shut out game

[fllaxsophi]

whats the most your teams ever shut out anybody? or been shutout? we just totally shut out this team today 23-0, it was so much fun! lol

[headlinenewsrox]

In 6th-8th grade my team never lost a game. We pretty much killed everybody. After we were winning by 10 we had to play with our opposite hands. It was a good 3 years. But I had to find many ways to entertain myself as goalie, dancing, singing, drawing pictures in the dirt, and various other things.

[wwhlax00]

a couple days ago we shut out a team 20-0. With me in goal, Oh yea! I only got like 4 shots on me though.

[ghs/wylax]

a couple days ago we shut out a team 20-0. With me in goal, Oh yea! I only got like 4 shots on me though.
Wh0a your a girl!?!?!

[fllaxsophi]

cool, yeah, our team usually only looses like 1 game a year, sometimes 2and like last year we lost to this team in our last game, or else we would have been undefeated, but yeah, this year we like creamed them by so many! i loved it. except my coach keeps playing me in positions that i hate, like it depends what team we play what position i like to play, but im usually center and this team i like to play center against and like my coach kept putting me in attack and i hate attack, so yeah... that kept making me mad, lol just because i like scored like 12 points in the first half from center, and then she put me in attack, and yeah i like dont score when im in attack, only like assists and stuff, and then we scored 4 points, then finally i got put back into center and scored like 7 more points :) it was fun:) i love center, lol, and lacrosse, but yeah i hate when my coach puts me in a position that i dont like to play, anyone else have that porblem?

[lilaxgurl23]

whats the most your teams ever shut out anybody? or been shutout? we just totally shut out this team today 23-0, it was so much fun! lol

What is fun about that? We've shut out one team over my past three years and there have been a few where we allow the opposing team to have one or two, but I honestly hate those games. There's no joy in beating up an opponent by that much, and quite frankly, it's boring (especially in goal). I don't think my coach would even let us beat up an opponet by that much, the subs would be in and we would focus on other things besides scoring.

Also, as a goalie, I find that because my team isn't all that great (we have really, really lacked on defense in the past years), I've become a better player. Just being able to see so many more shots helps me when it's time to play with better players because I've actually experienced just about every hard shot over and over again during a game situation and know how to handle them. If you're a better attacker on a not so great team, you also get the joy of working on being double teamed and being the main focus of the defense. I don't know, I'd rather be greatly challenged than just give a team a good romping.

[SawyerLaxGirl44]

^^^That right there is why I like laxgurl.

In high school I actually had the pleasure of shutting a team out. I also had game where the other team only managed to score one goal. And as laxgurl said... it gets SO boring as a goalie to just stand there and watch, you wanna get in the action.

And for the first time in my life I also got the pleasure of being the team shut-out and losing terribly... 21-0. So no, it's not fun, and I honestly think it's dis-respectful. One game in HS my team beat another team 17-1. And I got SO angry cuz everybody just kept on running down and scoring, it's rude and impolite. Have some courtesy and don't be a jerk!!



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[fllaxsophi]

yeah, we had to play with our other hands, but usually our team is the team being shut out, so it felt really good, and thats not being a jerk

[lilaxgurl23]

yeah, we had to play with our other hands, but usually our team is the team being shut out, so it felt really good, and thats not being a jerk

Well, if you're the team that normally gets shut out and are shutting out another team, I can only imagine how much the teams that shut you out, beat up on the team that you just shut out. Beating any team by 23 goals, whether you do it on a consistant basis or whether it's your first win, really just doesn't sound respectful, IMO. At least not at the high school level. Also, I don't know how you feel after you've been shut out, but I can imagine if you had it go the other way and you lost 0-23, you wouldn't be too happy with the other team, whether they were amazing throughout the season or not.

Anyways, playing with your weak hand, I wouldn't consider really holding back. Maybe that's because fundamentals are a little more prevelent up here, but we go not only into using our weak hands, but into plays we need to work on, defenses we've never tried before, letting the bench people see significant time, etc. After the 10 goal lead, we significantly hold up. We don't stop playing hard, we give the other team a significant challenge, but we move into different things that won't bring us to another 10 more goals. I hope that you guys were doing that in addition to you using your weak hand, especially if you've been on the recieving end of a shut out before.

EDIT- I hope I didn't come off as being a jerk. It's just that at the HS level, and especially in developing areas, I believe that there comes a point where you should let off a bit and let both teams learn. The team that just bashes an easy opponent really doesn't learn anything from something like a 23-0 win and the team that is getting beat up on really doesn't get the chance to work things with opponents who won't completely overpower them. No one really grows in games like those, so I'm always a fan of when teams get to that 10 goal lead, and then actually do something productive for future games. In college, it's a different story, but when you're in HS and teams are obviously trying to still learn the game, there's a point where it is just stupid for both teams to continue running up the score. Most leagues don't take into account leaders over 10 goals, so it's really pointless for everyone.

[fllaxsophi]

yeah, we did work on other things, but our head coach wasn't there, so we just had out assistant coach there, and hes not that good, so yeah... we usually dont get completely shut out, but im usually like the only one that ever scores, but im also the oldest one on the team... so yeah.

[laxlove6]

i agree, i'm not a fan of shutting people out...not that my team does it on a constant basis, but i for one would let them have a goal or two if iw as winning by 10 or 15. you just said your team usually is the one being shut out...yet you only lose one or two games a season fllaxsophi? haha alright

[D3Goalie9]

I have no problem with shutouts. You should never expect them because most teams find a way to score. NEVER should you beat a team 20-0 or 23-0. That is horrible coaching. My coach will not let us do something to a team he wouldn't want to see done to us.

