any tips or adive would be useful

[FredtheCat]

Hit the wall more, make sure you have the ball in your stick when you're catching before you dodge? Hard to tell you anything without seeing you play.

[Jmalins23]

well when i play wallball i catch fine but whenever my coach is around i cant

[sammyduelist]

try to chill, be less tense
maybe its the pressure

[Canada_Lax]

just relax, and watch the ball all the way into the pocket. when i was younger in box, i used to be afriad of getting smoked, so id run off without the ball. just have a looser grip on the shaft, and make sure you have the ball before you take off.

[atacklax]

Just pretend you don't care if you catch it or not. That will help you chill out and be less tense.

[mnlax17]

just try and be more confident, and like atacklax said that sometimes works for me or you can do the exact opposite like you wanna catch the ball so bad it would kill you if you dropped it.

[tiplax]

have soft hands when you catch and remember lax is a game so have fun with it

[NMaTTack10]

yea..just relax..and catch...have a soft grip..and catch like its an "egg" as my old coach used to say

[Big-Red]

thats like me when the varsity coach watches me. Just pretend he isn't there and your playing wall ball. you know you are good enough to catch so just follow through.

[Jmalins23]

yeah hopefully this stuff will help
thanks guys

[mmlaxplaya17]

talk to your coach about it. He'll prolly tell you what to do.

[centlax21]

relax.... dont wry about it. choke up on ur stick. Watch the ball into your head. use soft hands and let the ball come into your stick dont go for the ball

[iplaylax22]

when ever mi having even the slightest bit with my catching i put my hand closer up to my head it seems to help with the control

[Riot]

It's because your coach is a dick. Next time he yells at you for missing it go over to him and ask him what he would suggest you do differently.

[robi]

Choke up a bit and relax. Sometimes, when you get so used to catching, you look away to look where to pass or shoot and you miss the ball. This happens sometimes to our more advanced players-someone passes to them and they look away before the ball gets to their stick and they miss it.

[Hunter]

Do what everyone above has said and make sure that you are using the same stick that your used to. Maybe even switch to a wider stick if your having problems. Its probaby all mental but a wider stick will make it a little easier.

[LAX#16]

That always happens to me in the middle of the year and then I get so nervous I just play worse except i can still catch.

[laxkay841]

Choke up a bit and relax. Sometimes, when you get so used to catching, you look away to look where to pass or shoot and you miss the ball. This happens sometimes to our more advanced players-someone passes to them and they look away before the ball gets to their stick and they miss it.


Definately true.

I was actually hoping someone would say this.

Basically all you need to do is focus, catch the ball first, then worry about passing or shooting. Remember, that if you don't catch the ball first you cannot successfully do either of these. Just take the extra effort to focus and concentrate and you'll be fine.

[ingoo666]

ask ur coach to go a lil easy on you.. he'll understand.. i hope..

[laxattazk2]

dont cradel catch, you drop it when you do....i do the same thing

[ptlax79]

yo i had the same problem but it happened bc i was playin wit mini sticks the day before, i couldnt catch for about a week and it really screwed me over, just throw with a friend and try to remeber how u used to catch and start over with the basics

[Superman]

two words. wall ball. the more you play the better youll be.