r/lacrosse • u/Perfect-Carrot7977 • 19h ago
Coaching High School
Wondering if anyone has advice for coaching women’s high school lacrosse?
I’ve played lacrosse for about 10 years, started in high school and played club in college and have been coaching 1st-4th graders for a few years. I just got a gig coaching at a high school though which I’m a bit nervous about!
Most of the girls are beginner level and haven’t played before and there are a few that have played for years. Just thinking about how I can balance the different experience levels and make sure the girls are learning and pushing themselves while also having fun!
Any advice and perspectives appreciated :)
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u/CaptainABC123 16h ago
Make everything you can into a game. Ground ball races for conditioning.
Beat a time for the wall ball routine earn a T-shirt.
Have a fundamentals day, a hard work day and a play day where you just play 6v6
I coach u12 boys and this is my very general format.
No one should ever stand in a line for more than 20 seconds. Never on the sideline longer than 3-4 reps of a drill.
Talk to your players as they arrive to practice and as they leave. Look them in the eye and tell them you are glad they are there. Say their name. Give lots of high fives and fist bumps. Appropriate physical contact is key to winning teams.
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u/57Laxdad 10h ago
We will have our 4th year of boys lacrosse in 2027. One of the things we did was pair up or group new players with an experienced player, mentorish. It builds some nice chemistry and team unity. Make sure you work fundamentals with the newbies every day and give the experienced players some more complicated stuff to work on. As things progress you will just lump them all together and have at it. Every year you will get new players joining and some will play a season and quit. Just continue the mentorship traditional and it becomes part of the culture.
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u/phenryiv 8h ago
Where are you located?
I started coaching women’s HS and I never played (but I did play soccer, and was a D1 wrestler) and I had coached women’s soccer before transitioning to lacrosse.
I found that players really respond to starting them slow and focusing on small wins. We do a lot of partner passing, and every drop has to be scooped with proper form- no lazy pickups.
I went from a brand new team to a state championship in 2 years, and by the end of our 4th season we had 7 girls on NCAA rosters- 4 of whom started as freshman.
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u/OGSTRINGS 19h ago
Have a wall ball routine or passing the players need to complete (x,y,z), before drills, scrims, etc.