Coaching Lacrosse For Dummies

This friendly guide helps you grasp the basics and take charge on the field. You€ll get lots of expert advice on teaching essential skills to different age groups, determining positions for each player, promoting teamwork, keeping kids healthy and injury-free, helping struggling players improve their skills and encouraging your best players to make the most of their talents, and leading your team effectively during a game. Discover how to:

• Recognize your behind-the-scenes responsibilities
• Get a handle on rules and terms
• Plan and execute practices
• Teach basic lacrosse skills
• Identify players€ strengths and weaknesses
• Juggle the dual roles of coach and parent
• Develop a lacrosse coaching philosophy
• Motivate all of your players
• Make practice and skill-building fun
• Understand the league your coaching
• Make sure your team has all the right equipment
• Take different approaches to coaching girls and boys
• Assign players to positions
• Motivate players on game day

It€s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Make yourself the perfect somebody with a little help from Coaching Lacrosse For Dummies.