In high school the rule was only score 16 unless you need more to win.

Now I just feel that a team does not need to be beat by more than 10. The women's game is about slowing the ball down and look for great opportunities...run plays, let everybody on attack touch the ball. Don't shove the ball down a bad teams throats.

The goal of any lacrosse coach or player should be to develop and grow the game. You want to keep your leagues morale up and not make girls hate the game. Show some pride in your game and some sportsmanship...at least enough to stall for a little.

This applies more to coaches than players because coaches have to pull the reigns on the attack.

[chippie]

You should never expect them because most teams find a way to score. NEVER should you beat a team 20-0 or 23-0.

The women's game is about slowing the ball down and look for great opportunities...run plays, let everybody on attack touch the ball. Don't shove the ball down a bad teams throats.


I agree that teams always manage to score somehow, and beating a team by that much is bad!!

however i disagree, why stop the way your team plays just to keep the score down, yes, its a good time to try new things or work on special plays etc

We were playing a team that were not bad but just didnt gel together right, at at 1/2 time we were up something like 10 - 0, at the start of the second 1/2 we went into a bit of a slump (i guess they girls started thinking it was an easy match). After a time-out and a target of a number of girls to score....the team scored 3 goals in like 4/5 mins...we ended up winning that match 23-0. Some on the other team kept fighting and some gave up, but thats not our problem as a team....i expect my team to give 100% from the start to finish no matter who we play!

just my opinion

[laxgoalie89]

our teams never been shut out and we've never shut out a team before. we started out 3yrs ago and that first season we only won 1 single game but we never got shut out so im proud of that. next year 4wins and this year 7wins. although i dont like losing, i enjoy getting all that action and being shot at..its a really good practice and you can get used to tough situations and it makes u better. this tuesday we played against a REALLY good team, they beat us 20-7. we know we arent that good, they know we arent that good but that doesnt mean they were gonna kill us w/ 30goals and they probably could have. when your up by that much, most teams (nicer or respectful ones) just hold the ball, practice plays and dont try to score every minute. like someone said above, they take their time to pass around to everyone and I really respect teams who do that and not the other way to humiliate the teams.

[ques]

As a coach I would never "tell" my team to let the score. Them scoring is not up to me or my team it is up to them. As for not scoring that is very hard to not do when there is big mismatch. I hate playing keep-away to me that is UNSPORTING. When my teams are controlling a game we will pull the starters, now how do you tell the kids that may not get a lot of playing time not to score? We will work to set up only players that don't score alot, once again how do you tell them not to score? We will put our attack at D and our D at attack, once again how do you tell them not to score? We will maybe only take quick sticks or play left-handed only, once again how do you tell them not to score? Now on the other side of the score I will ask the other coach not to take it easy on us. It does not make us better to have them play keep-away but them still attacking will give us something to work on. If they stop shooting how does your goalie get any work? Play us hard and we will play you hard, winning or losing it does not matter, play hard. It is all about respect and not shooting or playing keep-away is the same as saying we are so good you will never see the ball. When the score is one sided the losing team has to forget about the score and look at winning the little things that happen in a game. Such as shutting down the other teams best player or trying to work the ball up field by making lots of passes. This is the time to work on things that will help you when you play against teams that are not as strong and can make a weak team better. Of course this has to start with the coach not worrying about the score and be focused on how the team is playing and what they are doing. IMHO

[Goalie18]

on my birthday i was on the opposing end of the shut out losing by 18, that was fun, i was yelling at my defense who gave up after the 10th goal, i had some like 27 saves in that game, but they dont matter in my league just the W's and the L's

[chippie]

I think playing 'keep-ball' or everyone playing with weak hand is more humiliating than shutting a team out...

saw england national womens team play the german national team a couple of weeks ago....they scored 15 goals in the 1st 1/2 and then played possession for the whole of the 2nd half, tons of opportunities to score but didnt..... ok they were practising discipline but was this fair on germany? I think the germans would have wanted more of the game to try and get themselves a few goals!!

[ques]

Chippie, why do you feel playing weak handed is humiliating? In my mind it lets my team work on their weak side under pressure and we don't hold back so the weak team still gets to work. They will have more success against us because we will drop more passes, make bad passes and have a harder time on ground balls. I would like to hear why you feel it is bad, maybe I will change mind.

[chippie]

sorry i didnt explain myself to well.....i dont think that playing with weak hand is wrong...i 100% agree its a good time to try different things etc as i said before...

its just me personally...in response to sit back....i think keep playing to your strengths rather than playing a different way is less humiliating to the other team....

but that is my opinion and i do agree with you.

[D3Goalie9]

it's not about playing keep away...it's about no run and guns. it's about not taking the easy shot. work for it. set up a beautiful plays and assists. then you should shoot when you're up. don't stop shooting, but don't do it for the sake of shooting.

[StuffedYa713]

this past sunday my team shut out another 19-0. it was a nice break from all the competition but when your playing at a varisty level THAT is a little ridiculous. I'd rather we'd have stayed around 15- then it feels like we're not racking up the score. But the thing is- most of the team had at least 1 goal- so we really weren't just racking it up. And as a goalie its always a little boring. Ahh, the curse of having a good defense.

[elveelax]

Yeah my Girl's 7th grade team were undefeated this past season. I'm a goalie and it would be as boring as heck. I learned Rain Rain Go Away in Japanese and that kept me entertained. We also had to play non-dominant hand, which i agree, is more humiliating for the other team. Anyway it was a good season.