Process Focus Scrimmage
Focus
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Maintain process focus (technique and positioning) rather than outcome focus (scoreboard) throughout a competitive scrimmage.
What you need
- lacrosse stick
- lacrosse ball
- goal
- pinnies
- cones
Your focus
Outcome focus (score, performance evaluations) degrades technique under pressure. Process focus keeps players connected to the things they can control. Training the scrimmage mindset to be process-oriented produces better outcomes paradoxically.
Each player selects one process focus for the scrimmage (e.g., 'first step on defense,' 'cradle to catch,' 'eyes through dodge').
Scrimmage runs normally. No one is allowed to comment on the score.
After each stoppage, players re-state their process focus to themselves quietly.
Post-scrimmage: each player rates how well they maintained their process focus (1-5) and shares one evidence moment.
Helpful cues
- The score takes care of itself when your process is sharp
- Re-focus every dead ball, 'what is my one thing?'
- Process focus is your antidote to pressure
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Coach announces the process focus for the whole team; everyone is working on the same thing.
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Add the next challenge
Coach calls out individual players mid-scrimmage and asks them to state their process focus without stopping play.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.