Help me get started

[skiier04]

This will be my first year playing any serious Lacrosse... I've played a little bit with my friends but thats it. I'm a high school junior and will be playing with my school's club team... I have plenty of friends on the team who will help me out but I'd like some tips here as well. I'm basically looking for any tips or advice you guys have for a beginner who hasn't played much Lacrosse at all... I also am gonna need to buy equipment so any advice on what my best option as far as that goes is appreciated.

Thanks for the help guys.

[LaxAttackman28]

play tons of wallball

[Live4It]

Search around the forums a bit, there's plenty of fundamental tutorials, equpiment reviews, etc...I would normaly post some links for you, but I'm busy writing a paper :)

[UVAlaxer432]

Practice everyday and work your left (or right if your left handed)

[the wister]

I was in the same boat bud, a couple years ago. I remember the first thing my friend did was slap me across the face and told me to never tighten the strings on the wrists of my gloves again.

Make sure you're in tip top shape and can do a lot of running. Most of the kids had tons of experience on me, but I got a fair amount of playing time because I'd hustle and I wasn't afraid to hit kids. Stick skills with come with practice, but it will take some time. Just make sure you're not afraid to hit and never get tired of running. It's better to hustle and not be able to cradle cause it shows you have heart and are willing to bust your ***, than say, if you are sweet with a stick, but just jog off the field and just lull around.

That's really a life lesson, if you lack experience and make mistakes but give it your all, your boss/coach/instructor will have faith in you because they know you're trying.

[MaKiMaKi13]

http://www.lacrosseforums.com/showthread.php?t=65404 lot of good useful advice in the thread

[TeXaSLaX14]

What has helped me alot is have your stick with you as much as possible. become its best friend and he will treat you well also. the more you have the stick in your hands the better you can become. work both hands cradle when your walkin around the house. watch highschool games on e-lacrosse and just become familiar with the game. the more your around the sport the better you will get. simple.

[MadCowDisease]

Things that people told me to do in my thread(Im new too ;) )

MakiMaki13 behind the back shots, sidearm , and low to high shots, dodging make sure to use your left hand a lot, and watch a lot of highlights on e-lacrosse.com

Live4it groundballs

woulax23 wallball, switch hands

pantherlax You could have fun with faceoffs since you dont have a position yet. I like messing around with faceoffs and trying new stuffs, especially with a partner. And that can help with groundballs also. Theres are a couple faceoff stickies so check that out.

navylax1011 go to threepowells.com and do the wall drill its crazy

exxlax Fundamentals. You'll never be able to shoot if you don't have the ball.
Practice dodging, cradling, left & right handed shooting/catching. Catching/passing while running...
Recruit a friend. Have him try checking you. Use him to practice the dodges.

laxattack11 shooting right out of a dodge, shooting/passing right after a ground ball, tricky shots if u want such as behind the backs, underarm, high to low, around the world and through the legs, and shooting with your left hand.

Sorry about long post, just things that people have told me to practice

[stevet]

navylax1011 go to threepowells.com and do the wall drill its crazy

^^^????i cant find what he was talking about..

[MadCowDisease]

navylax1011 go to threepowells.com and do the wall drill its crazy

^^^????i cant find what he was talking about..
I couldnt either, I just posted it because he might be able to find it.. I dunno

[stevet]

lol now i wanna no wtf he was tlakin about.

[emanresu]

i found it. it was at the bottom of the page and it said pure wallball drill. heres a more specific link than the other one... http://www.threepowells.com/index.php?page=purepowell-wall-ball-lacrosse-drill

[PNWlax]

play tons of wallball
1.WALLBALL BOTH HANDS! in fact i should be out there right now but im not. 2. RUN! run when ever you can. i use PE as a challenge i try and run 2 miles every time our teacher says run. follow these two rules and you'll be great! :grin: