Ohio State, Quick Dodge – Quick Strike…with a twist…Coach Nick Myers
This is a really interesting lacrosse coach, with a truly interesting and analytical perspective. I love talking to him. In our third podcast with Coach Nick Myers from Ohio State, he offers up a unique lacrosse drill. Thinking about this lacrosse drill is kind of like thinking about an iceberg. On the surface it looks like a cool drill… but there is so much much more to it…
When I interviewed Coach Myers back in 2013, he had begun to integrate more and more tennis balls into his lacrosse drills. Since we have heard this from a number of great lacrosse coaches. It forces players to play with “soft hands,” encourages sharper passes and better throwing technique as well as protecting the stick.
It also allows us to shoot in close, many shots, in a semi-transition setting, without killing our goalies.
Twist #1 – All Tennis Balls
OK, let’s start with the tip of the “iceberg,” this is a quick paced 1V1 lacrosse drill. We have four individual lines of offensive players in a ‘diamond’ look on the field. (See drawing below), and four corresponding lines of defenders in kind of an inner diamond look.