I Can Do It Wall Ball
Confidence
Legend
- player
- ball
- movement path
How it works
Build passing confidence through repeated successful wall ball reps with positive self-talk.
What you need
- lacrosse stick
- lacrosse ball
- wall
Your focus
Confidence in young athletes is built through repetition and success experiences. Pairing skill practice with positive self-affirmation creates an association between effort and capability.
Player stands 5 feet from a wall and throws and catches off the wall.
After every successful catch, player says 'Yes!' or another positive affirmation.
Coach tracks consecutive successful catches and announces personal bests.
Each player sets a personal goal before starting and celebrates reaching it.
Goal
You've got it when you catch 10 in a row and say 'I can do it' out loud before the 11th. Confidence isn't silent, it gets louder when you make it.
Helpful cues
- Every catch proves you can do it, celebrate it
- A miss just means the next throw is your best yet
- Say your affirmation out loud, don't mumble it
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Start 3 feet from wall with a larger, softer ball.
UpLVL it
Add the next challenge
Move back to 10 feet and mix in left-hand throws.No account needed
Build a practice plan
Add drills, keep the plan in this browser, then share a link with your staff or parents.This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.
This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.After every practice, UpLVL automatically surfaces the drills each player needs to work on most. See it for yourself.