Tyke drills

[Dadabhoy_Muzzi]

Does anyone know any drills that I can use for Tyke players? They get really bored doing some of the basics and I need something fun they can do that will teach them something and at the same time, it will be fun. Last practice, I just ran some scrimmages. Thanks guys and girls!

[laxgoalieking]

tape ballons to teh boards and get them to try and hit them one at a time

[#15Roadies]

If I sound presumptuous, please forgive, no intention here to be rude:

It is not the drills that are boring, it is usually the length they are run. As well, it is a good coaching technique to not have any players standing around for any length of time.

Find a drill book somewhere - there are tons of them - (or on-line drills which there are lots) and then get as many drills going as you can with the players grouped. Keep the drill times short.

For instance, you have 15 runners and two goalies and you are using one end of the floor (you can do a split floor, but will need helpers to keep things on track) You split your runners into groups of 5 and they rotate between "stations." Station 1 - one end, Station 2 - midfloor, Station 3 - the other end.

First 15 Minute Set (5 minutes pre rotation)

Station 1 - Goalie Warm Up
Station 2 - Loose Ball Drill
Station 3 - 4 Corner Drill
(get a drink - 2 mins)

Second 15 Minute Set

Station 1 - 3 on 2 w/shot
Station 2 - Passing/Catching Shuttle
Station 3 - 2 on 1 w/shot
(get a drink - 2 mins)

Once you get them huffing and puffing, they will be more ready for team drills - breakouts, etc. that allow them to get a little breather. Or you could run an entire practice this way. You could also increase the time for each station to 10 minutes if the kids are newer.

Another good practice is to build on previous drills. For instance, you might have a loose ball war for 5 minutes strictly rolling the ball. Then in the second set you may try bouncing the ball. Or you may run a shuttle one way and in the 2nd set run it another way.

Also, many field drills - especially the stick skill drills, are entirely adaptable to box.

Hope this helps!

[#15Roadies]

Actual resources

OLA Box & Field Drill books are good:

http://www.ontariolacrosse.com/listings.php?category_id=111

Team Strategies by Jim Hinkson is good.

The Tech Manuals are pretty good for starters too. And the Tech 1 book has a list of skills that are appropriate for a given age group - VERY handy!

What you can do as a coach is take the basic drill and re-work it a little to give some variation. If you are building you can start with a 4 corner passing drill, then add a cut, then add a give & go with a cut, etc.

This is a VERY good link: http://eteamz.active.com/HalifaxLacrosse/links/

(has the OLA videos on-line, etc.) and the Coaching Manual has a pile of drills...

[Dadabhoy_Muzzi]

Thanks Roadies. The only problem is that we only get a small portion of the rink as there are 3 other teams practicing too. I will try some of those on Monday.