Providing every athlete the opportunity to enter, enjoy and excel by learning and playing lacrosse in a way that’s best for each stage of growth and development.
Lacrosse Athlete Development Model
The lacrosse athlete development model (LADM) is a framework using the six core values which bring out the full athletic potential in every player. When these values are embraced, players learn the sport better, love it more, and play it longer. The LADM keeps more players engaged in the sport longer and allows the best player to emerge as they reach physical maturity.
Athlete:
Anyone with a body
Potential:
Every Player
Player:
Anyone playing a sport
Competition For Development
Smaller players, smaller fields. That’s the name of the game if we want to keep kids engaged, developing their skills and getting more touches on the ball. We’ve developed evidence based guidelines for the best way to compete at each level starting with 3 v 3 and progressing up to full-field. See better skill development, more enjoyment, and increased retention rates by letting the kids play the right way.
Program & Coaching Tools
We haven’t just put together a model for athlete development, we’ve developed some amazing tools to help forward thinking programs and coaches do what’s right for kids through their practice, games, and season structure. View age-specific skill progression guides, drills, practice plans and administrator tools that give players exactly what’s right for them.
Support Our Efforts
Bring the Lacrosse Athlete Development Model to more players by helping to provide the tools that coaches and league leaders need to teach and implement the model.
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