Coach Resources

This section provides helpful links to assist you as a coach, including Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) documents, drills, sample practice plans, and coaching tips. 

AlbertaLacrosseTV: Skills and Drills

Coach Certification

 

Coach Certification (must be 16 years old)
Coaches can take one course per season
First year coaches must start with Community Development

U7-U13 Coach Requirements

Community Development
Respect in Sport Activity Leader
Current VSS Police Clearance (valid for 3 years)

**If you attended a course in 2019 to current, you will show IN TRAINING on your NCCP locker
This is a known issue with Lacrosse Canada and the NCCP locker.

You are considered trained if this is showing on your locker.

U15-U17 Coach Requirements

Competitive Introduction
Making Ethical Decisions
Making Headway
Respect in Sport Activity Leader
Current VSS Police Clearance

Coaching Program Resources

Why Coach?
Honoring Our Game
Practice Plan Template v1
Practice Plan Template v2
Emergency Action Plan

New Quality Coaching Toolkit: Coaching for Performance in Life and in Sports

Drill Videos

We continually add new drill videos for box lacrosse, men's field lacrosse, and women's field lacrosse to our YouTube Channel and AlbertaLacrosseTV!

LTAD

Box Lacrosse Drill Library