THIS IS WHAT A LACROSSE PRACTICE IS ALL ABOUT

This afternoon I took my lawn chair and camera and parked myself at the side of the lacrosse field

Of course the young lady in the photos is our granddaughter Zoe

First up was a quick run around the field

Next up were some stretching exercises

One two three go

Touch the ground and back they go

The girls are now going left to right

around the cones

changing their grip on the stick from left to right

The ball is scooped up off the ground then passed to the next girl

Here the girls make two long passes

and a short pass

Break time

I heard the coach say....

This is the fun part coming up!!!!!!

HA

Sprinting

Then jogging and finally walking

before the sprints started again

Around and around they went for at least 15 minutes

Finally

break time

water time

Lines of three

This is called

HAMBURGER

They were facing backward

The ball was thrown

The whistle blew

The girls turned around

The girls ran after the ball

and

headed for the net

She scores

The girls waiting their turn

The other goalie is off to the side

Warming up

There were two goalies

One for the Junior Varsity team

and one for the Senior team

Zoe has the ball

The two girls are playing defence

The plan is to get by them and get to the net!

Shooting at the goalie

Lacrosse bags sticks and water bottles

Another half hour to go

Their two hour practice is coming to a close

The sun is going down

on the park

I was totally intrigued with the practice

It gave me a better understanding of the game

The girls will repeat the process tomorrow and Thursday

THANKS GIRLS