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Marco. Polo!

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Marco. Polo!

Ah, the delightfully fun game of Marco-Polo. For those unfamiliar with this favorite game go to your local pool before it closes for the summer. If enough kids are around a game of Marco-Polo will eventually get started in the shallow end.

How Marco-Polo went from renowned explorer of Asia to namesake of a children’s pool game, I will never know. Regardless of how the game got its name, I want to focus on what Marco-Polo removes: sight.

Lacrosse is a game ...

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Categories: Agility, Coaching, Defense, Lacrosse Wisdom, Practice

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Quick Feet Cone Drills

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Quick Feet Cone Drills

I love cone drills. They can be as simple or as complicated as your imagination. Make a triangle, square, circle, semi-circle, or a bunch of zig-zags and you have a ready-to-go speed and agility drill.

Some of the drills in the video are ones I have done for many years. The others are from xlathlete.com’s – Cone Drills.

If you want to build quick feet, acceleration, and fast changes of direction you need to implement cone ...

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Categories: Agility, Coaching, Health

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Dynamic Warm Up

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Dynamic Warm Up

I am back from my much needed summer vacation with more lacrosse insights, coaching strategies, and new videos!

This week is christened Agility Week. Each post will focus on specific speed/agility drills, designed to improve your footwork and overall athleticism. If you are serious about improving your game for the more competitive Spring Season, I highly encourage interested players to try these drills out. Start out slow until you get the basic motions down, then pick up the speed. The one ...

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Categories: Agility, Coaching, Video

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