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 -February 4th, 2016- The Anti-Rotation press is a great exercise we use to develop core stability with our lacrosse players. The primary function of the core is to be stable, and as such we must train it to resist flexion, rotation, and extension. If you need more info on the core check […]…
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 Sean Holmes -January 25th, 2016- Allow me a second to brag (ok, it might be more than a second). Back on October 8th, 2011 I published this article: Death of the Crunch Well here it is January 2016 and I found an article in The Toronto Star about the Canadian Military and The Death […]…
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 Sean Holmes -January 7th, 2016- This episode shows you a great core stability exercise you can add to your lacrosse training program. As previously mentioned in the series, the core is designed to be stable and we must train it that way first and foremost. This exercise lets us train that stability in an […]…
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 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 -December 3rd, 2015- In this video I have Brett Hickey demonstrating the Stability Ball Rollout. This is a great core stability exercise that we use. The key is maintaining a straight line from the knees to the shoulders, maintaining our “Pillar” the entire time. If you’ve read my article on Core Training […]…
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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