-January 13th, 2020- On December 22nd, 2019 66 of the top Midget lacrosse players were at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre for the Top Prospects Canada Showcase event. It was an opportunity for players eligible for the Junior A draft to show their skills to the scouts. I was in charge of the lacrosse specific […]…
By Wayne Burke -February 19, 2016- Every lacrosse strength and conditioning program should contain exercises that train explosive power utilizing full body movements. There are a wide variety of ways to train this very important aspect of your program however, most players lack the technical knowledge to use proper Olympic lifts or they lack the […]…
By Sean Holmes -January 28th, 2016- The Depth Drop is an exercise you can easily include in your lacrosse training program to increase your potential to be powerful. The key is to land soft in a balanced, athletic stance and hold that position for 2 seconds. This allows your body to learn how to store […]…
By Wayne Burke -January 26th, 2016- If you read this blog or search the internet for cool exercise tips to be a better lacrosse player, you can find allot of information (some useful and some useless). While there are an infinite amount of exercises and drills you could include, it can be hard for players, […]…
By Wayne Burke -January 12th, 2016- A few weeks back I posted a phase 3 lateral plyometric progression. At this point I have introduced jumping and landing basics along with the very first steps of true plyometric training. As you move through plyometric progressions, you should begin to first add multiple or consecutive jumps or […]…
By Wayne Burke -December 29th, 2015- I love the holiday season. Lax players everywhere are posting on social media all their new heads, mesh kits and other gear they got for Christmas talking about how sick their stick is or how they can’t wait to get back playing. The new year means there is only […]…
By Sean Holmes -December 18th, 2015- Here is the latest Episode of my Lacrosse Training Tips feature with the Toronto Rock. The Single Arm Snatch is our level 1 progression of the Olympic Lifts. Olympic Lifters are the most powerful athletes in the world and I use safe variations of the lifts to make my […]…
By Wayne Burke -December 14th, 2015- Last week, I introduced a lateral phase 3 drill which introduced a small hop into the drill. This is the first true plyometric drill in the progression. We can only do these after we have spent few weeks establishing a solid foundation of jumping and landing mechanics. Again the idea […]…
By Wayne Burke -December 4th, 2015- So far, we have introduced the foundation of true plyometric training in part 1 and part 2. In this video we introduce a small bounce to a lateral drill to teach the athlete to use a small hop, which when we land soft stretches our muscles, to help produce increased […]…
By Wayne Burke -November 25th, 2015- Last week I wrote a blog outlining the early phases of plyometric training. In that blog, I included a video showing an example of a phase 1 lateral hop. Below is an example of a phase 1 linear plyometric box jump. All the same principles apply to the jump as […]…
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