For players to develop, they must spend time outside their comfort zone at practice. I may start a difficult drill with very few instructions and tell the girls to figure it out. This also promotes one of the essential elements of quality lacrosse -- communication. We may do conditioning at the start of practice so that the girls learn to play when they are tired. I never tell the girls ahead of time what we are doing, and no two practices are the same. After all, games are fast-paced, unscripted and nonlinear, so practices should be, too. Many of my players have said that my practices are more challenging (and fun!) than our games.