View Full Version : unusual things taught by your coach?
greenshoelaces
09-22-2007, 01:05 PM
My coach taught me to point my elbow in the direction of your aiming spot, instead of the usual feet and shoulders pointed toward the direction you wanted to shoot, this is only for close situations, probably no further than 4-5 yards out. And i found that this works very well, even after using the old technique for three years before. Especially when you get used to it so you can point your elbows towards the opposite place where you are aiming, and shoot, this fakes out the goalie soooo much. Because it seems like it would be a clear give away of where you were shooting. This works very well, and if you haven't tried it yet, i suggest you do. (i know this sounds pretty dumb, but it works, but i guess he does teach it a certain way, so it is not literally just pointing your elbow there, haha)
Have any of your coaches taught you something you have never heard of before, or find it pretty unusual?
itsthatkid
09-23-2007, 12:31 AM
The haka!
Not really, but he did allow me and our other captain to do the Haka before a game once...Haha.
zach attack 19
09-23-2007, 01:18 AM
my coach in middle school once had us spend half the practice throwing baseballs into the cage, then the second half had us apply that throwing motion into our shot. very interesting, but also very helpful.
Tehb2
09-23-2007, 02:15 AM
Once I had a coach say that Virginia (I think it was virginia) could have saved themselves from losing that semifinal game in Philly (I think it was in 2005) with 1 second left by having the goalie grab the cage, and flip it over. It would have been a penalty, but the play would have to start from a standstill and that tie-ing goal may never have happened.
Also, I went to a camp in NC where a defensive coach told me (an attackman) how a D-pole could break a guys ribs if he fell on him properly (on purpose). Now I don't know if what he said is true, or something that people have actually done, but the move seemed possible.
greenshoelaces
09-23-2007, 02:53 PM
Another thing that i forgot to mention is that my coach makes our goalie warm up for about 15 minutes in front of the goal without a stick, and puts on gloves, and my coach shoots the ball (not very fast, but still with only lacrosse gloves on...) and the goalie just tries to catch it with his hand. He says this warms up his hand-eye coordination a lot, and makes him concentrate a lot. And it seems to work very well, because he is a pretty good goalie, (best stats for a goalie in our conference.) (and he just started 2 years ago and starts on varsity, with the help of all of my coaches techniques.)
My coach had a lot of "different" techniques he teaches us, if i think of anymore i will post them.
Keep them posts coming.
The Doors
09-23-2007, 02:59 PM
Another thing that i forgot to mention is that my coach makes our goalie warm up for about 15 minutes in front of the goal without a stick, and puts on gloves, and my coach shoots the ball (not very fast, but still with only lacrosse gloves on...) and the goalie just tries to catch it with his hand. He says this warms up his hand-eye coordination a lot, and makes him concentrate a lot. And it seems to work very well, because he is a pretty good goalie, (best stats for a goalie in our conference.) (and he just started 2 years ago and starts on varsity, with the help of all of my coaches techniques.)
My coach had a lot of "different" techniques he teaches us, if i think of anymore i will post them.
Keep them posts coming.
i do the same thing to my goalie, i just have him turn his gloves around and push the ball though....
Also, Im too sure if this is unusual, but at least once a week on varying days, i do a whole day of conditioning. They may not be the best athletes or best lax players in the area, but they will be the most in shape players