Hand-eye coordination is the processing of a visual input and coordinated control of your hands based on that input.
As a lacrosse goalie, it’s extremely important as the visual input is the shooter and the shot and our hand and goalie head is the coordinated control needed to make the save.
The better and quicker you’re able to translate a visual input into the proper hand movement, the better lax goalie you will be.
This IG account is a pure gold mine when it comes to eye-hand coordination drills. Here are my favorite 30 gold nuggets harvested from deep within his hand-eye coordination drill caves.
Note: I used to always say hand-eye coordination but as Arthur let me know in our podcast, eye-hand coordination is probably the more accurate term. Since it’s the hand reacting to the stimulus picked up by the eyes.
The good news for goalies is that even if you were not born with great eye-hand coordination, it can be developed.
As a part of balanced lacrosse goalie training routine, you need to ensure you’re mixing in eye-hand coordination drills. A lot of my favorite drills listed also combine explosion or lateral movement in addition to the visual training.
A goalie’s hand-eye coordination skills are extremely important when it comes to making saves.
In addition to training the technical, physical, and mental elements of being a goalie, you should also incorporate hand-eye training into your lax goalie training routine.
If you’re looking for hand-eye coordination drills, look no further than HandEyeCoordination on Instagram.
Many of these drills appear like they’re designed for other sports but with a slight modification, you can envision how the drill could be customized for the lacrosse goalies.
Other drills work our eye-hand coordination perfectly and don’t need to be modified.
Until next time! Coach Damon
What are you favorite hand-eye coordination drills? Leave me a comment down below.
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About Coach Damon
About Coach Damon
Lacrosse is my passion! The game has given me so much and this blog is my way of giving back to the lax community. Specifically the most bad a$$ part of that community - the goalies! After learning to play goalie from scratch, I wanted to create a site where I could share what I learned with others so they too can become champions in the crease and in life. Learn more about Coach Damon.
