Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jamie Munro
In this conversation, Colin and Jamie Munro discuss the fundamental principles of offensive strategies in lacrosse, particularly focusing on how these principles can be applied across various game scenarios, including six on six and man up offenses. They emphasize the importance of collapsing defenses and creating spacing advantages to enhance offensive effectiveness.
This conversation with Coach Developers Alan Keane and Simon Turner delves into the importance of adaptability in sports coaching, particularly under pressure. It emphasizes the need for coaches to find a balance between directing players and allowing them autonomy, highlighting the significance of understanding players' needs and the context of the game.Alan is a highly regarded performance basketball coach with a focus on meeting the needs of the people he coaches. He’s a Great Britain national team head coach, award winning former teacher and current PhD candidate. Simon is a coach and facilitator who works at the intersection of sport and social change. He’s coached basketball for 20+ years and trained over 400 sports practitioners in the intentional use of sport to change people’s lives.Their support services enable coaches and organizations to become more aware of their strengths, increase the level of care in team environments and create impact for the people and the community they serve. To learn more, go to https://mvmtsports.com
In this episode, Jamie Munro interviews FLG Program Director Corey Winkoff, who is also the Girls Assistant Coach at St. Anthony's. They discuss Corey's journey into ecological coaching, emphasizing the importance of player development over winning. Corey shares his innovative offensive principles, known as SWAGR, which focus on spacing, ball possession, movement, deception, and reading the game. The conversation delves into strategies for teaching players to handle pressure, the differences between picks and seals in zone offenses, and the significance of creating high percentage shots. They also explore the role of constraints in coaching and how to adapt drills to enhance player understanding and performance.
SummaryIn this conversation, Mikey Thompson, head coach at Christopher Newport, discusses the evolution of coaching methods in lacrosse, focusing on ecological dynamics and the importance of adaptability. He emphasizes the need for intentionality and discipline in coaching, the significance of principles of play, and how constraints can create opportunities for players. The discussion also covers dynamic offensive strategies, defensive adaptability, and the importance of making practice enjoyable for players. Mikey reflects on his growth as a coach and the collaborative environment within his coaching staff.
In this episode of the Ecological Lacrosse podcast, Michael Sowers reflects on his recent lacrosse season, discussing personal development, the importance of slowing down in gameplay, and mastering the two-man game. He shares insights from his experiences in pickup games and box lacrosse, emphasizing the significance of shooting techniques and deception. The conversation also covers the evolution of training methods and the role of constraints in enhancing game awareness and performance.
In this episode of the Ecological Lacrosse Podcast, Jamie Munro and Mike O'Neill discuss the transformative impact of the Constraints Led Approach in coaching women's lacrosse. They explore how this method enhances player development, adaptability, and overall enjoyment of the game. The conversation covers various topics, including effective practice planning, the importance of picks in offense, and strategies for adapting to different defensive styles. O'Neill shares insights from his experience coaching at Kent Denver School and running the Concept club program, emphasizing the significance of creating a fun and engaging learning environment for players.
In this episode of the Ecological Lacrosse Podcast, Jamie Munro and Alex Sarama delve into the principles of coaching through the lens of ecological dynamics. They discuss the significance of internal versus external feedback, the importance of intentionality in coaching, and how to use external cues to enhance player deception. The conversation also covers the concept of affordances in sports, the necessity of principles of play, and how to create effective training environments that foster player development.
In this conversation, speed coach Tony Holler discusses his approach to speed training and the principles behind his 'Feed the Cats' philosophy. He explains how he has applied these principles to sprint-based football and how it has become a movement in the sport. Holler emphasizes the importance of specific and high-quality training, as well as the role of rest, recovery, and sleep in athlete performance. He also discusses the significance of measuring and testing speed, and how improving maximal speed can enhance overall athletic performance. Holler challenges the traditional focus on weightlifting in the weight room and highlights the importance of sprinting for speed development. The conversation explores the role of mechanics and training methods in improving speed and performance. Tony Holler emphasizes the importance of the nervous system in sprinting and highlights the need for consistent sprinting practice. He challenges the belief that mechanics alone can make an athlete faster, stating that consistency and sprinting fast are key. The Atomic Workout, a 15-minute speed workout, is introduced as a practical way to improve speed. The conversation also touches on the significance of rest, recovery, and sleep in optimizing performance.
In this conversation, Jamie and Michael Sowers discuss various lacrosse teams and players, focusing on Princeton lacrosse and the Waterdogs. They talk about the offensive strategies and innovations of Princeton, including the use of different positions and overwhelming opponents with multiple offensive options. The conversation then shifts to the Waterdogs and the recent coaching changes, with Coach Copeland leaving and Coach Tierney and Coach Sheridan joining the team. They discuss the qualities and skills of their teammates on the Waterdogs' offense, including Zach Currier, Connor Kelly, Ethan Walker, and Ryan Conrad. They also delve into Sowers' training regimen and the use of contextualized environments for skill development. They explore the concepts of deception and variability in training, as well as the role of two-man game and off-ball play. The conversation highlights the importance of being intentional in training and the benefits of the CLA (Constraints Led Approach) in improving lacrosse skills.
Ecological Psychology Phd studdent and Director of Strategy for Transforming Sports Gray Thomas joins Jamie to discuss the concepts of ecological dynamics and constraints-led approach in coaching, emphasizing the importance of adapting behavior based on the relationship between the player, environment, and task. The conversation explores the challenges of adopting an evidence-based approach in youth lacrosse and the need for coaches to focus on time on task and small-sided activities. The 80-20 split between contextual activities and stick work drills is discussed, along with the importance of changing and officiating constraints. The conversation concludes with the significance of understanding the phases of the game and the principles of play as the true fundamentals of lacrosse.
This episode of the Phi-Lacrosse-Ophy podcast features Quarterback Coach and Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Danny Shaechter, who is an expert in throwing mechanics. Learn how to generate more power and accuracy when shooting!
Heading into their 2024 season opener, Harvard Head Coach Gerry Byrne joins Jamie on the show to discuss some of the concepts he's been thinking about as he prepares the Crimsom for the Spring season.
Delaware Offensive Coordinator Matt Rewkowski joins Jamie to talk about player development, using constraints as opposed to skeleton drills, variability, and man-up situations.
This podcast talks about the mental side of the game, and why every player can use sports psychology. Mental Performance Consultant Jess Hanson and Jamie talk about having a growth mindset, mindfulness, visualization, and more!
Virginia Head Coach Lars Tiffany joins Jamie to discuss how the Virginia offense will look this year, how they play picks and communicate, how to add new wrinkles to drills you've been doing for a long time, baiting, riding/clearing, the Munro drill and more!
Lafayette Head Coach Pat Myers joins Jamie on this week's podcast to discuss his takeaways from the IMLCA Convention, girl's lacrosse, offensive concepts he's excited about, communication, drills he really likes, and the mental health of coaches.
Lafayette Head Coach Pat Myers joins Jamie on this week's podcast to discuss his takeaways from the IMLCA Convention, girl's lacrosse, offensive concepts he's excited about, communication, drills he really likes, and the mental health of coaches.
Johns Hopkins Assistant Coach and Offensive Coordinator John Crawley joins Jamie on the show to discuss his lacrosse journey and mentors, his offensive philosophies, the Hopkins offense, experimenting in practice, and more!
PLL Archers midfielder and Toronto Rock forward Tom Schreiber joins Jamie to talk about what it was like winning the PLL Championship, his Archers team, dodging, deception, box lacrosse and more!
In this episode, Army Offensive Coordinator Justin Ward stops by to talk to Jamie about his lacrosse journey, what he's learned from his mentors, the Principles Based Offense, player development, man-up philosophies, and how he evaluates recruits.
Hobart Offensive Coordinator Stephen Brundage stops by the Phi-Lacrosse-Ophy podcast to talk about his lacrosse journey, offensive concepts, how his philosophies have evolved, and what he looks for in recruits.
Colgate Assistant Coach and Offensive Coordinator Colin Munro stops by the podcast to chat with Jamie, who also happens to be his dad and former coach! They take a deep dive into Colin's lacrosse journey, especially his background in box lacrosse, and how that has shaped him into the coach he is today.
Boston University Assistant Coach and PLL Chaos defenseman Jack Rowlett joins the Phi-Lacrosse-ophy podcast to talk about his lacrosse journey, defensive philosophies, and more!
Princeton Offensive Coordinator Jim Mitchell joins Jamie to talk about his lacrosse journey, PLL Lacrosse, his offensive philosophy and how it has evolved, the Principles Based Offense, the Constraints Led Approach, and more!
In this podcast, Jamie catches up with Vermont Head Coach Chris Feifs. They discuss how he has changed as a coach since taking over the reigns of the Catamount program, his offensive and defensive philosophies, the PLL, and what makes Vermont a great place to go to school.
Air Force Assistant Coach Will Corrigan stops by the show to talk with Jamie about his lacrosse journey, player development, and his offensive philosophies.
In this episode, Jamie talks with first year head coach Sean Kirwan about last year's Virginia offense, who he’s hired on his Big Green staff, his priorities and focus this summer, his vision for Dartmouth lacrosse, why he took the job, how he wants to develop players and more.
We kick off season 6 of the Phi-Lacrosse-Ophy podcast with Notre Dame Assistant Coach Chris Wojcik. Jamie and Woj discuss the offensive principles that helped Notre Dame win the 2023 NCAA National Championship, the evolution of the 2 man game, developing dodging and shooting, how he recruits IQ, accomplishing fluency and more!
In their final podcast of the season, Jamie and AT give their analysis of Championship Weekend and their predictions for who's going to win the Tewaaraton.
In this episode, Jamie and AT discuss the 2023 NCAA Division I Quarterfinal games and preview the semifinal games.
Jamie and AT break down the NCAA tournament games from last weekend and give their picks for the quarterfinal matchups!
In this episode, Jamie and AT discuss some of the games from last week, as well as their thoughts on who's in and who's out of the NCAA Tournament.
In this podcast, Jamie is joined by LacrosseReference.com Founder Zack Capozzi. Zack has brought the analytics used in other sports to lacrosse. Find out how you can use analytics to help your game! Zack also shares his opinion on RPI, NCAA selection criteria, the PLL keeping track of passing stats, and more!
PLL Chaos Coach Andy Towers and Jamie Munro discuss the latest NCAA DI Men's Lacrosse news and review last week's matchups. Recorded April 17, 2023
Back by popular demand! the In-Season podcast with Jamie Munro and Andy Towers! Don't miss this first episode of the 2023 season as things heat up in NCAA Division I lacrosse action!
Amherst College Head Coach Sean Woods joins Jamie to talk about his player-driven philosophy and the Amherst brand, their offensive philosophies, what they emphasize on defense, being "multiple", their non-negotiables, how he continues to evolve as a coach, and recruiting.
In this episode, Jamie talks with Wesleyan Head Coach John Raba about his lax journey, Wesleyan's zone defense, how he breaks down the year, the importance of the weight room, key principles on offense, the NESCAC season, recruiting and more!
Jacksonville Head Coach John Galloway chats with Jamie about how he's getting his team ready to play their best in May, making film interactive and positive, creativity, diversion, deceptive shooting, analytics, grad transfers, what he's learned from his mentors, end of game situations and more!
In this episode, Jamie talks to Boston University Head Coach Ryan Polley about implementing concepts through the Fall and pre-season, what a typical week looks like for BU Lacrosse, how their schemes evolve throughout the season, his approach to player development, teaching dodging, how he would describe BU’s style of play on both sides of the ball, and what he looks for in recruits.
