Yesterday's game

[Jester27]

My team had their 3 game yesterday. Final score 6-0, we got beat, but the numbers don't tell the whole story and I don't know how to convince my players any differently.

My team is 3 months old and we practice 3 days a week for 1 1/2 - 2 hours. The other team has been around for 3 years, practice 2 1/2 hours a day 5 days a week and are required to attend summer camps or play summer league.

We have an average of 12-15 kids at practice. They average 35. I've stressed how important practice is for them to improve their skills, but we still have limited practices.

We had 4 penalties for a total of 3 minutes where the other team had 11 minutes which is astounding.


They held their cool, but need to work so much harder on shooting drills. How do I tell them that 6-0 isn't bad, considering?

[blam360]

i would tell they that they are young and played against a hard experienced team

[Thrillhouse]

Find out how they feel about the season so far. They should be upset that they aren't winning; the question is are they upset and want to get better or are they upset and don't want to play lacrosse more.
Since you have such a young program, you may want to introduce some tradition into the team, give them something to be proud of. Make them realize that they are starting something that their little brothers and eventually their kids will be part of.

[Jester27]

They are upset they're not winning. Hopefully, they realize how important it is to come to every practice and then practice on their own. They did better on ground balls and better with throwing and catching.

The other team's goalie was vacuum cleaner. He sucked up every shot that came near him. He was amazingly good. Our goalie stopped 34 shots, so he played his butt off, too.

I hope they listen tonight when we try to explain how the game is and that practice truly does make perfect.

[Beebe]

You always need to go to practice to get better. Maybe give them a competion, like best on ground balls gets out a of a few sprints at the end of practice. Or Most accurate passes maybe it would help keep it in their mind when practicing. Of course getting them to practice is most important.

[jazzjon9]

introduce them to mr. wall. build up their ability to just throw and catch. introduce positions but no plays, just basic junk. most of all, introduce mr. lap, especially on ground balls. theyr're lazy, go see mr. lap (in case your stupid, i'm talking about telling them to run a lap)