Catch and shoot better in lacrosse.

How to Catch and Shoot lacrosse.

To shoot lacrosse balls, hands should be 12 to 13 inches apart on the lacrosse stick with one hand on the butt end. Catch the ball and then turn so that you are sideways, your front foot facing the goal. This position allows you to use you’re your body to throw the ball and protect the ball while you shoot.
You should assume an athletic position with your knees bent shoulder width apart. Bring your stick back so that you can have more room to throw the ball when you shoot. Pull the head of your stick behind your head and this should bring your front shoulder almost to your chin.
Start making your way towards the goal by taking a few steps towards the goal. Start to shoot in lacrosse with your hips, then with your waist, then your shoulders, than with stick. Release the ball and follow through with your stick.

How to shoot a lacrosse ball harder.

When getting ready to shoot, slide your higher hand lower towards the bottom of the stick. The bottom hand should be at the end of the stick. Pull through the bottom of the stick and push from down from the top at the same time. This should allow you maximum leverage and maximum speed and allow you to shoot a lacrosse ball even harder.

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Basics: Lacrosse Shooting 101

1) Hand Placement: When shooting a lacrosse ball it is important to have your upper hand a little lower on the lacrosse stick than you normally have it when you throw or catch and your lower hand at the bottom end of the stick. This gives the shooter more leverage allows them a quicker release of the ball.

2) Shoulder Alignment: When shooting a lacrosse ball, make sure your shoulders aligned or perpendicular to the goal. Also if you are taking a right handed shot, you should lead with your left foot. If you are taking a left handed shot you should lead with your right foot. Opposites tend to add more power to the shot and give you better balance.

3) Throw with your waist and not just your arms. In order for you to have the most power in lacrosse shooting, you need to use the power in your abs and hips to fling the ball. This is difficult to describe, but easy to demonstrate, we hope to have a video available soon. This will give you more power to move your stick and shoot the ball faster.

4) How to aim: No shot is complete without taking aim. Look for white edges of the corners of the net. If you look at the goalie you may hit him! The most accurate types of lacrosse shooting are typically bounce shots and corner shots.

5) Bounce shots. This shots need to be hard and fast. Aim for the ground 2-3 feet in front of the goalie. The most accurate bounce shots are on the sides of the net. Also aim for between the goalie’s legs or his weak side. (the side without the stick.) This will force the goalie to have to move or have to crossover his stick in order to stop the shot.

6) Corner Shots. Here the emphasis is an accuracy and speed. Shooting for the corners may be a good way to keep the ball a far a way from the goalie as possible. High corner are great to take if there is a lot of traffic. Low corners are better with less traffic.

7) Practice. My brothers took so many practice corner shots, the corners were the first part of the net to go. Practice will pay off more than you know. The people who shoot the best will make more goals and be encouraged to shoot more often. Lacrosse is the ultimate game of skill and excellent lacrosse shooting is fundamental to thesport.


Other types of lacrosse shots are the crank shot, the underhanded lacrosse shot and behind the back shots. Please look forward to these next posts.

Lacrosse Shooting

Welcome to Lacrosse shooting. This site provides tips and techniques for how to shoot a lacrosse ball with as much speed, accuracy, and efficiency as possible. Also we discuss several different types of styles, sticks, and types of shoots. If you still have question that are not covered, please feel free to email your questions to 1fantasticdad@gmail.com