Yale Head Coach Andy Shay visits the show and talks about how the book The Talent Code has changed how the Bulldogs practice and drill, their unique peer-led approach, defensive philosophies, long dodging vs short dodging, Yale’s 2023 squad and more!
On this episode, Colleen chats with Princeton Associate Head Coach Kerrin Maurer. They discuss her lacrosse journey, what Princeton's offense is going to look like this year, Princeton's practices, reading defenses, the importance of film, draws, the Tiger's defense, culture, and one thing she wishes she knew as a player. She also gives lots of great recruiting advice!
In this podcast, Jamie chats with first year Utah Head Coach Drew McMinn about his transition to Utah from Robert Morris, how his experience at RMU - a team with a lot of Canadians - shaped him as a coach, how he looks at player development, how he develops skill, counting reps, mini games, 2 man actions, his defensive philosophy, and what he looks for in recruits.
In this podcast, Jamie catches up with Virginia Head Coach Lars Tiffany. They discuss his "8 great books" program, how he became a better coach by doing more asking and not as much telling, the importance of the grease board, his thoughts on Maryland's offense last year, drifts, the power of "getting a chunk", dodging poles, being deceptive defensively, Invert defense, what it has meant to him to be the head coach of the Haudenosaunee National Team, and Ricky Miezan.
In this podcast, Colleen speaks with Florida Assistant Coach Nicole Levy. They discuss Nicole's lacrosse journey, her "play fast, don't rush" philosophy, how she gets her players to play with confidence and creativity, her favorite drills to teach those concepts, what she looks for in recruits, and more!
This is a fascinating podcast with speed coach Tony Holler about his revolutionary way of training speed and performance. Tony and Jamie talk about survival mode vs performance mode, how to keep players healthier, happier and injury-free, why you should be training your athletes for speed not agility, how you get better at acceleration, lifting before sprinting, improving the atmosphere at practice, TCU Football, the importance of sleep, and Atomic Habits.
In the first Inside the 8 podcast of the new year, Colleen talks with Clemson Assistant Coach Bill Olin about his lacrosse journey, the process off starting a brand new NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse program, his offensive and defensive philosophies, what he looks for in recruits and more!
Jamie and Colleen kick off season 4 catching up on Colleen'snew baby boy, joining JM3 as a Coach & Consultant, how to develop players' skills and IQ, defensive philosophies, recruiting advice for uncommitted juniors, sophomores and freshmen, and how you can engage with them through blogs, podcasts, the JM3 Coaches Training Program and more!
In this podcast, Jamie talks with Director and Head Coach of the Italian College Prep Basketball Academy, Alex Sarama. Alex is a leader in player development and the constraints led approach. He and Jamie discuss the constraints he's currently using with to develop his players, perception action coupling, repetition without repetition, triggers and more! A must listen!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Colby Head Coach Guy Van Arsdale. They compare eras in lacrosse and what makes the modern game different. They also have an interesting discussion about goalie play, box lacrosse, off ball actions, and how it creates smarter lacrosse players who read and react. They talk about what he wants people to know about Colby and the lacrosse program there, and what kind of culture he's trying to build.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to another new NCAA Division I head coach. This time it’s Bryant’s Brad Ross. They talk about his lacrosse journey and all the coaches he’s worked for and what he’s learned from each of them, how he’s creating a player-led program, player development and what fundamentals are non-negotiable. They also discuss the importance of shot selection, his emphasis on assisted goals, deception, understanding coverages, 2 man game, shooting, and who Bryant will be defensively this year. They also discuss recruiting and how he evaluates players.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to new St. Johns Head Coach Justin Turri. They talk about Turri's lacrosse journey, from growing up on Long Island as a coach's son to his current position as a Division I Head Coach. They also discuss the importance of watching film, his offensive philosophies, defense, and recruiting!
In this podcast, recorded 10/28/22, Jamie talks to first year Mercer Head Coach Ryan Danehy. They discuss RD's lacrosse journey, what he has learned from his mentors, the philosophies he brings to the Mercer program, how he develops his players, and what he's looking for in recruits.
In this podcast, recorded on Sep 14, 2022, Jamie talks to Johns Hopkins Head Coach Tim McCormack about the Blue Jay brand, how he and his staff make practice the best part of their players day, making practice competitive in a low stakes environment, allowing players to be creative, what he prioritizes, how to go from good to great, his defensive philosophies, and recruiting.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Bowdoin Head Coach Bill Mason about his lacrosse journey, Bowdoin's historic 2022 season, setting the bar high, playing fast, his philosophies on both sides of the ball, developing players, and what he is looking for in recruits.
In this podcast, recorded Aug. 30, 2022, Jamie talks to new Providence College Head Coach Bobby Benson. They kick off the conversation with a recap and breakdown of the 2022 Maryland National Championship team, then they talk about what he will take with him to Providence in his new role as Head Coach.
In this podcast, recorded Aug 24, 2022, Jamie talks with one of the brightest college coaches in the game today, Christopher Newport Head Coach Mikey Thompson. Mikey and Jamie discuss his Principles Based Offense, How he gets his players to play for themselves and be in the moment, his principles for Zone Offense,Tony Holler's Feed the Cats program for speed, creating advantages with pick actions and more!
In this podcast, Jamie talks with Harvard Head Coach Gerry Byrne about their 2021 season, team culture, his philosophies on defense, offense and what he wants people to know about Harvard.
In this podcast, recorded Aug 12, 2022, Jamie talks to Tufts Head Coach Casey D'Annolfo about the iconic Tufts program, their culture and philosophies, on and off the field. They also discuss the NESCAC recruiting calendar, recruiting timeline and what Tufts is looking for in recruits.
In this playoff edition of the In Season Podcast, Jamie and AT talk about the NCAA Men's DI Quarterfinal games, and look ahead to the NCAA Men's D1 Final Four. They also reveal their pick for. the Axia Time Player of the Week!
AT & Jamie break down NCAA D1 Men's Lacrosse Tournament first round games, make Quarterfinal predictions and pick the Axia Time Player of the Week.
In-Season Podcast - Playoff Edition with Andy Towers and Jamie Munro. AT & JM discuss the NCAA 1st round matchups and pick an Axia Time Player of the Week.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Transformational Basketball Coach Alex Sarama about fundamentals, the myth of muscle memory, the Dynamic Systems Theory, what coaches should be doing instead of teaching techniques and doing drills, the conceptual offense (also called the principles based offense) and more!
In this podcast, recorded May 2, 2022, Jamie and AT discuss NCAA Division I Lacrosse games, top teams, and pick the Axia Time Player of the Week.
In this podcast, recorded April 25, 2022, Jamie and AT talk NCAA Division I Lacrosse and pick the Axia Time National Player of the Week.
In this podcast, Colleen talks with Pitt Head Coach Emily Boissonaeult about the journey that led to her becoming Pitt's first head coach, the identity and culture of Pitt Lacrosse, her coaching philosophies on both sides of the ball, her advice to recruits, and more!
In this podcast, recorded April 19, 2022, Colleen talks with Jacksonville Assistant Women's Lacrosse Coach Mike Bedford about his lacrosse journey, Jacksonville Lacrosse, and his recruiting advice for prospective student athletes.
Jamie and AT talk NCAA Division I Lacrosse and pick the Axia Time National Player of the Week
In this podcast, recorded April 4, 2022, Jamie and Andy discuss the top teams and games from this past weekend, pick an Axia TIme National Player of the Week, and give their predictions on upcoming games.
In this episode of the In-Season podcast, Jamie and Andy Towers discuss the top teams in NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Ohio State Head Coach Nick Myers. They discuss what Coach Myers does with his own kids for lacrosse development, box lacrosse, trends in the game on offense and defense, and how he recruits smart players who are good decision makers.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Virginia Head Coach Lars Tiffany about being a back to back National Champion, not resting on their laurels, their depth, what book his team is reading right now, how he recreates game-like situations in practice while making sure his offensive players don't get injured, why he should blow his whistle less in practice, the value of filming practice, pressuring behind the goal, and more!
In this podcast, Jamie & Colleen talk to Drexel Head Coach Kim Hillier about her lacrosse journey and becoming the head coach at Drexel, her philosophy on developing players on and off the field, and what her Drexel practices look like. They discuss what she's bringing from Stony Brook and working with Coach Spallina, how she's getting her players ready to compete this Spring, what she looks for in recruits, and advice to the Class of 2024 as they embark on their recruiting journey.
In this podcast, Jamie and Inside Lacrosse CEO Terry Foy discuss being a multi-sport athlete and a lacrosse player. All coaches say they want multi-sport athletes, but do they actually? How sampling several sports offers various benefits, free play vs club sports, the youth sports machine and more.
To kickoff season 3, Colleen and Jamie talk to Stanford Head Coach Danielle Spencer. They talk about what she’s excited about heading into 2022 season, what she will be thinking about during her off time, how she keeps the culture going throughout the season and keeps her players from being burned out, how they celebrate small wins and set small goals, how Stanford’s style of play has transformed , how she’s managed to have true off ball action, dodging out of 2 man and 3 man, the importance of ball movement, Stanford’s defense, how they play picks, transition play and what she’s looking for in recruits.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Notre Dame Head Coach Kevin Corrigan about what he's doing with his team to sharpen their saw, Pro Lacrosse, how he makes ND into a full field team, the Notre Dame defense and how they develop their decision making skills and habits, the importance of communication and off-ball skills on defense, the two things he looks for in recruits as well as the one thing you don't know until players are with you every day in practice. THey also talk offensive philosophy and how his team has evolved.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to NLL expert Jake Elliott about the upcoming season, his picks for the top teams in the league, MVP candidates, best goalies, offensive & defensive players, Americans in the league, expansion teams, coaches, possible breakout players, and the Lacrosse Classified podcast! If you're interested in box lacrosse, this podcast is for you!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to professional NLL and PLL lacrosse player Brodie Merrill. They discuss how it feels to be back to playing box lacrosse in the NLL, the Hill Academy where he is the Athletic Director, the benefit of playing both box and field lacrosse, and how important it is for young players not to specialize at an early age. They also discuss some of the great Canadian players like Jeff Teat, Dane Dobbie, and Graeme Hossack.
