{"id":139,"date":"2016-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/the-importance-of-stick-skills-in-lacrosse\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:45:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:45:10","slug":"u-ss-w-you-plus-stick-skills-equals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/u-ss-w-you-plus-stick-skills-equals","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Stick Skills in Lacrosse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\"><span id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"meta_field\" data-hs-cos-type=\"rich_text\"><!--more--> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you want to know how to win in lacrosse? Do you want the formula? It&#8217;s quite simple actually.<\/p>\n<p>Every kid who participates in a sport wants to compete. Obviously that means competing in an official game, against an opponent. But that&#8217;s not where the competition ends. There&#8217;s competition in tryouts, during practice (scrimmages &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/resources\/lacrosse\/tags\/Drills\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/resources\/lacrosse\/tags\/Drills\">lacrosse drills<\/a>), etc. It might help if the athlete recognizes that everyone has the same amount of time each day to improve. To improve he\/she must devote ample time to their craft in the form of physical conditioning and stick skills. Time spent in front of the television or on-line is time lost that you can&#8217;t get back and that likely someone else will have taken advantage of.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the athlete is to REALLY succeed he\/she needs to understand that he\/she is competing against himself\/herself on a daily basis. Competing against oneself means working to improve each day over the last. How? Evaluate strengths\/weaknesses, have a plan, execute the plan, re-evaluate&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Is this work always the most fun? Not for everyone. But I can tell you that participating on a team and being an instrumental contributor to your team is fun. In order to experience this you must prepare yourself to demonstrate your capabilities to the person\/people who determine playing time, etc. What&#8217;s even more fun is to contribute to a winning effort. This takes even more diligent preparation and by each member of the team.<\/p>\n<p>The single most unique aspect of the sport of lacrosse is the stick and how it is used. The single most effective way to contribute as a teammate and win as a team is to be proficient with your stick handling skills. If your stick skills help make you an asset on the field, rather than a liability, you will play. If you can perform while going full speed, under pressure from an opponent, in the tense atmosphere of a game, you will be a major contributor. If you can do that AND make the perfect pass across the field or make the feed to your cutting teammate with perfect placement or stick a shot in the upper corner of the goal on the goalies off-stick side while on the run, you will be a playmaker and a difference maker! If more people on your team can be in the second and third categories, your team will have a good chance of winning.<\/p>\n<p>I firmly believe ANYONE can be a good stick handler if they put in the time and make a concerted effort towards that end. It does take time, dedication, determination, patience and lots of practice. Devote ample time each and every day to wall-ball, playing catch with a friend, and shooting on a goal. Make sure you practice with a purpose, focus on proper technique, use both hands and do so while on the move. This is the formula, now it&#8217;s up to you&#8230; and that&#8217;s the best part!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Importance of Stick Skills in Lacrosse - CoachUp Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/u-ss-w-you-plus-stick-skills-equals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Importance of Stick Skills in Lacrosse - 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