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Nora Blake Development Report

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 · Coach Kaz

Overall developmentTransition Stage

Nora's strongest signal: Catching

Stick Skills and Ground Balls & Transition are already showing up as meaningful strengths in live field situations, and those strengths are beginning to raise the quality of every rep. The next jump is Shooting.

Strength Signal

Catching

Milestone

Competitive

Movement

Building through Competitive

Standout

Nora is doing well with catching, and that strength is starting to show up in more live reps. The goal is to keep making it reliable when the pace rises.

Development Lever

Shooting

Milestone

Consistent

Movement

Approaching Competitive

Competitive

Nora has moved Shooting from Capable into Consistent. Shooting measures shot selection, mechanics, timing, and the ability to create and finish quality attempts.

2 notes of evidence

Skills

skills tracked

Top

Catching

Competitive milestone

Growth

Progressing

Stick Skills: Building through Competitive

Plan

Shooting

12 minutes block

Sessions

sessions tracked

Overall Stage

Transition Stage

overall development

Guide

How to Read this Report

Stages show the player’s broader development. Skill milestones show specific skill progression. Read more below…

Skill Milestones

Milestones show progress in a specific skill. Players usually move through milestones with age, practice, and better game understanding.

Overall Development Stage

Stages describe the player’s broader development level. They are based on the average of all skill milestones in the report.

Skills may be at different milestones. The overall stage shows the player’s combined development over time.

Hover or tap any stage or milestone below for the parent-facing meaning.

Early StageOverall stageMilestones 1-2

The player is building the base. Coaches are looking for understanding, effort, and cleaner reps before expecting the skill to show up consistently in games.

Development Progression

Nora's Progress Over Time

How Nora's four skill groups are moving through milestones this season.

Technical

Tactical

Physical

Mental

Standout

Competitive

Consistent

Capable

Nov 3

Dec 1

Jan 5

Feb 2

Mar 2

Mar 31

Technical

Entering Competitive

Tactical

Entering Competitive

Physical

Entering Competitive

Mental

Entering Competitive

Skill Profile

Where Nora Is Strongest

See how Nora's skills compare now with the starting point.

Selected Skill

Stick Skills

Competitive milestone

Building through Competitive

FoundationAdvanced

Stick Skills measures how reliably the athlete performs this part of the game when the pace, pressure, and...

Next Milestone

Standout

Baseline (dashed)Current

Skill Development

Nora's Skills by Group

Open a group to see its skills. Open a skill to see its milestone, story, supporting evidence, and next unlock.

FoundationAdvanced

Skill Story

Nora has moved Defense from Capable into Competitive. Defense measures how well the athlete protects space, stays disciplined, and disrupts the opponent without losing shape.

Supporting Evidence

Mar 31

Defense held up more consistently in live play as the pace increased.

Coach Kaz, session note

Feb 2

Nora showed clearer control in defense than at the start of the report window.

Coach Kaz, session note

Next Unlock

Use defense with the same control as pace and pressure increase.

UpLVL Assessment

3 new notes, 2 earlier notes, and 8 skills interpreted for Nora's development

Nora is progressing through the Transition Stage, with Stick Skills and Ground Balls & Transition emerging as the most reliable parts of the profile. Across this report window, Stick Skills made the clearest movement while Stick Skills continued to set the standard. In recent live field situations, Nora showed more control as the pace increased, stayed connected through tighter decisions, and carried the strongest habits into demanding moments. This shows a developing profile becoming more reliable as the demands increase. The primary priority is Shooting. Nora now needs to build control and timing before adding more speed and pressure. In the Corner-Picking Drill, Nora should develop the ability to pick a specific corner of the goal on every shot attempt, with one standard throughout: pick your corner before you start the shooting motion. Successful transfer will look like Nora using shooting at full pace without losing control, timing, or awareness of the next option.

Supporting Evidence

Coach Notes Behind This Assessment

New observations and selected earlier context, combined with skill milestones.

5 notes

New in This Report

Coach KazMar 31

Nora looked more composed in the flow of play. Stick Skills and Ground Balls & Transition were the clearest separators in this session and created more control in the game. The next push is Shooting and Dodging so that level holds when the pace lifts, the decisions get tighter, and the game becomes less forgiving.

Coach KazMar 2

Shooting and Dodging are the clearest next step. The goal is to keep the same quality when space closes quickly.

Coach KazFeb 2

Nora showed more control in Stick Skills and Ground Balls & Transition and stayed connected as the pace increased.

Earlier Context

Coach KazJan 5

Nora began carrying the strongest training habits into more live moments.

Coach KazDec 1

Nora established a useful starting point, with Stick Skills and Ground Balls & Transition already showing potential.

Train At Home

Nora's Skill Build: Shooting

Your drill this week: Corner-Picking Drill

12 minutes1-2 Players

Corner-Picking Drill

Shooting

Legend

Player

Coach

Ball

Ball path

How It Works

Develop the ability to pick a specific corner of the goal on every shot attempt.

More drills

What You Need

lacrosse sticklacrosse ballgoal

Mindset Rep

Commitment Cue

Pick the cue that tells you when to go. Say it quietly before the rep starts.

Your Focus

Goalies are trained to play the high-probability shot zones (center, middle).

Set Up

You calls their target corner (high-left, high-right, low-left, low-right) before each shot.

Run The Rep

You shoots from the 10-yard mark attempting to hit the called corner.

Coach or partner tracks whether the shot hit the called corner.

Check It

Pick your corner before you start the shooting motion

Goal

Success is hitting your called corner at least 4 out of 6 reps, not just shooting on frame, but placing the ball where you said you would.

Helpful Cues

Pick your corner before you start the shooting motionLow corners are hardest to save, develop your low shot firstA miss to the called corner is better than a made shot to the wrong corner, you're training intention

UPLVL IT

Feeder calls the corner instead of the shooter; shooter must process and adjust in real time.

Source: USA Lacrosse Athlete Development Model (LADM)