In this podcast, recorded Nov. 10, 2021, Jamie is joined by Albany Head Coach Scott Marr. They discuss how Albany fall ball is going, how he gets the energy up during practice, how they’re evolving as a team without huge star power, the concept of six sticks are better than one, rules and principles of quick ball movement, the benefits of incorporating short field drills into practice, box lacrosse, Chaos Lacrosse, goalies Blaze Riorden and Brian Dougherty, how he and his staff sharpen their saw, giving older guys leadership roles, recruiting and Albany goalies playing in the PLL and on man-up!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to CoFounder of Goaliesmith, Andrew Gvozden. They discuss his lacrosse background, how he & his brother started Goaliesmith, their philosophy and unique event environment, his philosophy on playing with a high arc, PLL goalies like Blaze Riorden, how he teaches goalies to think and control their position & focus instead of just reacting to the play, how they rep out realistic looks for goalies, the importance of being a goalie AND a good lacrosse player and college recruiting for goalies.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Inside Lacrosse CEO Terry Foy about his experience visiting several DI men's lacrosse program's practices this Fall. They discuss how teams looked and whether or not you could tell a difference between teams that competed in 2021 and teams that didn't. Teams he visited are Yale, Brown, Hopkins, Georgetown, Loyola, Villanova and Delaware.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Stuart Armstrong, host of The Talent Equation Podcast. They discuss their journeys in sport, and where it has led them. They discuss various models for athletic development, and how coaches can get the best results out of their athletes in practice.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Monmouth Head Coach Brian Fisher. Prior to being named the head coach at Monmouth, Fisher played and coached at Rutgers, and then was an assistant at Notre Dame. He and Jamie talk about what he learned from those two experiences, how he is building a program at Monmouth, their core values, Monmouth's amazing location and community, the culture he's building, how he develops players, his offensive philosophy, defense and communication, and recruiting.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to High Performance Thought Leader Dr. Erik Korem, Founder an CEO of Aim7, a company that turns wearable tech data into customized health and well-being solutions. They discuss the concept of "High Performance" and how it studies all the elements of games - the physical, psychological, technical, and tactical - and constructs a training plan that mimics games in all those areas. They discuss general adaptation syndrome, how stress affects the body, what you can do to adapt, the high-low model for practicing, the importance of sleep and how much athletes need, Mindfulness and techniques on being more mindful in all areas of your life.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Michigan Head Coach Kevin Conry about school being back in session, recruiting this past summer, live recruiting vs watching film and what you miss on film, his first question for club coaches when recruiting their players , how they use both live recruiting AND film now, the PLL, Michigan Lacrosse and how they use analytics in their program, early offense, shot selection, how he keeps his team mentally and physically fresh, Michigan’s offensive style, 2 man game, off ball 2 man game, how and why he uses free play & fun camp games in his practices, box lacrosse, shot clock and changing defenses, and where they will be scrimmaging this Fall!
In this podcast, recorded Aug. 31, 2021, Jamie talks to Coach Murphy about how excited he is for the return of Penn Lacrosse after not competing last year, how his team had fun and got better last year despite not being able to compete, how he & his staff use principles they learned from the book Inner Game of Tennis in their coaching, simplifying practices, the free play model, what Penn Lacrosse will look like in 2022, his vision for the Quakers on offense and defense, sub games, how he's using the undulation model for practices to prevent burnout, recruiting, and the importance of prioritizing sleep, rest and recovery.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to 2nd year VMI Head Coach James Purpura about his lacrosse journey, from growing up in Rochester to playing collegiately at Mt St Mary's and SUNY Geneseo, his assistant coaching jobs, becoming a head coach at Arcadia, playing for Coach Whipple & what he learned from him, playing against Blaze Riorden in high school, the culture he is trying to build at VMI, what makes VMI special, his philosophy on player development, how he develops IQ, how he and his staff continue to educate themselves, the importance of watching film, what VMI does offensively, defensively, and what he & his staff are looking for in recruits.
In the first podcast of season 4, Jamie talks to Johns Hopkins Head Coach Pete Milliman about his lacrosse journey from growing up in Rochester, NY to becoming the head coach at Johns Hopkins last year. Milliman also discusses his offensive philosophies, what Hopkins likes to do on the defensive side of the ball, as well as what he looks for in recruits!
In this podcast, Colleen talks to Syracuse Assistant Coach Sydney Pirecca about her lacrosse journey, the culture at Syracuse, how the team has handled adversity this year, the Syracuse weave offense, what they do on the defensive side of the ball, how they run their midfield, draws, meditation and visualization and recruiting.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Holy Cross Head Coach JL Reppert about his lacrosse background, what he learned from his coaching mentors, how the Marine Corps helped him in coaching, his priorities coming into the Head Coaching job at Holy Cross, playing percentages and his foundational principles, making practice game-like, his offensive philosophies, the role of deception, off-ball picking, defense, and returning to in-person recruiting.
In this podcast, Colleen talks to Drexel Head Coach Jill Batchellor about what's clicking for the Dragons, who are currently 12-1 on the season , their coaching philosophies, how they approach practice, what defensive schemes they use, their outstanding goalie play, and their midfield unit. They also discuss how Drexel is scoring so many goals, tips on how to get players to move off ball, shot selection, practicing 8 meter shots, draw play and recruiting.
In this podcast, Colleen and Tim discuss the culture at ASU and how he tries to make practice the best part of everyone's day, what he learned from working with Kelly Amonte Hiller & Scott Hiller at Northwestern, the ASU Offense and how they are scoring so many goals, his favorite drills, how he gets players to move off-ball, the ASU defense, goalie and midfield units, their riding style and draw unit. He also shares his recruiting advice for high school players. Enjoy!
In this podcast, recorded Mar 30, 2021, Jamie and AT discuss who the best team in the country is - North Carolina or Maryland - and where Duke fits in. They also discuss performances from TD Irelan of Denver and Dox Aikken of Virginia, and the best of the rest - Syracuse, Denver, Notre Dame, Virginia, Rutgers, Army, Lehigh and Georgetown, as well as the Big 10 Conference and Navy. Enjoy!
In this podcast, Colleen talks one on one with North Carolina Head Coach Jenny Levy about culture, how her basketball background has shaped her coaching philosophies, the importance she places on efficiencies, shooting, and how her team achieves such high shooting percentages, pushing transition, zone vs man defense, her non-negotiables, what book she recommends and what qualities she wants to instill in her players.
In this podcast, recorded March 16, 2021, Jamie and Andy discuss the top games of the week. They break down the Virginia-North Carolina game, Maryland-Rutgers, Denver-Georgetown, Hopkins - Penn State, and make predictions on Rutgers - Hopkins.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Durham Academy Head Coach John Lantzy and McDonough Head Coach Andy Hilgartner about coaching high school lacrosse as well as the King of Spring and how it's become about more than just lacrosse
In this podcast, Jamie and Colleen discuss the concept of reclassing. What is it? How do you know if it's right for you? How current college athletes' extra year of eligibility affects current recruits and options such as redshirting, taking a GAP year, taking a PG year.
In this podcast, recorded March 4, 2021, Jamie and Colleen talk to Colorado Assistant Coach Nicole Levy about her creative playing style and how it has translated to her coaching style, 2 man game, slips, seals and picks, off ball 2 man, the importance of watching film, how to become a great 8 meter shooter, the draw, boxing out, CU's defensive philosophy, goalies, and what she's looking for in recruits.
In episode 2 of their 2021 season podcast, Jamie and Andy discuss the big games from the past week- Maryland/Penn State, Rutgers/Ohio State, Michigan/Hopkins, Carolina/High Point, Duke/Air Force, scores in the shot clock era, the Ivy League, Syracuse/Virginia, Georgetown and the Big East.
In this podcast, Jamie and Colleen talk to USC Head Coach Lindsay Munday about stick work & fundamentals, making drills game-like, how USC works on the mental side of the game, USC's zone defense, their midfield philosophy, the draw, what she believes are the most important concepts on offensive, the importance of deception and vision, and recruiting.
In this podcast, Terry and Jamie discuss the current landscape of NCAA lacrosse, Hopkins - Ohio State, Maryland - Michigan, Virginia - Loyola, Duke & Michael Sowers, the Ivy League, the recruiting picture, college lacrosse roster sizes and IL events.
In their first In-Season podcast of 2021, Jamie and Andy discuss the top teams in the country including UNC, Virginia, Duke, Syracuse, Army, Maryland, Rutgers, Georgetown, Ohio State, Loyola, Notre Dame and Denver
In this podcast, Jamie and Colleen talk to Stony Brook Assistant Coach Greg Miceli about his lacrosse journey, box lacrosse, the culture at Stony Brook, Stony Brook's defense, how they develop their attackers and what they look for in recruiting.
IN this podcast, Jamie talks to Virginia Head Coach Lars Tiffany about the defensive midifeld position and hip turn vs drop steps, his defensive principles, air reps, offensive principles, the 3 pillars that he uses to assess a college lacrosse team, and recruiting.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to CNU Head Coach Mikey Thompson about his lacrosse journey which led him from the Collegiate School in Richmond to the University of Virginia, the events that occurred during his time at Virginia that shaped his experience there, and how he used them to build culture at CNU, mindfulness and the importance of neutral thinking, free play and its benefits, how he uses competition in practice, his offensive philosophy and what they run at CNU, the importance of filming and breaking down film, his defensive philosophies and buzzwords they use, recruiting and what he is looking for in prospective players!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Ohio State Associate Head Coach Gabby Capuzzi about how she's preparing for the season, her defensive philosophy, riding/clearing, her offensive principles and college lacrosse recruiting.
In this podcast, recorded Jan 22, 2021, Jamie and Colleen talk about making the most of 2020, what they are up to and what they are looking forward to in 2021 with the podcast, JM3 Sports, HHH, Penn Charter and more.
In this podcast, recorded on 1/22/21, Jamie speaks with best selling author and motivational speaker Jon Gordon about his connection to lacrosse, how he's inspiring and helping people to change for the better, the pivotal moment that changed his life, collaborative leadership, the importance of having belief and vision in your dreams, how fear is the thing that keeps you from your destiny, the importance of focusing on love and the love of competing and not on the outcome, weeding the garden of your mind by feeding the positive & weeding the negative, and what books he recommends.
In this podcast, recorded 1/22/21, Jamie talks to Richmond Head Coach Dan Chemotti. They discuss how the Spiders pre-season is going, what they are doing, their implementation plan leading into Spring semester, the importance of knowing your personnel before yo determine what type of team you are going to be, what analytics they pay attention to, the part-whole method of development, decision making, making practice competitive, allowing players to be competitive, and recruiting.
In this podcast, recorded 1/19/21, Jamie talks to legendary Salisbury Coach Jim Berkman, who has led the Seagulls to 12 NCAA National Championships. They discuss what Fall 2020 looked like at Salisbury, how he is approaching practices with such a veteran group of players back, getting by your man vs running by your man, what makes a great defenseman, the defensive midfielder position, recruiting at Salisbury and recruiting during the pandemic.
In this podcast, recorded 1/14/21, Jamie talks to longtime Johns Hopkins Coach Dave Pietramala about his twin son's commitment to North Carolina, what it was like going through the recruiting process with them, what he' been up to since leaving Hopkins, his new venture with Legendary Sports Group, how he's been taking advantage of this opportunity to create new relationships, learn and grow. They also discuss former JHU and current PLL defenseman Tucker Durkin and the 1989 NCAA Championship, Defense, 2 Man Game, and more!
In this podcast, recorded 1/11/21, Jamie talks to longtime track coach and author of "Feed the Cats" Tony Holler about how to make your team faster! Some ideas they discuss are - Do high quality work with maximum focus over the least amount of time possible, Prioritize rest, recovery, and growth; never underestimate the power of being happy and healthy, people naturally are good at what they like and are OBSESSED with what they love, “Record, Rank, and Publish” to feed the competitive nature of your fast-twitch athletes, and Never grind.
In this podcast, recorded 1/8/21, Jamie talks to Marist Head Coach Keegan Wilkinson about his lacrosse journey, his mentors, the resources that have helped him on his journey, how he has built such a great culture at Marist, the Marist Lacrosse brand, his offensive philosophy & how it has evolved, becoming a Defensive Coordinator and what he learned from studying the game from that perspective, and what he is looking for in recruits.
