Face Off's

I play FOGO this year and I am really good at it but i could use a few pointers to get better.
and in who you have played which team is the best at faceoff's?
and any other discussion on faceoff's that you might have

search google, and youtube, or www.lacrosseforums.com. i learned everything i know about faceoffs from youtube(kinda sad, but whatever). the primary move in the midwest - especially wisconsin - is the clamp. if you can beat the clamp, or if you have the harder/better/faster/strongest clamp, you're golden. but it's always a good idea to have more than one move... generally the jump beats a clamp, a lazer/rake beats a jump, and a clamp beats the lazer/rake, kinda like rock/paper/skizzors(dont care that it's an alternative spelling).

most important things that i've noticed from watching kids and taking faceoffs here and there is the importance of scooping up the GB after you've 'won' the faceoff. FYI - you havent won the faceoff until you have gained possesion of the ball...

check these out


http://www.lacrosseforums.com/showthread.php?t=4556

watch this first,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgAIRGcPqpE

then watch this,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPt3p69S3XM&feature=related

then watch this,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctjZQZcUMr8

you could also search Alex Smith on google - probably one of the best Fo/Go's in the world right know.

also another good resource.
http://www.thefaceoffclub.com/


there have been a handful of very good, very consistent FO/GO's that i've seen play in wisconsin over the past year or two, but they're nothing in comparison to the guys from chicago or michigan or ohio... getting to be proficient at the faceoff x is a matter of practicing your moves thousands of times a day,,, literally thousands, that's what my friend had to do when he tried taking faceoffs for his high school out east.

i could rant on, but i have to leave for work... try this stuff out, see how you like it.

RIT37FO on lacrosse forums has a lot of info and is your best contact on that site

i'd say the three best kids ive faced off against this year are fix from waunakee ,number 21 on middleton, and that number 16 kid from west was pretty good. other than that i havent seen anybody too dominant

bigpattyboy36 wrote:

search google, and youtube, or www.lacrosseforums.com. i learned everything i know about faceoffs from youtube(kinda sad, but whatever). the primary move in the midwest - especially wisconsin - is the clamp. if you can beat the clamp, or if you have the harder/better/faster/strongest clamp, you're golden. but it's always a good idea to have more than one move... generally the jump beats a clamp, a lazer/rake beats a jump, and a clamp beats the lazer/rake, kinda like rock/paper/skizzors(dont care that it's an alternative spelling).

most important things that i've noticed from watching kids and taking faceoffs here and there is the importance of scooping up the GB after you've 'won' the faceoff. FYI - you havent won the faceoff until you have gained possesion of the ball...

check these out


http://www.lacrosseforums.com/showthread.php?t=4556

watch this first,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgAIRGcPqpE

then watch this,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPt3p69S3XM&feature=related

then watch this,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctjZQZcUMr8

you could also search Alex Smith on google - probably one of the best Fo/Go's in the world right know.

also another good resource.
http://www.thefaceoffclub.com/


there have been a handful of very good, very consistent FO/GO's that i've seen play in wisconsin over the past year or two, but they're nothing in comparison to the guys from chicago or michigan or ohio... getting to be proficient at the faceoff x is a matter of practicing your moves thousands of times a day,,, literally thousands, that's what my friend had to do when he tried taking faceoffs for his high school out east.

i could rant on, but i have to leave for work... try this stuff out, see how you like it.

thanks dude i really like kyle harrison's techniques i think i will give it a try against madison memorial on saturday!