Lacrosse season is officially underway. With only one month till the first home game,
the lady LAX team is gearing up for game time.
First week back to school there was no “settling in” to the new semester
for these athletes, they were up and at um at 5:45am hitting the paint with sprints and
conditioning. This year the Dragons are focusing
on stick skills and conditioning. With
only one sub to relieve a player it is pivotal that this team is going to be in
top cardio shape to play 60min long games.
With 2 weeks into the AM practices and conditioning the
Dragons are coming along. There are
going to be six new faces out there on the field, 5 freshmen and 1 sophomore. These ladies have brought much needed stick
skills that will help the team move the ball quickly up and down the
field. Unfortunately, with the loss of
6’2 center Taylor DeMaio, these ladies will have to work extra hard to get the
ball of the draw. For those that are not
familiar with the sport of lacrosse, the attached video is an example of a
typical face off/draw control at the beginning of each game and after every
goal that is scored.
If the Dragons get
the face off there shouldn’t be any problems on the attack side of the game as
long as the offense can keep moving the ball quickly. With two weeks in, the offense has yet to
really connect with one another. There
are new additions (players) to this end of the field and a new “set up” if you
will that the ladies are working on.
With only a few weeks left let’s hope they can find the flow.
As for the defense, I have no real comments other than they
need to MOVE THEIR FEET. There are a lot of
power houses on D, very aggressive girls that will be a fighting force of
terror if their reaction time can improve.
I am not a defensive player, so I give those ladies props. D in lacrosse is very similar to basketball,
it requires a lot of fast foot work and nice low body positioning on the
attacking team. With 4 more weeks to practice
I am hoping the D can step it up and become a wall of fury that opposing teams
will fear when stepping onto that field.
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