In this podcast, Jamie talks lacrosse with 3x All-American & former Hopkins Offensive Coordinator Bobby Benson. They discuss Benson's lacrosse journey, the coaches he played for and worked with, how Hopkins became one of the top teams in offensive efficiency for several years, the principals they focused on to achieve that, picking principals, invert motion, manipulating matchups, man-up looks, zone offense, player development, and recruiting.
In this podcast, Jamie discusses what he learned from Dom Starsia. Starsia is the former head coach of the University of Virginia men's lacrosse program, with whom he won four NCAA national championships, in 1999, 2003, 2006, and 2011. Prior to his stint at Virginia, Starsia was the Head Coach at Brown University, where Jamie played for him from 1985-1989.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Northwestern Women's Lacrosse Assistant Coach Scott Hiller. They discuss his lacrosse journey, the decision to move to Chicago so his wife, Kelly Amonte Hiller, could take the Northwestern job, how changes in women's lacrosse rules and stick technology have changed the game, his offensive philosophy at Northwestern, how Northwestern has integrated 2 man game into their offense, pick up games and free play, and much more!
In this Flying Solo podcast, Jamie talks about the Give and Go, and why he believes it's the best play in sports. He contends that you can tell a lot about a player's IQ if they do give and gos, how sandlot games teach players to look for it, and which sandlot games are the best learning environment for give and gos. He also discusses opportunities for the give and go in 2 man game, transition, EMO and zone offense. Enjoy!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Head Rutger Coach Brian Brecht about how the Fall at Rutgers is going, his lacrosse journey, the coaches he's had a chance to play for and coach with, Rutgers Lacrosse and how he has built the culture there, his lacrosse philosophies on defense, offense and transition, Adam Charlambides and Jules Heningburg, player development & fundamentals, 1v1 defense and defending the 2man game, and what he's looking for in recruits, position by position.
In this solo podcast, Jamie dives deep into the free play model for lacrosse development. He discusses the impact that pickup sports has had on his own journey, and compares learning a sport to learning a language. He talks about concepts such as fluency and under-loading, as well as the many advantages of free play. He even gets into the different types of games you can play depending on the number of players you have, net sizes, the important rules to put in place, and everything you need to get started playing your own pickup games and taking your game to the next level!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Hampton Head Coach Chazz Woodson about his lacrosse journey, what he's taken from his former coaches/mentors, making lacrosse fun, how he ended up at Brown, how he elevated his game in the pro league, the pro players he learned from, the dive, what it was like growing up in a predominantly white sport, ways to educate yourself on the root of racism in our country, Hampton Lacrosse, what he's currently focusing on as a first year head coach for the Pirates, and what he's looking for in recruits. Enjoy!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Loyola Assistant Coach Marc Van Arsdale about his lacrosse journey from growing up in Geneva, NY to playing at Hobart, his coaching mentors, the UVA Championship teams, the great players he has had the opportunity to coach, including Pat Spencer, how playing basketball can help your lacrosse, how he's evolved his thinking on 2 man game, his collaborative style of coaching, his man up philosophy and how it has changed over the years, the 1-3-2 and 3-3 offenses and recruiting in the era of no in-person evaluations.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Manhattan Head Coach Drew Kelleher about his lacrosse journey, from playing at Vermont under Coach Beville to coaching at Hamilton, Siena, and Boston University before taking over the reigns of the Manhattan program. They discuss the culture at Manhattan, offensive philosophies, defensive philosophies, what practices are like at Manhattan, and recruiting.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Princeton Head Coach Matt Madalon about everything from his lacrosse journey to the 2020 season, Michael Sowers, his offensive philosophies, 2man game, teaching off ball play, player development, Princeton's defensive philosophy, and what he looks for in recruits position by position.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Notre Dame Head Coach Kevin Corrigan about how Fall Ball is going at this year, how he "sharpened the saw" over the summer, reconnected with his players, how and why he does full field practices, the three parts to every aspect of the game, ND's ride, the clearing game, offensive philosophies, deception and recruiting.
In this solo podcast, Jamie talks about box lacrosse, why he loves the game, and all the amazing benefits. He discusses why the tight confines, big goalies and small goal size are so powerful, how it teaches you to shoot when you can't see the net, how it teaches you to shoot with deception & accuracy. He discusses the benefit of having no long poles, the box lacrosse culture, and box lacrosse coaches. He concludes by discussing opportunities to play box lacrosse in the US.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Strength & Conditioning Expert Mike Boyle about his quest for the holy grail of strength & conditioning programs, the importance of timed 10s, maxing out, how he uses sprinting as a tool, not a test, reducing injury & enhancing performance, making an internally competitive environment for timed sprints, agility, the weight room, why he got away from back squats, hang cleans vs power cleans, his DO NO HARM oath, and finding the right gym in your area. For more info go to lacrosseathlete.com.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Torrey Pines Head Coach and West Coast Starz Director Jono Zissi about his lacrosse journey, the early years at Adrenaline Lacrosse, the West Coast Starz, Torrey Pines High School and his evolution as a coach, his assistant coaches Jules Heningburg and Garret Eppel, player development, offensive concepts and recruiting in 2020.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Rob Pannell about his lacrosse journey from growing up as a baseball, basketball, golf and soccer player to becoming a lacrosse player at Smithtown West on Long Island, taking a post grad year at Deerfield, getting recruited to Cornell, his relationship with Coach Tambroni, how he's continuing to work on his game, his thoughts on dodging and how he changes his speed and direction, deception, feeding and probing.
In this Flying Solo podcast, Jamie discusses the art of deception. He believes that deception is the difference between good and great players, in any sport. He talks about deception in animals and in warfare and then goes on to talk about deception in dodging, shooting and feeding and how to teach it.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Cornell Head Coach Connor Buczek about his lacrosse journey, his mentors along the way, his playing career at Cornell, playing proferssionally and coaching at Cornell simultaneously, the biggest evolution in his game, how he develops his players at Cornell, Jeff Teat, the Cornell offense and his offensive philosophies, 2 man game, the Cornell culture, how they develop leaders at Cornell, and recruiting.
In this Flying Solo podcast, Jamie discusses the concept of fundamentals. He goes through several traditional skill fundamentals and then expands upon what he believes offensive fundamentals should be - getting to your natural side, shot selection, ball movement, deception, handling pressure, dodging physically, turning corners, power/accuracy, seeing the field, 2man games, and draw and dump.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Hall of Fame coach Jack Emmer about his lacrosse journey, his first coaching job at Cortland, moving on to Washington & Lee , the "armadillo", coaching at Army, assistant coaches he worked with along the way, the current state of the game of lacrosse, rules that have helped speed up the game and rules he wishes would change, the face-off, shot clock, being a color commentator for the Army-Syracuse game in 2010, pressing out/pressuring on defense, and what he's up to now.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to University of Virginia Offensive Coordinator Sean Kirwan about NBA basketball, offensive and defensive strategies that translate to lacrosse, the PLL Lacrosse Championships, the Whipsnakes, Zed Williams, Brad Smith, how the PLL teams evolved & improved over the season, their progressions & off ball play, MLL Lacrosse, recruiting during COVID, and what he looks for in recruits!
In this "Flying Solo" podcast, Jamie begins by reviewing on ball 2man game, and his paradigm shift as it relates to Hangup 2man game. He then dives into discussing the advantages of off ball 2man game, how ball movement and swing passes are key, and why the best 2man games happen when you pick while the ball is in the air. Enjoy!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to goalie coach Damon Wilson about the "7 things he learned from interviewing every PLL goalie". 1. The "Give me the Ball" mindset shift 2. One possession at a time 3. Physical hacks to reset at halftime 4. Practice mindset vs Game mindset 5. The weight room matters 6. Everyone is going to have a slump-how to get out of a slump 7. Everyone is eager to help
In this solo podcast, Jamie discusses the advantages of 2man games, including Assisted shot % ,Stick to the middle %, Addition by Subtraction, and that the 3man game is even better. Keys are pick angle, shoulder to shoulder, mixing up hard picks and slip picks, and swing picks. He dives into engaging 2 defenders in a switching situation, the pocket, Re-Picks, Swing Picks, Longs picking for shorts, Seal Picks, come over the pick hard/shoot. Enjoy!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Ted Suihkonen, Director of Player Development/Skill Specialist in the KHL for the club HC Lokomotiv. During his time there, the club has had 13 players drafted in the NHL, 2 MHL A Championships and 2 Junior World Cup Championships. They discuss Suihkonen's Player First mentality, how he is able to unlock & expand the minds of players, how he creates practice environments where the skills are the solutions, the importance of video, the importance of setting up a skill, how you can teach IQ, communication and more! A must listen for any coach interested in developing his players to their fullest potential!
In this podcast, Jamie talks with Head Coach of Harvard Gerry Byrne. They discuss their 3x game in Southbend, the PLL, Billy Joel Concert, Recruiting and much more!
I remember the first time I heard the word…..1991 a description from Mike Waldvogel on how he envisioned the Yale offense You hear about probing in basketball, probing a zone, drawing them out etc As coaches we have heard or used this term…”Guys, let’s probe the defense” What does Probing even mean? -Slowing down… you can’t probe at full speed, -Look through your man… when you’re probing your probing the entire defense -make the defense stare at you -ID how they’re sliding, what their doing or saying, what’s open -In and out draw the defense out, make the slides go away -Probing is re-dodging -Sometimes it’s Posting up: In a dangerous part of the field, where you can fake and feed… you might have to sit there for a minute -Maybe you can draw the Andy Shay Sucker Double -Probing is controlling players with non verbal communication -Posture, physicality, fakes -It’s when you’re operating on the Island -It’s drawing and dumping -Probing is hard to slide to, and hard to 2nd slide to -Probing is much easier and more effective on your Natural Side -Probing gaps on Zone offense and EMO -Probing in 2man games -Engaging two defenders, sitting in the pocket -Dodging poles and shorts...
Can you probe too much? Yes! A feel for just moving the ball is just as important as probing
Definition of Probing: "Inquiring closely into something, searching..” -Searching… that’s taking in information, not just blurting out…. -Think about a Probe, think about CSI, sometimes Interrogators ask questions or make statements to deceive… to see how you react -Probing isn’t just blurting things out -Probing to me is a form of fluency…. Which is why most players don’t Probe
Why don’t players probe? We can talk about probing and then nobody does it! I could argue probing is one of the most important skills a player could learn… seriously….. Is probing difficult? I think most coaches love players that can “Probe” but then Everybody talks about “Running by someone” -We practice 1v1’s ad nauseam
Box players probe…. Why? Basketball players probe Attackmen probe more than midfielders
How do you teach probing You can’t!, you can present it, you can explain it, but Probing requires a comfort level with contact and seeing through your man, reading and controlling the defense You can rep probing in structure, -you can rep redodges, staircase dodging, 3 step dodging…. All of that is probing The key is doing it in context, in the context of other defenders and teammates
In this podcast, Jamie talks about the concept of probing - slowing down, looking through your man, identifying how your opponent is sliding, controlling players with non verbal communication, operating on the island, drawing and dumping, and much more. He also discusses why players don't probe and how box players probe. He concludes talking about how you can teach this important concept. Enjoy!
In this podcast, Jamie goes into depth on perhaps the most important part of the game on both sides of the ball: seeing the field. We teach "head on a swivel" on defense while offensive players “telescope” on the ball regularly. Jamie discusses concepts, drills, and techniques to help your offense be in sync by knowing what they’re going to do with the ball before they receive it! Enjoy!
