QuickLax: Three Keys to the Roll Dodge

Sharpen your dodging skills in this QuickLax episode by Schryver Lacrosse. Conner Schryver reviews the three keys to a successful roll dodge.

Quicklax: Mastering the Shooting Cradle

In this short video by Schryver Lacrosse Conner Schryver demonstrates the proper way to perform the shooting or passing cradle.  You will learn the proper hand position, rotation, and best practice method.

Lacrosse Techniques - Offensive Midfielder Dodging

Offensive midfielder dodging is all about putting pressure on the defense.  Most new or young players don't understand that the way you approach your defender determines where you will end up on the field and whether or not you are a threat to the defense.  By taking the proper angles on your dodge you can increase your chances of beating your defender and either putting yourself in a position to score or draw a slide.  Learn how the proper angles of attack can improve your performance in this video by Schryver Lacrosse.

Lacrosse Techniques - 
Defensive Midfielder Postioning

Being a midfielder on defense is tough.  Make it easier by improving your defensive positioning with this video.  Correct positioning and staying focused on your defensive goals will vastly improve your game play.  Most beginning players do not learn how to how to play defense correctly and as a result they do not reach their potential.  By following a few simple steps you can become a better defensive player and a bigger asset to your team.

Lacrosse Techniques - Wall Ball

Wall ball is essential to developing lacrosse skills.  No other workout will boost a young lacrosse career like consistently playing wall ball.  After all if you can't catch and throw you can't play the game.  Learn the basics of wall ball and keys to success in this video.

Recommended Reading:  Wall Ball 101

Recommended Viewing:  Lacrosse Techniques - Overhand Passing

Lacrosse Techniques - Overhand Passing

Start with the essentials and learn the proper technique for passing overhand.  So many players begin playing without the proper instruction and end up learning to throw with a sidearm or angled throwing motion.  After only a year or two of using the incorrect form a player can seriously stunt their lacrosse potential by building muscle memory of an incorrect form.  Passing overhand is universally harped on by coaches because it is one of the the most important and fundamental skills built during a players first few years.  After developing an overhand throwing motion learning to pass at other angles becomes a tool rather than an impediment.

Lacrosse Techniques - Cradling

Similar to dribbling in soccer or cradling in hockey cradling in lacrosse is not required but essential to game play.  Learn the basic ways of cradling in this video and how they apply to in-game situations.

Lacrosse Techniques - Beginner Ground Balls

Any coach can tell you that if all they had to look at were the ground ball statistics for a game they could probably guess who won.  Ground balls can be second chances or lost opportunities depending on who wins it.  Nine times out of ten the team that wins the most ground balls will win the game simply by virtue of more possessions and more opportunities to score.  Learn the proper techniques for picking up a ground ball in this video.