Want to Move Up the Depth Chart? Fix Your Stick Skills On the Wall
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
Trying to move up the depth chart? Getting good looks but not finishing? Dropping passes in traffic?
Part of the problem could be that you are too focused on your hands and not playing the game with your hips.
It takes thousands of good reps to get your eye-hand coronation to the point where you can shift your focus to the rest of the game. It’s not going to happen in practice. All coaches plan practice to incorporate as many reps and as little standing around as possible but you still can’t get as many touches as you need. As teams start focusing on game prep the first line is going to get more and more touches making it even tougher for you to work on the skills you need to move up the depth chart. You have got to get it done on your own time!
Squeeze 15-20 minutes of wall-ball drills into your daily routine to hit the wall.
Wall Ball Drill
50 throw right catch right
50 throw left catch left
20 quick stick right
20 quick stick left
20 throw right catch left/then throw left catch right
20 one handed right (throw one handed right, catch one handed right)
20 one handed left (throw one handed left, catch one handed left)
20 back-handed right on right (begin with stick on left side of body, right hand on top,
left hand on bottom. Open mouth of head facing the wall, catch and throw across
your body right on right)
20 back-handed left (begin with stick on right side of your body, left hand on top, right
hand on bottom. Open mouth of head facing the wall, catch and throw across your
body right on right)
20 Behind- the-back right
20 Behind-the- back left
(Repeat each exercise twice)St.
It is a good idea to time yourself and try to improve on your times. During time time-trials,perform the exercise only once. Try and top your score, it makes it fun and competitive.
Remember to not get upset if you struggle with any of these, especially the one-handed ones or around the backs. This is practice. Your arms and shoulders will get sore at first.
Keep at it, that’s why you’re on the wall. It’s amazing how in lax games the balls will come at you in weird angles and after practicing this workout you will be able to finish back hand, BTB, or one- handed if you need to b/c of this wall ball exercise.
If you do this several times a week you will be handsomely rewarded with a nasty stick.
50 throw right catch right
50 throw left catch left
20 quick stick right
20 quick stick left
20 throw right catch left/then throw left catch right
20 one handed right (throw one handed right, catch one handed right)
20 one handed left (throw one handed left, catch one handed left)
20 back-handed right on right (begin with stick on left side of body, right hand on top,
left hand on bottom. Open mouth of head facing the wall, catch and throw across
your body right on right)
20 back-handed left (begin with stick on right side of your body, left hand on top, right
hand on bottom. Open mouth of head facing the wall, catch and throw across your
body right on right)
20 Behind- the-back right
20 Behind-the- back left
(Repeat each exercise twice)St.
It is a good idea to time yourself and try to improve on your times. During time time-trials,perform the exercise only once. Try and top your score, it makes it fun and competitive.
Remember to not get upset if you struggle with any of these, especially the one-handed ones or around the backs. This is practice. Your arms and shoulders will get sore at first.
Keep at it, that’s why you’re on the wall. It’s amazing how in lax games the balls will come at you in weird angles and after practicing this workout you will be able to finish back hand, BTB, or one- handed if you need to b/c of this wall ball exercise.
If you do this several times a week you will be handsomely rewarded with a nasty stick.