The Schedule

Ever since I stepped foot on campus, lacrosse has been a part of my daily routine. Whether it was in the weight lifting, conditioning, captains' practices, or fall ball practices. Did I mention lacrosse is a spring sport?

In September, we had conditioning on Mondays and Fridays from 10-11am and on Tuesdays and Thursdays weight lifting from 730-830am. 2-3 times a week, we would be on the field doing an inter squad scrimmage and they would usually last from 6-8pm.

 In the Fall, the NCAA allows every team to 16 practices and 2 scrimmages with coaches involved. September 24th was our first practice from 6-8am. From then until October 21st we have 16 practices, mainly on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays (They vary each week). With that comes weight lifting twice a week and wall ball on our own.

Wall ball is simply throwing the ball against a wall and catching it with yourself. The drill is simply to improve your skills with a stick.

Most of our practices during the week are from 6-8am and they involve conditioning, drills and then a scrimmage for about 20 minutes at the end of practice. On Saturdays, we usually start at 10am and we have official, high intensity scrimmages. We are split into equal teams and play with official rules, loser has to run sprints. Our coaches tape all of these practices and add notes to critique us and help us get better.

October 21st is when we will play our scrimmages. We will play against Division 2 Mercy College and Division 3 Montclair State. As I continue to update this blog, you will get to know the Eastern University Men's Lacrosse Team. The work ethic of this team, our goals, and our personality as a team. See ya next week.