quickness tips?

[phslax007]

ive been watchin some videos lately of college and professional players lately and noticed how vital their (attackmen) quickness is when trying to beat a d-man mainly with change in direction. what are some things i could do to improve my change in direction, quickness, etc..?

[Paul_Gait_RULZ]

Work on practice......

The most important thing for me isn't really how quick I move, cuz I am slow, but I am better than average on the stick and I never second guess my hands, and then my size helps....

Work on your stick soooo much, until the point where all you have left to worry about is your feet....I noticed field lacrosse made me better on the stick than just box, and now, I can walk and beat people, just because my stick is sooooo strong....

I guess "it's all in the stick/ball moves" if I can suggest anything...

think about it, it is sooo easy to defend some little quickster with no hands vs. some slow guy with great hands (gaits???? even with their age, they are slower yet still sooo good)

[Petem0ss]

Set aside time to do specific drills that help improve explosiveness of your first step: 3-by & 5-by shuttle drills, ladder drills, dot drills, hop & skip drills . . . slide boards, wobble boards, plyo angle boxes etc if your gym/weightroom has them.

[TRELAX]

Dude the Gaits were some of the sickest atheletes college field has ever seen...
For you problems, do plymetrics.

[phslax007]

i dont even know what that means

[RaiderLacrosse]

Plyometrics refer to anything from "box jumping" to cone drills. Box jumping is just when you get 3 or 4 boxes, all of different heigths, and jump up with both feet together onto each box all in a row, and do this until failure. You're not going to be jumping from box to box, but more onto the smallest box, then jump down, jump to the second largest box, then jump down etc. etc. It's vital to keep your legs together through this whole exercise or else you won't get the same benefits as you would if done correctly. This exercise works fast and slow twitch muscles all throughout the body, as well as improves agility and stamina.

I think we all know what cone training is. Just set up your cones so that it forces you to maneuver around each cone sharply, with a finish where you must spring 10 yards to conclude.

One thing I've found really helps, is to volunteer yourself for your high school's wrestling program. I used to wrestle and I've found that after the season was over, my balance and speed to a point was a lot quicker and more precise than it was before the season. Wrestling will teach you balance on two feet, as well as train a lot of your slow twitch muscles to respond faster to what you want your feet to do. To top it all off, it teaches you a lot about how the body works and what you can use to leverage, which is all very useful in this high contact game.

[OcLaxer22]

See im not quick but im big, i just run people over.

[LaxAttack2]

See im not quick but im big, i just run people over.
see thats what im lacking so i hav to make up for it, im only like 5'3 and play in all kinds of age groups but my height hasnt really put me at that much of a disadvantadge, being shorter i work very hard to make my stick skills and speed the weapon in my game, at times its harder but its something you gotta liv with and make the best of

[smittyrky88n89]

go to a bookstore and find a book on quickness or sumthin thats what i did

[xSURFERx]

jump rope and run through tires to increase quickness

[laxkay841]

i was talking to a counselor and the quickness topic came up at camp...she said she got quick by doing leg warm ups...{{ex:grapevines, hops, sidesteps}} sorry i dont kno the exact terms for them