In this podcast, Jamie talks to PLL writer and stats analyst Joe Keegan about the 2020 PLL Championship Series. They discuss how shooting percentage increases when players have their sticks to the inside, 2 man game, defensive analytics, and 2 point shots. They also discuss several PLL players including Eddy Glazener and Blaze Riordan. If you are a fan of the PLL, you don't want to miss this episode!
In this podcast, recorded Aug 19, 2020, Jamie talks to Maryland Head Coach John Tillman about his lacrosse journey, from growing up in Corning, NY to his playing days at Cornell. They discuss his coaching stints at Ithaca, Navy & Harvard before taking over the Maryland program, his mentors, and the culture of the Maryland program. They touch on the Terrapin lacrosse alums playing for the PLL Whipsnakes, his defensive and offensive philosophies, player development and recruiting. Enjoy!
This is a 50,000 foot look at shooting where Jamie discusses his philosophy on teaching shooting, shot selection, deceptive shooting and the importance of shooting on goalies, as well as the advantages of quick release, push pull, and how to generate power.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Sacred Heart Men's Lacrosse Coach Jon Basti on how he has been coping during pandemic and what he has been up to, how he prepares his players mentally to play the game, the importance of shooting percentage, being great at chaos situations becoming comfortable being uncomfortable, how he hammers home the fundamentals, letting kids play - allowing them to be creative -and to play without fear of making mistakes, being process based, not results based, his mentors, 2man game and recruiting.
In this podcast Jamie dives into philosophy on “Handedness.” Why is being two handed emphasized so much when a huge percentage of the top players in the history of the game are totally one handed Canadian and Native box lacrosse players? Learn why working on being equal lefty and righty will actually slow down player development, a progression on how to work on your non dominant hand and how to acquire some basic proficiencies, as well as traits of righties and lefties I think you will find interesting. Overall, this podcast will give you some great info to think about in the context of coaching your team, the development of your children, or if you’re a player, what to focus on.
In this podcast, Jamie talks to Inside Lacrosse CEO Terry Foy about the current recruiting landscape and how it is looking for 2021's and 2022's, as well as the importance of having advocates, the difference between live versus video evaluations, how IL rankings are being affected by the pandemic, and an exciting new product IL is launching to bring increased objectivity to college lacrosse recruiting rankings and ratings.
In this podcast, recorded May 27, 2020, Colleen and Jamie talk to Northwestern Head Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller about no lacrosse on Memorial Day, professional development, the mental side of individual sports, MMA, backyard sports, understanding "the why", thinking about your game, visualization, how quarantine will positively impact the class of 2022, decision making, reading and reacting, how she develops that at NU, her former coach, Cindy Timchal's quote "the teacher is the game,", Izzy Scane / Megan Kinna Hidden Ball Trick from sandlot, 2man game, how NU is the #1 scoring offense in NCAA even with the loss of Selena Lasota, how she teaches new things and lets them figure out skills on their own, and not get in the way, defense, man vs zone, transition game, recruiting and what the future holds.
In this podcast, recorded March 23, 2020, Jamie talks to PLL Redwoods defenseman Eddy Glazener about his lacrosse journey from playing for West Coast Starz to being recruited to play at Notre Dame and playing for Coach Corrigan and Coach Byrne. The two also talk about Eddy's stints with the MLL Denver Outlaws, the Atlanta Blaze, and what it has been like to be reunited with his ND teammates playing for the PLL Redwoods. They also talk about decision-making, defensive communication, V-Holds, and the importance of defenseman being skilled.
In this podcast, recorded May 22, 2020, Jamie talks to Brown Head Coach Mike Daly about his lacrosse journey, how he likes to develop players by letting them make their own decisions, solve problems on their own, his biggest mentors, how he's developing culture at Brown, his "team ahead of self" mentality, his "playing fast" trademark, letting players dodge poles, his offensive philosophy, defensive philosophy, holding everyone accountable, what he's looking for in recruits, Brown's new athletic facility and how the pandemic is affecting recruiting.
In this podcast, recorded Marc 21, 2020, Jamie talks to Army Head Coach Joe Alberici about his thoughts on the backyard 1v1 area drill, Steve Nash videos and how he set up picks, the hip swivel concept, what he's been up to during quarantine to better himself, how he used Nelson Mandela's story for inspiration, what he can do better and what he's learned recently, the drill Army has done every day in practice for the last 2 years, and the recruiting landscape during the pandemic.
In this podcast, recorded May 18, 2020, Colleen and Jamie talk to Harvard Head Coach Devon Wills about the culture at Harvard, her offensive philosophies, the Crimson's defensive looks, communication, the transition game, reflecting during the pandemic and the new recruiting timeline.
In this podcast, recorded May 13, 2020, Jamie talks to Lehigh Head Coach Kevin Cassese about his lacrosse journey, from growing up in Long Island and playing baseball and football to playing lacrosse at Duke, getting into coaching, his mentors, his offensive philosophy, how he teaches defense, and what he's looking for in defensive, midfield, offensive and goalie recruits.
In this podcast, recorded May 13, 2020, Jamie talks to one of the game's brightest young coaches - St. Joe's Head Coach Taylor Wray. They talk about his lacrosse journey, from Edmonton, AL to playing at Duke, his coaching experiences at Lehigh and St. Joe's, playing Junior A Lacrosse in Burnaby, BC, building the culture at SJU, his defensive philosophy, the transition game, type of offense he likes his team to play, and recruiting.
In this podcast, recorded May 7, 2020, Jamie talks to Coach Fedorjaka about his non traditional lacrosse journey, his mentors, the Bucknell ride and how it became a signature of Bucknell lacrosse and the #1 ride in Division I, the Bison defense, and how it has evolved, his offensive philosophy, and what he is looking for in recruits by position, the future of Bucknell lacrosse and his goals for the program.
In this podcast, recorded May 6, 2020, Coach Caputo discusses his lacrosse journey, how he got into coaching, the move to Duke, what it was like to be a part of Duke Lacrosse in the aftermath of the highly publicized rape case, how the current extra year of eligibility is similar to what Duke went through then, Coach K’s advice on building a championship team, Duke's philosophy on player development, type of kids Duke is looking for in recruiting, how Duke is so good at getting the ball inside, coaching Duke’s defense, playing team defense, the future of defending the two-man game, Caputo’s philosophy on V holds, communication and recruiting at Duke.
In this podcast, recorded May 4, 2020, Jamie and Colleen talk to Brown Head Coach Keely McDonald about the Brown offense, the importance of spacing and slowing down, "baiting" defenders, dodging with pace & deception, Brown's zone defense, the transition game, and how recruiting will look different during the coronavirus pandemic.
In this podcast, recorded on April 30, Jamie talks to Coach Conry about his lacrosse journey from growing up on Long Island to his playing days at Hopkins, the early coaching years and what he learned from his mentors, becoming the head coach at Michigan, analytics, Michigan's defensive philosophy, how they teach communication, his offensive philosophy, free play and and what he's looking for in recruits.
In this podcast, recorded April 28, 2020, Jamie talks to legendary Hall of Fame Coach Dave Cottle about his lacrosse journey, how he got into coaching, building a program at Loyola, the evolution of lacrosse in the 1990s, the Princeton defense and "people defense", the evolution of the transition game, coaching at Maryland and some of the great players he coached there, 2 man game, coaching pro lacrosse, John Grant Jr, Casey Powell, David Huntley and the current state of college lacrosse.
In this podcast with Mercer Head Coach Kyle Hannan, recorded on April 23, 2020, Kyle and Jamie discuss his lacrosse journey from growing up in Reiserstown, MD to playing and coaching at Salisbury, his stints at Bates, Hobart before becoming a head coach at Colorado College, Goucher, then Mercer. They discuss Coach Hannan's offensive philosophy, positionless lacrosse, how to score on cuts, 3 man ball side action and more!
In this podcast, recorded April 24, 2020, Jamie and Colleen talk to Loyola Assistant Coach Dana Dobbie about Loyola's shortened season, their free flowing, fast style of play, how her Canadian box lacrosse background influences her as a player and coach, her philosophy on practicing less, playing more, the Loyola defense, her perspective on midfield and draw teams, and her advice to 2022s on recruiting.
In this podcast, recorded April 21, 2020, Jamie talks to Coach Tambroni about what's piquing his interests right now, how he's changed as a coach over the years, structure vs free play model, whether or not you can develop a player's IQ when they get to college, empowering players to make decisions, shooting mindset and angles, in-game adjustments and what the COVID-19 pandemic means for 2022s and recruiting this summer and fall.
In this podcast with Stanford Head Coach Danielle Spencer, recorded April 17, 2020, Colleen and Jamie discuss how Danielle built trust and culture at Stanford, what offensive drills she likes, Stanford's defensive scheme, playing with a large roster, her philosophy on 2-man game, draw and circle play and recruiting advice during quarantine.
In this podcast, recorded April 10, 2020, Jamie & Colleen talk to Kayla Treanor about Boston College's shortened season, how the offense has changed from last year, BC’s offensive style, how they teach off ball movement, using multiple moves behind the net, playing on the crease, coaching to body size, midfield concepts, defensive philosophy, zone offense, and Kayla’s recruiting advice to the class of 2021 and 2022.
In this podcast, recorded April 7, 2020, Jamie and Chris discuss Chris's lacrosse journey from growing up in Farmingdale, NY to playing and coaching at UMass, what he learned from Coach Greg Cannella, his coaching stints at UMass, Butler and Duke and becoming the head coach at Providence College. Gabrielli also discusses his assistant coaches at Providence, establishing a strong culture, his defensive philosophies, defensive communication, developing offensive players, 2 man game, defending picks on the wings, and recruiting.
In this podcast, recorded April 3, 2020, Jamie talks to Terry Foy, CEO of Inside Lacrosse, about the ramifications of the NCAA's decision to grant all Spring Sports athletes an extra year of eligibility. They dive into the Ivy League statement regarding the extra year, the Patriot League's statement, and the effects on Ivy & Patriot League teams, “Free Agency” in NCAA Men’s Lacrosse, Underclass athletes, All division transfers, Attrition, and the impact on lacrosse after schools losing revenue from NCAA basketball tournament being canceled and potential of football being canceled. They also discuss their thoughts on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on 2020 summer tournaments, IL events, recruiting, and the possibility of the NCAA changing recruiting calendar through August
In this podcast, recorded April 1, 2020, Colleen and Jamie talk to Wagner Head Coach and lacrosse legend Michelle Tumolo about what she is missing most about not being with her team during the COVID-19 crisis, what Wagner practices are like, deception, the importance of watching film, Wagner's offense, creating from all sides of the field, flips and fake flips, Wagner's defense, zone drills, creating lacrosse IQ, head turns, 2 man game and more!
In this podcast, recorded March 29, 2020, Jamie and Nick discuss Nick's Neighborhood Challenge, faking & fishing, offensive philosophies, being a great passer, tennis balls, small pockets, Tre Leclaire, shooting, dodging, drawing double teams, understanding your matchup, hitching, post-ups, Jeff Teat, defensive communication, efficiency of steps, backpedaling vs moving laterally, and developing goalies.
In this podcast with Ohio State Head Coach Nick Myers, recorded March 29, 2020, Jamie and Nick discuss The Neighborhood Challenge, how faking and fishing are similar, offensive philosophies, tennis balls, small pockets, Tre Leclaire, shooting, dodging, drawing double teams, understanding your matchup, hitches, post-ups, defense and developing goalies.
