Lacrosse Coaching Gear

Dry-erase coaching boards and scorebooks for lacrosse coaches - available in men's and women's field layouts.

The right coaching board is the one that's ready when you need it - during a timeout, at halftime, or mid-practice when you need to show rather than tell.

Dry-erase boards with pre-printed field diagrams are faster and cleaner than drawing from scratch every time, and the right field layout matters: men's and women's boards aren't interchangeable.

What to look for: a board large enough to diagram full-field and half-field sets without crowding, a surface that wipes cleanly without ghosting, and a layout that reflects the markings your players actually play within. Portability matters for coaches who move between practice and game environments.

Scorebooks are a separate need - tracking stats and game events over a season is worth doing in a purpose-built format rather than a notebook.

Lacrosse Coaching Gear FAQs

Why do lacrosse coaching boards come in men's and women's versions?

Because the fields are laid out differently and the markings coaches reference most - the crease, the 8-meter arc, the draw circle - are specific to each game. Drawing up a women's offensive set on a men's board means working without the 8-meter arc, which is the most important spatial reference in women's lacrosse. It's the equivalent of a basketball coach drawing plays on a court diagram without the three-point line. The right board isn't a luxury; it's what makes the tool actually useful.

Do youth coaches need game-specific coaching boards, or is a generic board fine?

Game-specific boards are worth it even at the youth level, and especially so if you're coaching girls' lacrosse. Youth players learning the women's game need to understand positioning relative to the 8-meter arc from the beginning - it governs free position shots, fouls, and defensive assignments. Coaching from a board that reflects those markings reinforces that spatial awareness earlier. For youth boys' lacrosse, the crease-based positioning logic applies equally. Generic boards get the job done in a pinch but create an extra translation step between what's drawn and what the field actually looks like.

What's the difference between a coaching board and a scorebook - do coaches need both?

They serve completely different purposes. A coaching board is a communication tool - used during timeouts, halftime, and practice to diagram plays, set pieces, and defensive schemes. A scorebook is a record-keeping tool - used during games to track score, stats, and game events. Most coaching staffs use both, but they're not substitutes for each other. If you're only buying one, the board is the higher-priority tool for in-game coaching. Scorebooks matter more for programs that track player stats over a season.