Mistake Chain
Resilience
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Break a chain of consecutive mistakes in a skill circuit by applying a resilience reset between each rep.
What you need
- lacrosse stick
- lacrosse ball
- goal
- cones
Your focus
Mistakes compound when athletes lose resilience. One turnover leads to poor body language, poor body language leads to poor mechanics, poor mechanics lead to another turnover. Breaking this chain with a deliberate reset protocol is the most trainable resilience skill.
Player runs 10 consecutive shooting/feeding reps. Coach introduces interference (bad pass, deflection) to force errors.
After each error, player completes a resilience reset: clap once, reset stance, say 'next' aloud.
Coach tracks how quickly the player's quality returns after each error.
Score: quality of the rep immediately after each error (1-5 scale).
Helpful cues
- A mistake chain is broken by one excellent rep, make that your focus
- The reset is the skill, practice it with as much intention as your shot
- Your rep after a mistake tells your coach everything about your resilience
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Only one error introduced per round; player focuses on the reset and next rep.
UpLVL it
Add the next challenge
Three consecutive errors in a row must be followed by three excellent consecutive reps before moving on.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.