In this podcast, recorded March 24, 2020, Jamie and Colleen talk to Hofstra Head Coach Shannon Smith. They discuss Hofstra's 2020 season, their senior class, their team-first culture, defensive strategies, Alyssa Perrella and Sabrina Cristodero, dodging & cutting, how to break a zone, making practice competitive, draw controls and recruiting advice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this podcast with Ty Xanders, recorded on March 23, 2020, Ty and Jamie discuss ramifications if the NCAA does indeed grant NCAA spring athletes another year of eligibility, the transfer portal, tuitions, competitive disadvantage for schools who can't give a 5th year of eligibility, Grant Ament's decision to go pro, Virginia, PG's, the effect the decision would have on 2020's, 2021's, 2022's and 2023's, and what the the summer might look like.
In this podcast, recorded March 18, 2020, Colleen and Jamie talk to Arizona State Head Coach Tim McCormack about culture at ASU, what he brought from Northwestern, Developing values, making practice the best 2 hours of the day, off ball concepts, defensive concepts & strategy, draws and recruiting.
In this podcast, recorded March 17, 2020, Jamie talks to Lafayette Head Coach Pat Myers about his lacrosse journey, coaching mentors, being a Head Coach, leadership and culture, his philosophy on player development, Picking/2man game, his offensive philosophy, Dodging, his defensive philosophy and what he looks for in recruits.
Inside the 8 Podcast Season 1, Ep. 4 with Dartmouth Head Coach Alex Frank by Jamie Munro
In this podcast, recorded for a Facebook Live event on March 15, 2020, Jamie talks to Virginia Head Coach Lars Tiffany about 2020 UVA Lacrosse, what can we do better, losing to Brown and scheduling NCAA RPI and using a more sophisticated formula, UVA and two big announcements, NCAA Eligibility and what it means moving forward, Getting better, social distancing and recruiting
In this podcast, recorded via Facebook Live on March 13, Jamie and Harvard Head Coach Gerry Byrne talk about the NCAA's decision to give eligibility back to college athletes in the wake of the Corona Virus season disruption, answer questions from listeners, and talk defense.
In this podcast with PLL Atlas Head Coach Ben Rubeor, recorded on March 12, 200, Jamie and Ben discuss 1:00 - Thayer Academy/ISL/Coronavirus 5:50 - Rubeor's lacrosse journey, playing for is dad, John Tucker, career-threatening car accident 8:45 - Playing at Virginia 13:00- Playing in the pros - Lizards and Bayhawks & playing with Casey Powell and John Grant Jr 18:30 - Coaching Career 24:00 - Being named the PLL Atlas Coach & his Assistants, Ric Beardsley andSteven Brooks 30:00 - Creating culture 32:00 - PLL Draft, rosters and training camp 34:00 - Offensive Philosophies 40:30 - Developing Players 45:50 - Decision Making
In this Podcast, Jamie and PLL Chaos Coach Andy Towers talk about AT's top 20 NCAA Division I College Lacrosse teams. This podcast was recorded on March 9, 2020.
In this podcast, which was recorded on Marc 5, 2020, Jamie and Matt discuss 1:11 Matt’s lacrosse journey 4:51 What is reclassing vs repeating 7:35 great tool for kids who’ve missed the recruiting window 9:00 Myths of repeating 12:00 Figure out where your kid is compared to the other kids in the recruiting class 12:30 - 3d Blue Chip/Ryan Conrad/Ryder Garnsey 20:00 - Leveraging your athletic ability for a better academic opportunity 20:50 - Consider how it may change/not change your opportunities. 22:00 - Reclassing allows you to play out three different tracks & opens recruiting 24:35 - Often players who reclass end up in their original class anyway, it just opens up opportunities 26:00 Timing of recruiting and you have to be good enough! 26:20 How do I go about reclassing? 28:25 Difference between boys & girls recruiting 29:18 When is the best time to reclass? 33:00 If I reclass, “what do I do for that extra year? 37:00 Know what your options are to be able to make a well informed decision
Inside the 8 podcast with Colleen Magarity and Jamie Munro. This episode, which was recorded on March 4, 2020, discusses the following topics regarding women's lacrosse
2;00 - Colleen & Jamie’s high school teams 2:50 - Syracuse weave motion offense 7:00 - Parity in NCAA DI lacrosse & growth of lacrosse 10:43-Shot clocks, time of games 12:30-Syracuse-Maryland Game location change Syracuse backer D and offense, roll backs, throw backs, Syracuse 34 weave motion offense explain 23:45 St Joes-Rutgers 25:35 Marquette - Arizona State 28:50 Stanford-Northwestern 32:00 Working on the draw 32:55 North Carolina - Virginia 34:-07 Recruiting advice for 2021s on highlight videos Recruiting advice for 2022s & highlight reels 38:50 Recruiting advice for 2023’s
In this podcast, which was recorded on March 3, 2020, Jamie Munro and Andy Towers discuss AT's NCAA Division I men's lacrosse top 20.
2:35 - Closing of the Carrier Dome - Syracuse vs Maryland women's game 6:45 - AT's top 20 6:50 -#20 Lehigh 4-1 8:00 -#19 Army 5-2 8:45-#18 Bucknell 5-1 11:07-#17 Ohio State3-2 12:50-#16 Denver3-2 15:10-#15 Georgetown 5-0 16:00-#14 Duke 4-2 16:54-#13 UMass 4-2 20:00-#12 Villanova 3-2 22:00-#11 Loyola 4-1 23:20-#10 Notre Dame 2-1 24:30-#9 Penn 1-2 28:40-#8 Yale 2-1 30:00-#7 Cornell 4-0 34:18-#6 Virginia 4-1 36:00-#5 Penn State 4-1 37:00-#4 Maryland 4-1 39:04-#3 Syracuse 4-0 40:10 #2 North Carolina 5-0 41:10-#1 Princeton 4-0 53:05 Axia Time Players of the Week 46:00 Big games next week
In this episode, Colleen Magarity and Jamie Munro discuss the following NCAA Division I games, and talk to North Carolina Associate Head Coach Katrina Dowd.
1:00 High School Lacrosse Season - Starting & Tryouts 5:15 College Lacrosse 5:30 Colorado-Michigan Game Michigan zone offense Northwestern vs Syracuse North Carolina vs Maryland 18:20 Penn vs Hopkins 20:45 Recruiting 27:30 UNC Associate Head Coach Katrina Dowd shares her favorite drills, skills, and advice for high school players
In this podcast, which was recorded on Feb 24, 2020, Jamie Munro and Andy Towers discuss AT's NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Top 20.
4:00 #20 Richmond 2-2 5:00 #19 UMass 1-2 6:25 #18 Marist 2-1 6:45 #17 Army 3-2 7:45 #16 Hobart 3-0 8:40 #15 Denver 3-1 9:55 #14 Duke 2-2 11:24 #13 Villanova 2-2 12:45 #12 Loyola 2-1 14:45 #11 Penn State 3-1 16:25 #10 Penn 1-1 18:00 #9 Maryland 3-1 20:00 #8 Virginia 3-1 25:05 #7 Georgetown 3-0 26:45 #6 Cornell 3-0 28:12 #5 North Carolina 3-0 29:40 #4 Notre Dame 2-0 30:45 #3 Syracuse 3-0 32:00 #2 Princeton 3-0 37:10 #1Yale 2-0 40:29 Axia Time Players of the Week 49:29 -AT’s predictions on this week's games
Host Jamie Munro talks to PLL Archers Coach Chris Bates about 3:15 Bates' lacrosse journey 20:00 Pairs Offense 27:05 The NCAA today - players like Michael Sowers 31:00 Bates' Assistant Coaches over the years 34:00 Coaching high school vs coaching college 38:05 The PLL 44:45 Coaching in the PLL and coaching players like Tom Schriber
Jamie Munro and Andy Towers discuss the NCAA Division I lacrosse landscape and AT's top 20 teams! Recorded Feb 19, 2020
3:43 #20 UMass 4:35 #19 Army 7:00 #18 Marist 7:30 #17 Richmond 9:00 #16 Penn 12:15 #15 Villanova 13:25 #14 Johns Hopkins 15:35 #13 Air Force 18:15 #12 Denver 19:45 #11 Duke 21:10 #10 Loyola 22:30 #9 Maryland 26:08 #8 Georgetown 27:55 #7 North Carolina 29:07 #6 Notre Dame 30:53 #5 Cornell 32:00 #4 Syracuse 32:45 #3 Yale 34:10 #2 Penn State 36:05 #1 Virginia
Other notable teams - Princeton, Brown, Harvard, St Joes. AT also shares his picks for next weeks games!
Colleen Magarity & Jamie Munro discuss the latest news in the sport of women's lacrosse. 4:00 Michigan - USC game 17:25 Maryland - Florida game 21:30 Recruiting for high school players and their spring season 26:15 1v1's 33:00 Shooting and outside shots 36:16 Guest Hannah Nielson from Michigan joins the show
Welcome to the brand new Inside the 8 podcast, where your hosts Colleen Magarity and Jamie Munro will discuss NCAA Division 1 Women’s Lacrosse news. You will hear their thoughts on the most recent college games, top players, and college coaches. This week's podcast features UMass Associate Head Coach Jana Drummond. They also discuss the Colorado-Florida game, Michigan-Jacksonville and Syracuse-Stony Brook.
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Episode 70 with Amherst College Head Coach John Thompson
2:00 - Coach Thompson’s Background 5:00 - Playing days at Brown under Pete Lasagna and Scott Nelson - Springfield College, Brown, Colby, Amherst 15:30 Letting players into his life 19:35 Sports Psychology background - Recognizing excellence, positive reinforcement - Each of his players gets a scouting reports on being a leader 27:35 Describing barriers to success, Science of Confidence 28:40 Creating a Practice Plan that makes players think so when they get into a game they don’t have to think 37:38 Executing & Decision Making - Empowering players to make decisions - As long as a player’s decision supports the team’s mission, then its supported. Never talk about a players’ bad decisions 40:00 Infectious positivity, Infectious enthusiasm 44:44 Duct Tape Parenting 50:50 It pays to be a Winner - Attaching rewards & consequences to drills 52:42 Creating practices that have meaningful reps and limiting empty reps 54:20 Recruiting Philosophy 55:00 Coaching Philosophy 59:05 Recruiting Timeline for Amherst
NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse 2020 Preview
Andrew Towers & Jamie Munro Discuss their top 20 teams heading into the 2020 Season
3:25 #20 Princeton 4:50 #19 Princeton 5:49 #18 Army 6:35 #17 Towson 8:25 #16 Loyola 9:48 #15 Georgetown 10:55 #14 Denver 12:20 #13 Hopkins 14:05 #12 High Point 16:40 #11 Ohio State 19:00 #10 Duke 21:57 #9 North Carolina 24:30 #8 Notre Dame 27:50 #7 Cornell 30:50 #6 Syracuse 33:45 #5 Pennsylvania 38:00 #4 Maryland 41:05 #3 Yale 45:12 #2 Penn State 49:55 #1 Virginia
Jim Stagnitta Podcast
Coach Stagnitta 3:50 What Coach Stags did after winning 1st ever PLL Championship
4:05 Coach Stagnitta’s lacrosse journey - the high school years - the college years at the University of Pennsylvania - playing under two different coaches Charlie Coker and Coach Tony Seaman - After college and getting into college coaching
22:18 Getting Head Coaching job at Washington & Lee at age 27 - How Coach Stags grew as a coach and other mentors
26:00 MVP Lacrosse Camps
27:23 Coach Stagnittas Assistant Coaches over the years - Timmy Downs - Lars Tiffany - Jim Rogalski - John Burgess - Greg Carroll
30:45 Moving to Rutgers from W&L - Early struggles & setbacks - Reset - Focusing on things that are important
44:00 Entrepreneurs/Camp Business - looks for a void, and a way to help people - High end experience - Details
53:30 Coaching in the Pro Ranks - Denver Outlaws Head Coach - Florida Launch - Charlotte - PLL Whip Snakes - coaching in the PLL
1:08:06 MVP Development Group - Corporate & Pro - Complete Athlete 360 - HS & College teams - holistic approach - Helping create culture - effective communication - Manage changed - helping leaders reach goals
Coaches now have to be more like CEO’s - MVP Development Group helps leader communicate & resource their people, help leaders need to create trust,
1:19 New Business coming this summer - Recruiting is Later -
Created 2 events
Spotlight 88 Invitational- For Rising 8th/9th graders - PLL players & college coaches coaching - 2 1/2 day camp of high level skills and concepts at Towson Univ taught by college coaches.
