Team Members: Erin Marciszewski, Connor Haines, Ryan Freeburg

Grade Level:3-4

Lacrosse Skill: Scooping and cradling

Psychological Skill: Goal setting

Introduction to the Station

Who: Ryan Freeburg

Verbal Instruction: Hello everyone! How are we doing today? How many of you have ever
played lacrosse? Let's see some hands. Great, today we are going to be teaching you some
essential lacrosse skills. They are scooping and cradling, some of you have never played
lacrosse and that's okay because in this station, we're also going to talk about skills that
are important in lacrosse and life and that's called setting goals. So let's talk about that
first, Coach Erin take it away!

Student Engagement: Looking at me, raising hands

Time: 30-45 seconds

Rationale: We are doing this because we want to introduce goal setting so we can reinforce it
throughout the station, while also introducing the lacrosse skills.

Instruction on Psychological Skill

Who: Erin Marciszewski

Verbal Instruction: Thanks coach Ryan! Goal setting is thinking of something you want to
achieve, and taking the necessary steps to accomplish that goal. My personal goal is to make
sure you try something new and have fun today. Let's set a group goal for today. What are you
guys thinking? It could be something like successfully scooping 5 balls. What do we want to
accomplish today? (have them share their ideas) Perfect let’s get to it! Coach Connor, do you
want to teach us about scooping and cradling?

Student Engagement: Looking at me and brainstorming personal goals they want to set (short
and long term) and sharing those goals.

Time: 1:30-2:00 minutes

Rationale: research says that setting goals individually and collectively creates something to
work towards due to increased motivation. By introducing this skill, it creates a base for the kids
to personalize and utilize for themselves in and out of sport.
 http://www.krigolsonteaching.com/uploads/4/3/8/4/43848243/goal_setting_in_sport.pdf

Instruction on Lacrosse Skill

Who: Connor Haines

Verbal Instruction: Today the 3 of us are going to teach you how to play lacrosse specifically
working on scooping and cradling which are super important parts of the sport. Scooping is
when you pick the ball up with your lacrosse stick. You should think about scooping the ball, like
scooping ice cream. Cradling is how you hold on to the ball while running so the other team
doesn’t get it. Now we are going to play a game called hungry hippos. Are you guys ready?!

Student Engagement: Hungry Hippos drill, players will line up with lacrosse sticks in 3 lines
across from each other in a triangle shape with a collection of balls in the middle. Each line has
a hula hoop next to the start of the line. When instructed each line will send a student to the
middle to scoop a ball and return it to their hula hoop. Students will begin by using their hands,
then we'll talk about goal setting. We will reset the drill and then use the sticks.

Time: 1 minute of explanation, 2 minutes of drill, 1 minute of reviewing goals, 2 minutes of the
same drill

Rationale: The hungry hippos drill incorporates a combination of both our lacrosse skills while
allowing the students to achieve the goals set during the psychological skill section.

http://files.leagueathletics.com/Text/Documents/12635/43308.pdf

www.usalaxmagazine.com/fuel/usa-lacrosse/7-things-not-to-do-when-coaching-your-own-child.

Closure to the Station

Who: All 3 of us

Verbal Instruction:) I hope you had fun today at our station and learned something from us
about lacrosse and goal-setting. Goal-setting is a really important skill to have and use outside
of lacrosse. For example, maybe you set a goal to get a 100 on your next homework or test, so
you can study super hard to get that grade and achieve your goals. GO LIONS!

Student Engagement: Looking at us sitting criss cross applesauce

Time: 1 minutes

Rationale: We are doing this to once more reinforce the importance of goal setting and how it
can carry over into their lives outside of sports.