Lacrosse - Strategies and Tactics

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Use the link below to help you understand and identify the tactical problems, movements and skills of Lacrosse.  
- What do you find difficult?  
- What are you best at?  
- What position do you generally like playing in?

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Use the link below to help highlight an attacking strategy that can be used on a zone or man to man defense.  What is the name of the strategy?
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The link below highlights how a zone defense works in the game of Lacrosse.   Handy to learn when defending during the game... 
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Video link below is game footage to give you an idea of how a game starts and how players can score in Lacrosse.    
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Student Participation, Class Questioning and Teacher Observation  
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Create your own Lacrosse lesson which could be used during a P.E. class.  Make sure to include:
- Warm Up
- Skill Activities
- Minor Game etc.
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The YouTube channel 'Lacrosse Film Room' have some great analysis and breakdowns of play.  Watch some of the videos to help strengthen your understanding of the tactics and strategies needed in the game of Lacrosse.
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Part 1 - Warm Up
'Clean Up The Yard' 
2 x teams.  
Teams must stay in their designated playing half.   Tennis/Lacrosse balls will be scattered amongst the area.  The idea is for teams to 'flick' the balls into the oppositions area.  Balls cannot be scooped and thrown.   At the end of time, the team with the most balls in their field loses.  
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Part 2 - Skill Progression/Development
'Give and Go'
Aim is to create and use space in attack by accurately passing, recieving and controlling the ball.  
- Mark out a start position on playing space, on opposite end lay out a ‘goal’ (or a hoop or a line)    
- Attacking player starts at cone with the ball, who then passes to feeder, (who is standing in the middle of the field).  The feeder must then quickly pass the ball back to the receiver.      
-  Attacking player is to get free to receive the ball A.S.A.P from feeder and make a run to goal.  This is known as a ‘give and go’    
- Defender obviously tries to stop the pass or attack    
Rules:
- The feeder is stationary and cannot continue in the game unless it is to receive the ball from the defender (if they gain possession)    
- No body contact or stick checking

'Golden Child'
- Set up as a small group, perhaps 5 v 5.  Can later be modified to a whole class activity.
- Nominate a ‘golden child’ for each team, (give them a sash to highlight these players)
- Play normal keepings off.
- Every successful pass to a teammate = 1 point.  If a successful pass is made to the teams ‘golden child’ = 5 points    
- Play continues regardless of dropped or ground ball, 1st team to 15 points wins    
- No body contact or stick checking
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Part 3 - Skill Application
'2 Goal Palooza'
- Set up normal game and have a goal in each corner of the field.  Start with a ‘face-off
- To score, players can shoot to either goal on their attacking end of the field.  Having two options for scoring at either end encourages students to use more of the field/space      
- No body contact or stick checking
Modifications:
- Add a certain number of passes before scoring
- A 'Golden Child' must have possession of the ball before scoring  
- Introduce 2 balls to the game