Brian Voelker Podcast
Coach Voelker’s Lacrosse Journey
3:30 Coach Voelker’s playing days at Gilman
7:40 Voelker’s playing days at Johns Hopkins - playing for Coach Zimmerman - playing for Coach Tony Seaman - playing with Dave Pietramala
12:32 Take-away checking and the difference in defenders today
21:20 Coaching with Coach Tierney at Princeton and winning the National Championship
24:35 Returning to Hopkins as Assistant Coach, Becoming a Head Coach with the Bayhawks
26:50 Becoming Head Coach at University of Pennsylvania
27:10 Drexel Years
28:52 Culture at Drexel
30:00 Drexel Assistant Coaches Durkin & Boyle
33:03 Coach Voelker’s Defensive Philosophy - V-Hold vs Cross Check Hold - Crease slide vs Coma - Single invert - man vs zone - Defending 2 man game
47:00 Drexel’s Offensive Philosophy - BC/Canada connection - Reid Bowering
55:25 Keys to not giving up Transition
57:44 Recruiting - college coaches & pickup basketball on the recruiting trail - Less Fall recruiting events so athletes can play other sports
Lars Tiffany - National Champion University of Virginia Head Coach Lars Tiffany
01:23 Playing as a D1 Head Coach -Playing to enjoy the game -Time machine -Building empathy for the players we coach -Playing with old teammates -Personnel from the team -Learning communication -Decentralized command -Playing pick up lacrosse to stay with the game
11:00 Playing Small Sided Games -Two times a week -Practice plan breakdown -Breading decision making -"Skills are a solution" -Learning to implement solutions
14:35 Building the Culture in 2020 Coming Off the National Championship -Can't be identical from last year -Playing opponents more prepared for them -Can't play the underdog role -Reading as a team -This years book: The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday -The concept of hunger -Staying humble
23:00 Playing at Virginia This Year -Playing slower in 2019 than expected -Learning to balance possessions -Using shot clock as a metric measuring device -Playing fast with Coach Kirwin -Living through droughts and excepting turnovers -Bringing the schematic concept of managing games like football -Giving power back to the players -Playing fast requires good goaltending and face-off play
35:14 Defense Philosophy -Freedom to double to players backs -Allowing players to go outside the script -Freedom to slide -Defending the Yale rollback offense -Using the medicine of the game -Training heavy on Sundays off -Being physically ready for it -What about the COMA slide is advantageous for -Playing the invert behind with the COMA slide
48:16 Riding Philosophy and Scheme -Nature vs Nurture of it all -The personnel of the attackmen -The mentality the attackmen have -Pouncing on the sideline to sideline passes -The Munro drill or the Coquitlam drill -Notre Dame riding drill
55:56 Recruiting Philosophy and Tendencies -Change has come in defensemen -Recruiting defensemen for game day traits -Seeing communication skills in defensemen -Offensive talent is still seen early -Narrowing down the focus -Making the process more personal -Evaluating the 2021 class -Being patient
Andrew Baxter - Head Coach at Fairfield University
00:58 The Journey For Coach Baxter -Growing up in Rochester NY -8th grade -Reconnecting with past mentors -Transferring schools in college -Springfield legends coaching in college now -Coach Bugby -Connecting to the coaching world -Experiences at Colgate -Favorite camps from back in the day -The 5 years at Drexel -The beginning of building the pairs offense
29:46 Coaching With Old Teammate Nick Myers at Ohio State and Transitioning to Yale -The support from the wife -Taking a step professionally -Learning to build a program -Coaching with Nick Myers -Learning to be thoughtful -Evaluating options for a time by stepping away from the game -Being reached out to by Coach Shay at Yale -First few years at Yale -Why Andy Shay is successful -Developing men -Less is more -Players accountability
41:49 Building Culture -Worrying about the "how" instead of the "what" -It means something to get through practices -What the little things in practice should look like -How well you mobilize your team is an indicator of the structure of the program -Using the film to address the "what" -Managing change -Utilizing the mental side of the game -Recruiting culture-Working on culture
52:50 Style of Play Philosophy -Building on fluidity on two way play -Want to play fast -Breaking down the 6v6 play in the league -Really playing two way middies -The evolution of it all
58:18 Defensive Philosophy -Finishing your play -Going from on ball to off ball and visa versa -Transitioning roles within a possession -Efficiency is key -Practicing communication -Teaching decision making -Using rules within drills to encourage things -Parameter scrimmages
1:07:08 Offensive Philosophy -Early offense -Take advantage of two way middies -Very simple -Focusing on ball movement -Operating a lot out of the 22 set -2 man game -Why 2 man game is effective
1:11:41 Player Development Philosophy -Using individual periods -Using small groups and station work -Individual skill development is key -Starting with an individual experience in the spring -Teaching dodging -The footwork of different dodges -Teaching shooting
1:22:53 Recruiting Philosophy -School recruits itself -New facilities -Looking for core principles -Talking to their advocates -Skilled athletic attackmen as the unicorn -Playing both ways in the midfield -Face-off guys -Multi-sport athletes-Recruiting box players and Canadians -What you note in recruiting -Evaluating IQ
Jake Elliott - Analyst for Saskatchewan Rush and All Time Box Lacrosse Voice NLL Preview Part 3 - West Division
00:30 Calgary Roughnecks -Defending NLL Champions -Suspension of Dane Doby -Jesse King and his insertion -Offensive personnel -Christian Delbianco -Game 5 of the Minto Cup 2 Years ago -Tyler Pace and his thoughtfulness of the game -Curtis Dickson -Dane Doby
16:50 Saskatchewan Rush -Mark Mathews as the Mail Man -Mark Mathews peculiar stick -Derek Keenan and his coaching influence -The ever evolving offensive scheme -The Whitby system
30:18 Colorado Mammoth -Pat Coyle as a great Head Coach -Dillon Ward and building around him -Big strong defensive mindset -Some of the young guns -Spread thin in the early part of season -Reaching the 10-11 mark offensively
34:30 San Diego Seals -Getting Austin Staats -Getting Austin Staats back from injury -Missing some key assets -Still up in the air as a team -The "Rumble on the Runway" -Picking up Jeremy Noble -Connor Fields
43:02 Vancouver Warriors -Second year with new ownership -The depth is coming back -Competing in a tough western division -Trending towards the future -Important draft picks coming down the pike
Jake Elliott - Analyst for Saskatchewan Rush and All Time Box Lacrosse Voice NLL Preview Part 2 - North Division
00:30 Halifax Thunderbirds -The former Rochester Knighthawks -Cody Jamison -Shut down defensemen -Cody Hossack and how he's improving -NCAA players impact -Cody Jamison's shooting
09:15 Buffalo Bandits -Hammered in the offseason -Injuries plaquing them -Still in the mix -Dane Smith -Matt Vinc -Corey Small -Josh Byrne and his versatility -Chris Clutier and his impact
18:23 Toronto Rock -Bouncing back from a disappointing year -Playing in transition mode -Tom Schreiber -The areas where Schreiber will develop -Dan Dawson and his swim move -Latrell Harris
27:27 Rochester Knighthawks -Expansion team -Good mix of personnel -Holden Cattoni -Shawn Evans as a competitor
Jake Elliott - Analyst for Saskatchewan Rush and All Time Box Lacrosse Voice NLL Preview Part 1 - East Division
02:27 The Realignment and Expansion of the NLL -Halifax moving Rochester called the Expansion -New Rochester Knighthawks replacing the moved team -Second year for Philadelphia and San Diego -Three different divisions -New playoff format
07:02 Georgia Swarm -Lyle Thompson -Randy Staats -Ted Williams -Shane Jackson -Established returning goaltender -What makes Lyle Thompson so impressive -The underrated Randy Staats and his game
15:28 New England Black Wolves -2 road wins to start the year -The goaltending situation -The offensive personnel -The production in transition -Andrew Kew and his rookie year -Callum Crawford -"The Crowbar"
22:45 Philadelphia Wings -Fixing things from a disappointing year last year -New goaltending -Playing in a tough division -Recovering from injuries -Matt Rambo -Blaze Riorden
26:48 New York Riptide -Expansion year -Concerning acts on the team -Looking for Americans -College players from the NCAA
Michael Cummings - All American, All Ivy, 2x National Championship Games, All-Pro & Wall Street Bond Broker
01:19 Run in the Late 80's at Cornell-Recruiting class -The personnel of the older players -Close eyes shooting method -A dream year in 87' -The 88' year against Syracuse -Game vs North Carolina in 88' -Timmy Goldstien -Paul Schmoller -Playing for Richy Moran
14:42 Becoming a Bond Broker In New York -Relationships from Cornell -Following the crowd -Working as a Bond Broker
16:58 Playing Indoor With the New York Saints -Meeting Tom Towers -The who's who of Long Island -Changing as a player playing box -Hitting goalies in the head -National Championship National Anthem Story
20:51 The Evolution Into How Mike Got to Where He's at Today -Making all pro team as a rookie -Coming close to the USA team -Maryland and John Tillman -Penn State -Duke -Hoftsra -Working through self esteem problems -Becoming accepted by people at any cost -Loosing control -Living the split life -Self esteem as a driver in life -Using the strength from God -Tapping into dormant confidence -Urging people into not making the same mistakes -Selling real estate in Mexico -The saving grace of lacrosse
mcummings29@mac.com
Mike Murphy - Penn Head Coach and 2019 Head Coach Of The Year
00:59 Coach Murphy's Coaching Journey -It's about the people and the passion we share -Becoming friends with Andy Towers -Coach Benedict -1 v the whole team GB drill -Playing for Duke -The experience of coaching at Brown in 92' -Going along with Dom Starsia to Virginia -Bounce passes-Deep zone ride -Making the move to Penn
15:45 The Leadership and What Made the 12 Game Winning Streak Happen Last Season -The senior group -The balance of leadership and skill -The athletic fluency basketball brings to special players -The toughness of the team
19:39 Developing Culture To Build On Last Year -Not trying to replicate the last year -The team will be a little different -Style will likely stay similar -The use of collaboration -The off-field commitment -Recruiting your culture
24:43 Style of Play at Penn -Playing with pace-Spacing is key -Defining space -Engaging all 6 players -Spacing between dodgers and defender -Playing 2 way middies -Running zone defense
33:47 Player Development Philosophy -Fluency piece -More dynamic drills for players to react to -The credit to the coaches vs the player -V hold vs Crosscheck defense
38:21 Defensive Philosophy -Physical -Technical -Tactical -Key of connectivity -The concept of fluency
42:51 Recruiting Defensemen -Evaluating defensemen -Change of direction vs agility -Being able to react -Off-ball piece of recruiting -Evaluating IQ or game sense -Stick skill piece -Canadians and Box Lacrosse -Finding the right fit -Criteria: good student, good player, good kid -Flexible to see if they fit in to the scheme -The role at 2 man game at Penn -Recruiting defensive mentality -Style of play for short stick defensemen -The positions within positions for attackmen -Evaluating attackmen
1:00:06 New Rules -The dive is still being perfected -The shot clock -The sub box helped -New recruiting rules -The advantages for the players for the new recruiting rules -The advantages the coaches are getting with recruiting rules -Prospect day in June
