Erin Andrews 
Quick Answer The best hockey drills for beginners start with stopping, not shooting. Teach the snowplow stop, then the hockey stop, then crossovers, before you move to stick handling, passing, and shooting. Ten drills below run in that order, and they all work in a single 45 minute practice. The one rule that matters most: … Read more
Quick Answer A hockey period is 20 minutes of clock time, and a game has three of them, so a full game is 60 minutes on the clock. Because the clock stops on every whistle, the real time you sit in the stands is closer to 2 hours and 30 minutes. Hockey uses three periods, … Read more
Quick Answer Girls flag football is the fastest growing high school sport in the United States. Roughly 69,000 girls played in 2024 to 25, up from about 15,000 three years earlier. More than 20 state associations now sanction it as a varsity sport, the NCAA made it an Emerging Sport for Women in January 2026, … Read more
Quick Answer An NFL Flag 5v5 field is 30 yards wide and 70 yards long, which includes two 10 yard end zones, leaving 50 yards between the goal lines. A 7v7 field is bigger at 40 by 80 yards. Both formats use 5 yard no run zones before each end zone and on either side … Read more
Quick Answer Flag football positions are simpler than tackle. In 5v5 you have a quarterback, a center, and three receiver defenders who play both ways. In 7v7 you carry a quarterback, a center, and five receiver defenders. On defense one player is the designated rusher and the deepest is the safety. There are no linemen, … Read more
Quick Answer The best lacrosse drills for beginners are the boring, high rep ones: wall ball, ground balls, passing, dodging, and shooting, in that order of priority. Wall ball alone builds stick skills faster than any video, because it is pure repetition on both hands. Below are 12 drills with rep counts and a 60 … Read more
Quick Answer A men’s lacrosse field is 110 by 60 yards at both the NCAA and high school level, with the goals 80 yards apart and an 18 foot crease circle around each. Women’s fields run larger, up to 120 by 70 yards, and add scoring arcs. Youth fields scale down by age, and box … Read more
Quick Answer Men’s field lacrosse has 10 players in four position groups: 3 attackmen who score, 3 midfielders who run the whole field, 3 defensemen with long poles, and 1 goalie. Inside those groups are specialists like the FOGO who takes face offs, the LSM who defends with a long pole in the midfield, and … Read more
Quick Answer Rugby union has 15 positions on the pitch, each with a number from 1 to 15 and a specific job. Numbers 1 to 8 are the forwards, the bigger players who contest the scrum and lineout. Numbers 9 to 15 are the backs, the faster players who move the ball and score the … Read more
Quick Answer Wrestling weight classes change at every level. High school wrestling uses 14 weight classes under NFHS rules, from 106 to 285 pounds for boys. College wrestling uses 10 NCAA weight classes, from 125 to 285 pounds. Youth weights are flexible and set by age bracket, and international freestyle uses metric classes. Strict certification … Read more
