The Basics of Cutting in Women's Lacrosse – The Art of Cutting (Part 1)

The Art of Cutting – Part 1 covers the basics:
1. Why is cutting such an important strategy in women's lacrosse
2. Developing a cutter's mindset
3. Front-door cuts
4. Back-door cuts
5. Curl cuts
6. Change direction
7. Getting outside your defender's view of the ball

This is just to help players get started in understanding the cutting game in lacrosse, and it’s not meant to be comprehensive. If you want to learn more about the mechanics of cutting, I recommend checking out the STX women's series with Amy Appelt:
Midfield Cutting:    • Midfield Cutting  
How to Cut in the 8 meter:    • How to cut in the 8-meter!  

If you want to go deeper on this, I also suggest checking out the Girls Lacrosse Academy section of Jamie Munro's Player Academy at www.jm3sports.com. His site has the best instructional content I've seen for women's lacrosse. It's not just drills. There's a bunch of excellent game analysis and lacrosse IQ material that's simply brilliant. (This is not a paid endorsement BTW. It's just my opinion.)

If you have any suggestions about how to make the Lacrosse Fluency series video better, future topics, etc., or if you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected]. Thanks and enjoy.