-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 […]…
-September 26th, 2019- The National Lacrosse Season is soon approaching so the players are starting to train more often to gear up for training camp. A good lacrosse training program will not just be a strength training program. It should include a proper warm up/mobility/activation, Speed and Agility training, Power training (med ball throws/jumps/Olympic lifts), […]…
-September 29th, 2017- Some people call it a Speed Ladder. Some an Agility Ladder. Both are wrong. It’s a Ladder, plain and simple. Because it doesn’t help you improve either of those skills. And if you are a lacrosse player using it as such, you are using it wrong. I bring this up as I […]…
By Wayne Burke -February 9, 2016- Single leg strength training might be the most valuable group of exercises that every player could do. This group of exercises challenges your adductors (groin), abductors (hips, glutes) and stability in a way that squats and deadlifts can’t. It also addresses strength imbalances by training the left and right […]…
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 Sean Holmes -January 5th, 2016- As we all know speed kills. What most people don’t realize though is that speed is a skill that can be taught and improved. While it is true that some people are born faster than others, absolutely everyone can get faster than they currently are. Whether it’s improving your […]…
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 Sean Holmes -November 19th, 2016- I’m going to make this one quick as I’m about to head down to Alabama for a college football game on the weekend. Here is Episode 4 of the Lacrosse Training Series I have been doing with the Toronto Rock and Brett Hickey. This was an impromptu video we […]…
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