Get the most out of your practice time with game-speed drills that combine skill development with a conditioning element.

Jim Berkman, 2008 NCAA D-III National Coach of the Year, opens up his practice notebook and demonstrates over 30 drills to develop complete lacrosse players. These game-like drills run the gamut from individual skills work to small sided games to full field scrimmages.

Berkman's drills reinforce ground ball play, clearing in unsettled situations, rotation defense, stick speed and hand quickness, shooting in a tight space, breaking out wide, up field vision, recognizing rides and much more.

His drills create a fast-paced practice that eliminates down time and will teach your players to play at a pace that will take your opponents out of their comfort zone.

These drills will put your players in game-like situations forcing them to play fast and improving their mental focus, their lacrosse IQ and their physical effort. By improving your squad's lacrosse IQ, your team will appear faster on the field. They will see things develop, instead of reacting to what happens.

Incorporate these proven, time-tested drills and maximize your time on the practice field.

74 minutes. 2010.

Matt Painter, one of America's most successful and respected young coaches, showcases four Purdue basketball practices demonstrating the drills, principles and techniques that have taken the Boilermakers to the top of the NCAA rankings.

Coach Painter emphasizes four basic parts of the game and structures his practice around them.

• Half-court defense
• Rebounding
• Taking care of the ball
• Transition defense

Painter sets the tone of each practice by starting out with his defensive breakdowns. He dissects Purdue's man-to-man defense with a variety of drills and exercises.

Painter's practices include post and perimeter skill work, transition motion, secondary break, free throw work, man defense, shell work, motion offense and much more.

Painter ends each practice with a competitive drill including a rebounding drill (Rebound War), a shoot out (No Man's Land) and a limitation drill (60 Point Drill).

Get your team into championship form with breakdowns, one-on-one teaching and competitive drills.

4 DVDs. 2010.

Jim Berkman, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA men's lacrosse history, shows you how to fine-tune your shooting, stickwork and face-off skills, to improve your offensive output. He details how to set-up each drill so that you can get hundreds of reps in a short amount of time to maximize your practice period.

Coach Berkman divides this instructional lacrosse DVD into three parts: Shooting, face-offs and offensive plays. Each section is loaded with tips and strategies to improve your team's offensive skills.

The shooting section features over 40 drills to improve your shooting mechanics. These drills work on finishing inside; shooting in a tight situation; hands, head and stick fakes; shooting on the run and more. Berkman also includes a wall drills series that can be done individually to sharpen your players' stickwork and "make the stick an extension of their arm."

In the face-off section, Berkman delivers drills to win the whistle every time. These reaction drills will strengthen your players' center of gravity, coordination, and force them to keep their head down and eyes on the ball - all of which will allow them to get a good scoop for possession. A wing player series is included to help strengthen box out skills.

In addition, Coach Berkman opens his playbook and shares 14 plays (including the play used to win the 2003 National Championship in overtime) that you can incorporate into your offense. Plays include quick hitters, isos, two-man pick game, pick the picker and more.

Improve your offensive performance this year with these championship drills and plays.

45 minutes. 2010.

Coach Harkins polled local high school lacrosse coaches and asked what they wanted to see in an instructional lacrosse DVD. He combined those responses into one comprehensive DVD covering drills, principles and real coaching suggestions that will help take your team to a new level.

Through marker board explanation and on-field demonstration, Harkins leads you through 17 drills that prepare your players for game situations. He teaches his warm-up drills, passing drills, transition drills and face-off drills. Executing these drills at top speed adds a conditioning element to your practice and builds endurance in your team.

Harkins reveals strategic principles, including how to look for a strong short stick defender, one of the most important but most overlooked positions in lacrosse. He explains the qualities needed to be an effective short stick defender, as well as important techniques like proper footwork, stance and positioning.

To assist with your practice planning, Harkins explains how he organizes his practices leading you through a sample workout.

All of the strategies and drills in this DVD work together to help ready your players for game day.

82 minutes. 2010

Ensure that your drill work transfers from practice to the game.

Geno Auriemma presents half- and full-court offensive drills that are a part of his daily practice. Through these drills, Auriemma demonstrates the key to good team offense: The ability to pass, catch, dribble and shoot.

He shows his 2-man passing full court drill, 2-line layup drill, 3-man weave half court and full court drills, and then begins his full court transition offense with his 3-man transition drill, then adds a player to go 4-on-0, finally reaching 5-on-0 transition. These drills replicate a game-like atmosphere and really work on pushing the defense for a lay-up, or getting them to back up, which leaves you a 3-point attempt.

These drills not only work on your teams ability to pass, catch, dribble, and shoot but also focus on team communication and conditioning. This takes Auriemma right into some of his secondary offensive ideas.

He finishes with some questions concerning practice set up, inbounds plays, facing full court pressure defense, and his favorite rebounding drills.

Improve your offense this season with these proven drills from Geno Auriemma.

75 minutes. 2010.