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This section of the Lax Loons website is dedicated to providing boys youth and high school coaches with cutting edge training infomation, clinics, DVD videos, publications and website resourses. Our goal is to help new and existing coaches understand how to teach the game and provide them with all the tools to do so.

COACHING PUBLICATIONS:
Books...
The Little Black Book of Lacrosse Drills...This book is a must for coaches at all levels. It illustrates 100 men's lacrosse drills and offensive and defensive concepts in a clear and concise way.
Available at www.TheLaxCoach.com written by Bryan Bendig. Retail $19.95

Coaching Youth Lacrosse, by the American Sports Education Program (available at amazon.com & USLacrosse.org)

Teambuilding, by Greg Dale, Ph.D, Mental Training Coach, Duke University (available at amazon.com)

Lacrosse Technique & Tradition (2nd edition), by Dave Pietramala & Neil A. Grauer (available at amazon.com)

The Confident Coaches Guide to Teaching Lacrosse, by Daniel Morris (available at amazon.com)

Lacrosse Specific Physical Screen with Performance Enhancing Corrective Excercises for Shooters... is a manual that can act as a companian book to the Athletic Edge Screening & Traning serise of dvds. (available at athleticedgelacrosse.com see DVD list below)

UPCOMING LOCAL & NATIONAL COACHES CLINICS:This newsletter for coaches at all levels and is published by a coach with 28 years of experience, who, like many lacrosse coaches, was frustrated that the lacrosse community did not have a publication dedicated to the needs and development of coaches. Author of over 12 articles in Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director and the author of the US Lacrosse published Men's Drill Manual, Lacrosse Coach publisher John Kenney knows both the game and the lacrosse coaching community. Here is the link for the website and more details

Kudda.com is a great new free website created by coaches for coaches, where coaches can share their videos, drills, plays, handouts, game film, advice and stories. Click on the link here to be directed to a new www.Kudda.com website. "Why buy an expensive coaching DVD when you can learn for free at Kudda.com."

MBSLA Coaches Clinic...Sun March 29th Rosemount Comm Ctr. For more details go to www.mbsla.org or see the "MBSLA Coaches Clinic" page on this Lax Loons website.

COACHING JOBS:
1. Lax Loons offers a free coaches job listing service that allows you to add your coaching job and view what local jobs are available. Click here to be redirected to the "Coaching Jobs" page

2. Lax Power offers a free national job vacancy listing service. Click here to be directed to the LaxPower website.

COACHES NEWSLETTERS & WEBSITES:
Lacrosse Coach Mike www.Laxcoachmike.com
This website is full of free and member only content. $14.77 a mouth to join and well worth it. It features coaching tips, interviews and dvds from top college coaches. Lacrosse is changing and successful coaches are changing the way they practice and play. Learn the new strategies, watch the blackboard explanation, actually see the kids do the drills, have more fun. Accomplish more in your coaching and watch your teams quickly improve in ways that will amaze you.

Coaching Lax Newsletter, http://www.coachinglax.com/index.htm
The Coaching Lax Newsletter (5 issues a yr) is a new 2007 publication for men and women coaches looking for new and innovative ideas in teaching the game of lacrosse. The Coaching Lax Newsletter's number one goal is to give lacrosse coaches, at all levels, ideas and advice to help teach the game of lacrosse through sharing best practices. The inaugural issue of the Coaching Lax Newsletter will be printed in February of 2007. This 16 page publication will contain drills, philosophies, and helpful tips for lacrosse coaches at all levels.

Lacrosse Coach Newsletter, http://www.lacrossecoach.org

Lax Links.com is a free website created to to share the rules of men's and women's lacrosse at all age levels. Click on the link here to be directed to www.laxlinks.com

Inside Lacrosse.com offers a great magazine and an even better free website that offers coaching tips, videos, recruiting advice, rankings, and other interesting artcles. Click on the link here to be directed to www.insidelacrosse.com

US Lacrosse.org offers coaches training and a list of publications and videos/dvds for a fee. Click on the link here to be directed to www.USLacrosse.org

E-Lacrosse.com is a free website that offers coaching & player tips, videos, recruiting advice, photos, stinging tips and other interesting artcles. Click on the link here to be directed to www.e-lacrosse.com

Recommended Lacrosse Instructional DVD List

"Chalk Talk Productions" (Mpls MN)
Chalk Talk has created three great high quality and highly rated videos:
1. Beginner Lacrosse Skills & Drills
2. Intermediate Lacrosse Skills & Concepts
3. Learning the Motion Offense

These highly recomended DVDs teach skills and concept that every lacrosse coach and player need to know.
Produced by a local video production company called Chalk Talk productions and made using Minnesota middle school, high school and college players under the guidence of Cornell University head coach Jeff Tambroni.
Click here to be taken to the Chalk Talk website

"Athletic EDGE Lacrosse" Train with the Pros (Scotch Plains, NJ)
Athletic Edge has created a series of dvds featuring All-Star players Joe Walters and Matt Danowski and co-founder, athletic Trainer Ben Shear who take you on a journey to elevate and improve your lacrosse shooting, dodging and training skills...

Shooting with the Pros (Basic) $39.95
Shooting with the Pros (Advanced) $39.95
Dodging with the Pros $39.95
Learning with the Pros (Biomechanics of the Shot) $39.95
Screening with the Pros (helps coaches evaluate players on thier shooting technique) $39.95
Training with the Pros (Corrective excises needed to improve shooting) $39.95
Package Deal (Screening & Training) $69.95

For more details visit the www.athleticedgelacrosse.com To order contact Ben Shear at 908-322-2003 or email

Here are some of the other services Lax Loons hopes to provide:

Coach Mentoring Program for New MN Youth and HS programs
The promotion and delevopment of new programs in out-state MN (Coaches Training, Player clinics/recruiting, loaner equipment)
If you have a question about any aspect of the game please feel free to contact me at 952-938-2723 or

Here is the link for the Coaching Lax website http://www.coachinglax.com/index.htm

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