Get to know wld
Explore each of our 9 topics to learn more!
Pathways
Our Pathways are how we organize all of our content. Each Pathway - Littles, 5/6 Grade, 7/8 Grade, High School/Club, and College - includes age-appropriate content designed to maximize your learning experience.
Circle Up
Circle Up is our private coaching community - a place to connect, ask questions, and share what works. Inside, you’ll find coaches at every level learning from each other and growing the game together. All of our content lives in Circle Up, broken down into Pathways.
Drill Database
We have over 200+ drills in our database. Every drill comes with a video, PDF, description, and GIF so you can quickly see how it works and bring it to the field. Drills are tagged by category and Pathway, making it easy to find exactly what you need.
Live Events
We host 3–5 live events each month featuring college coaches, guest trainers, and guided networking conversations on coaching topics that matter. These sessions are your chance to connect, learn, and grow in real time.
Skill Videos
Our coach-led skill videos break down lacrosse fundamentals with clear, practical teaching points. Each video is designed to help you coach with more confidence and clarity.
Strategy
Explore our library of offensive and defensive strategies through video-based lessons that show systems, sets, and in-game adjustments. Build your team’s lacrosse IQ and tactical confidence.
Coaching Tools
Access ready-to-use templates and resources like evaluation forms, lineup sheets, and planning guides. These tools help you stay organized and focused throughout your season. Don’t forget to personalize them & get opinions from our coaching community!
Practice Plans
At WLD, our practice plan philosophy is simple: no two teams are the same, so no two practices should be either. Instead of generic plans, we give you the tools and inspiration to design sessions that match your team’s level, needs, and goals. Use our Dynamic Practice Plan Maker, tap into the community, and plug in our drills to bring it all together.
Agility, Prehab, Fitness
Find lacrosse-specific warm-ups, mobility sessions, and strength training plans designed to improve movement and reduce injury risk. Build strong, durable athletes ready for the demands of the game and prevent ACL tears!
Pathways
Here is a sample of how our Pathways look in Circle Up.
Our Pathways are how we organize all of our content inside Circle Up, making it easy for coaches to find exactly what they need for their team. Each Pathway - Littles, 5/6 Grade, 7/8 Grade, High School/Club, and College - is carefully curated with age-appropriate trainings, drills, practice plans, skill videos, strategies, coaching tools and fitness work.
Pathways let you:
Progress your team step by step as you or they develop
Access content tailored to the level you coach
Quickly find drills, videos, and tools that match your team’s needs
Think of Pathways as your coaching roadmap: everything is organized, ready to use, and aligned to help your team grow with intention.
Circle Up
Our Community
Everything takes place here….
Circle Up is our private coaching community where connection meets growth. It’s a space to share ideas, ask questions, and learn directly from coaches at every level who are passionate about developing players and programs.
Inside Circle Up, you’ll find discussion threads, resources, and events designed to help you tackle challenges, exchange best practices, and stay inspired throughout the season. Join a supportive network that’s as dedicated to the game as you are.
Our Drills
Our drills give you everything you need to run effective, engaging practices. Each drill comes with a video, PDF, description, and GIF, so you can see it in action, understand the teaching points, and bring it straight to the field.
All drills are tagged by category, skill, and Pathway level, making it easy to find exactly what fits your team’s needs. Whether you’re looking to build stick skills, offensive IQ, or sharpen defensive positioning, our drills are designed by some of the best coaches in the game to help your team succeed.
Click on the sample drills to see exactly how they work inside Circle Up.
Our Trainings
Our live virtual events bring expert coaching right to you. Each month, we host 3–5 sessions that include guest trainers, college coaches, pop-up discussions, and networking opportunities, giving you a mix of hands-on learning, strategy insights, and connection with other coaches.
Whether you want to dive into advanced tactics, learn new drills, or pick the brains of top coaches, these events make it easy to level up your coaching. Click on our trainings below to learn more about them. Most of them have passed, and you can see a sample video on each post! If there is an upcoming training, there will be an RSVP link - we hope to see you there!
Our Skill Videos
Our skill videos give you clear, coach-led demonstrations of every fundamental and advanced lacrosse skill. We partner with some of the top coaches in the game to break down stickwork, footwork, positioning, and decision-making—showing you exactly how to teach it to your team.
Each video is designed to be practical, easy to follow, and immediately applicable in your practices, helping you coach with more confidence and clarity.
Here are three examples:
Breaking it Down
Our friend and member Steth Roe led a 3-part series on perfecting your players’ dodges, teaching key drills like the Push Pull Drill, Syncing Deception Drill, and Shake and Bake Drill.
Top College Coaches
Top college coaches from all levels have joined WLD to teach a wide range of skills, including individual draw techniques (like Washington & Lee coach Avery Blackmon demonstrates above), proper defensive approaches, double teams, picks, slips, and much more.
Technique Coaching
In this sample, Shannon Brinson breaks down the intricacies of shooting, showing how to correct both minor and major errors to develop top-level shooters.
Our Strategy
Our strategy resources give you a front-row seat to how the game is truly played at the highest levels. Through video-based lessons, you’ll explore offensive sets, defensive systems, and in-game adjustments, all broken down by expert coaches.
Learn how to attack gaps, read defensive rotations, execute double teams, set effective picks, and make smarter decisions on the field. Each lesson is designed to give you actionable insights that you can immediately apply with your team, helping players develop both skill and lacrosse IQ.
Top college coaches from all levels have stepped into WLD to share their approach, so you can see how the best think, teach, and execute the game.
Our Strategy sessions are broken down into our Pathways, so you can execute strategies tailored to your team’s level.