OUR CLA CURRICULUM
The game is the teacher.
We design the conditions.
The Constraints-Led Approach is a proven development methodology that places athletes in game-like scenarios with carefully designed constraints. We add rules that make the right decisions more rewarding and the wrong decisions immediately visible.
Skills don't get drilled in isolation, although sometimes there is a time and place for that. Skills emerge from the game. Athletes develop spatial awareness, decision-making, and team intelligence because the game demands it, not because they were told to. The result is athletes who can read and react to any opponent, any situation, any pressure. They become adaptable into any team system.
U8 - DISCOVERY
Stick Comfort, Intro to ground balls, cradling, Field Awareness & Space, JOY OF PLAY above all else
U10- FOUNDATIONS
Both hand stick comfort, field scanning habits, natural spacing & feel, & finding the advantages
U12- BUILDER
Finding the 2v1 exploration, Off Ball Movement, Transition Offense & Defense, & Finding & creating the advantages
U14- COMPETITOR
Offense and Defense Spacing principles, Role fluidity & improvision skills & Creating & keeping advantages