1:05:00 Importance of Advocates and Informers for College Coaches -Using different sources -Character references are important -More time to evaluate with the new schedule -The use of film to evaluate players
Ryan Polley - Head Coach at Boston University
01:02 Coach Polly's Coaching Journey -Starting in high school -Introduction to lacrosse at Malvern -The competition of other sports -Playing two years of basketball in college -Trying lacrosse -The decision to coach girls lacrosse and start a program -Moving into the accounting world while coaching -Leaving it all on the table to go to Yale -Making the transition to Boston -The experience of learning shooting space
12:30 Mentors and Stories Learned Along the Way -Coach Polly's Mother as a mentor -The introduction to coaching -Learning from coaches -Learning how to do a career and coach -Learning from Andy Shay -Learning about the life outside of lacrosse -Understanding recruiting philosophy -Climbing out of the hole at Yale
21:50 Creating and Evolving the Culture at BU -The timing of everything -The process of getting the job at BU -Studying the blueprint of other club teams that had transitioned to D1 -Recruiting like a mad house at first -Needing senior leadership at first -Non-negotiables learned from Coach Polley's Mom -Time of collecting reflections after the Loyola game -Accountability -Motor Hard Work -Compete -Family -Instilling accountability -Reading books -The cycle of leadership styles
33:19 Instilling Quality Control In a Culture -Starts with the assistants -Listening to the players opinions -Open dialog with the other coaches
35:53 Difference Between Hard Work and Motor -Hard work happens over a length of time -Motor is in the moment -Bringing a good attitude to a 6 am lift
37:01 Player Development Philosophy -Part whole philosophy -The first week of the year -Working on skill development in smaller numbers -Laying down a foundation of individual skills before complete team work -Live vs scripted time during practice -Working on decision making in drills -The development of athletic IQ from Basketball
45:19 Offensive Philosophy -Up Tempo-Free flowing -The difference when you don't have a dominant player -More sharing of the ball -Taking the opportunities that arise -Playing 6v6 during the week -Using West Genny -Using 4v4 and 5v5 drills
50:55 Defensive Philosophy -Personnel based -Best year was a "slide when you need to" year -The use of the automatic slide defenses -Searching for an identity -Balancing sliding early and being able to rotate efficiently
55:49 Playing in the Patriot League -The coaches in the conference -Murderers row of a conference -The parity of the Patriot League -The changing of the guard -The importance of being a 1 or 2 seed
59:57 Recruiting -Starts with the transfers -Commitment to academics -Athleticism -Stick skills-Toughness -Character -How to tell if a dodger is really breaking a defender down -Judging IQ -Assessing off-ball play -On ball vs off-ball play for defensemen -Recruiting Canadians
Greg Cannella - Head Coach at UMass and Very Decorated D1 Men's Lacrosse Coach
00:56 Coach Cannella's Journey -Following suit to his Dad -Older brothers as big mentors -Tony Seamen as a high school coach -Starting at University of Maryland -Learning to play within a system -Making the transition to UMass
08:46 UMass Playing Days -The personnel of the team -The "White" defense -Some of the less known players who people should -"The Hill" -Stories of playing on The Hill -Throwing oranges while playing Syracuse
17:01 Making to Move To Coaching -Starting at Stoney Brook -Learning to want to coach -Growing the grass roots of the program -Learning the nuances of coaching -Jumping at the job at UMass -Coaching some great players -1993 UMass vs Yale game
22:10 Becoming a New Head Coach In 1995 at UMass -Sitting down and analyzing roster to configure a plan -Run and gun team -Playing disciplined on defense -Scripting portions of games -The effect on recruiting to be a slower paced team -The change to becoming more of a fast paced team -Progressing to becoming more aggressive on defense -The use of no rules drills -"Snidely look" -Breaking the 10 man ride
33:53 2006 Team and the Run They Made -Started with Doc Schneider -Jack Reed on defense -Facing off with a pole -Contributions from other players they hadn't before -The ups and downs from the year -Playing Cornell in the first round -Playing Hofstra in the Quarter Final in overtime -Playing the great group of the Maryland team -Going to the National Championship -Why Virginia was so good that year -The model of leadership of that team -Not drinking during the season
47:11 Where UMass is at With Building Team Culture -Ever evolving -Willingness to find people to be apart of it -The team embraces itself -Being able to use the dining facilities to bring in the young guys -Fostering an inclusive group
51:14 Player Development -Shooting -Off-ball play -Focusing on footwork and technique -Footwork is key defensively -The use of small groups and individual practices -Use of speed training -How do skills translate -Teaching decision making -Allowing players to play with what they are taught in a free environment -The translation of basketball -Translation from wrestling -How Box Lacrosse helps
1:05:37 Recruiting at UMass -Quality character -Toughness is a key -Speed is a key -Size is negotiable -Attack: be able to play off the ball -Defense: Agility, strength, and meanness -Ability to be apart of a group -Doc decides the goalies -The theme of working hard -Watching video of recruits -Seeing the good and the bad in live showcases
Colleen Magarity - Runs HHH Lacrosse, Former Colorado Coach, 3x National Champion and All American, WPLL Player
PART 2
01:11 Controlling What You Can Control -Story of a 22' -Can't get anxious -Do your role the best you can -Things to control in a game -Being happy for your teammates if they are getting recruited a lot -Good recruiters see how good your are on your worst day
05:53 Getting Expert Level Coaching -Being taught what it will be like at the next level -Don't be complacent with just being good in high school if your committed -Understanding the why portion of the game -Celebrating little things -Learning to move without the ball -Using film -Having an advocate -Finding an advocate
15:40 Getting Great at Being You -Every players x factor -Know your own role and do it well -Positions within positions -Tendencies of left handed players -Positions within attacker position -Positions within midfield position -What coaches are looking for within goalies
24:10 Highlight Videos -Getting more and more important -Timing -Diversity of clips -Show off ball as well as on ball clips -Having quality film -Using highlights not just plays -The competition in highlight videos -The use of stats -Don't doctor your shots
30:15 Emailing coaches-When to start -22's should start -21's should be emailing a lot -When to email and when not to -Using highlights in emails to coaches
34:54 Campus Visits -Visiting campus before getting recruited -Putting the cart before the horse -Do's and Don'ts on campus visits -Parents role -Prepare speaking about yourself -Don't talk about playing time -Don't jump into scholarships until they bring it up -Be respectful to your parents -Don't throw other coaches under the bus
41:18 NCAA Rules -September 1st of junior year is an important date to know -Different programs official visits procedures -Official: Paid by the institution (allowed 5 of them) -Unofficial: Paid for by the athletes parents (allowed unlimited) -Family decisions -Evaluation periods -Dead periods -June, July and 3 weeks in November to be evaluated -Advice on talking to coaches
48:34 Scholarships -3 different types Financial aid Merit aid *Athletic aid -Can you stack financial aid and athletic aid? -12.0 scholarships to divide amongst the team -The importance of getting anything -Negotiation and its place in the process -The ability to earn more later-Signing NLI
59:01 Timelines for Class of 2021 -In the thick of it all -Middle ground is starting to find homes -Schools are never done -D1 & D3 are starting their process -2021's recruiting by D1 schools in the coming summer -What to do as a 2021 coming January -The options to re-class -Use of a PG year
1:10:19 Knowing If Your Good Enough -Are you competing against top talent? -Self reflection -Ask your coaches -Using JM3 Video assessments
1:11:56 How Do you Know Your Being Recruited? -General interest is common early in the process -Phone calls are a big indicator -Getting on campus gives a personal connection -The small grey area -Don't watch how many times they watch your video
1:15:13 Finding a Good Lacrosse Club Where Your From -Travel to play with another club -Find a spot that works for you -If a place is full ask for a recommendation of another -Find an advocate -Just go crush it at camp
1:17:10 Is Division 1 Really for You? -Know what the grind of D1 is like -You have to love lacrosse -Its a job -Can you work off your butt off for 4 years? -Division 3's role
Seth Tierney - Head Coach at Hofstra University and Team USA Coach
01:16 Team USA Experiences -Working alongside some great coaches -The feel of a USA vs Canada game -Working with Coach Danowski -The process of being selected again -Preparing for a Gold Medal Game -Not overcoaching -The personnel of the team -Wanting to be coached
20:19 Hopkins Days in Late 80's and Early 90's -Being recruited by Bill Tierney -The late 80's games -Playing against the Gaits in 89 Championship -Coach Zimmerman's impact -Dave Pietramala as a player -The players of the era -Opening up "The Crease" Lacrosse Themed Bar -Coaching with Coach Pietramala at Hopkins
32:47 Philosophy of the Style of Play of Early 2000's Hopkins Teams -Getting the most out of your top ingredients -People like Kyle Harrison -The understanding of the game from these teams -The thoughts on jump shooting -Paul Rabil and how he learned from Kyle Harrison -The feeding role Paul Rabil played -The transition to Hofstra
43:15 The Influence of Nick and the Colleluori Family -The introduction to the Hofstra team -Working with Joe Amplo -Meeting Nick -The road for Michael -The fabric of that family
48:41 The Evolution as a Coach at Hofstra -Where to start? -Picking up what Coach Danowski started -The alumni and their impact on the program -Playing in the CAA -Turning into a true lacrosse school
54:10 Thoughts on This Season -Odd injuries last season -Hunger from last season -Solid fall and continued work now -Special connection to the women's program
56:32 Balance of Being a Dad Coach -"Go get a mirror and a picture of your son/daughter" -Ironing out communication lines-Coaching Ryan
59:13 Offensive Philosophy -New offensive coaching -Allowing freedom for coaches ideas -Playing loose -Coach Mac and his stories -Evolution of offense -Playing against the Bill Tierney defense -The things that will never change -Lengthening recoveries for defenses -Starts with recruiting -Getting close to poles to make them essentially a short stick -The physical post up game -The level of offensive talent in the PLL
1:10:36 Evaluating Character In Recruiting -The issue of taking chances on question marks -The aspect and use of technology -The use of advocates -Trying to understand the whole person -How to evaluate in person -How to evaluate while watching and recruiting
1:16:01 Recruiting Attackman -Looking for people who react well when they have a man on them -Playing other sports? -Is he a leader on the field? -Fitting his styles with other guys on the roster -Recruiting Canadians
1:21:24 Recruiting Defensemen -Evaluating size and athleticism -Evaluating IQ -Watching them talk with their stick and hands -Changes in recruiting defensemen in the shot clock era -Importance in clearing ability in goalies and defensemen -The shift in recruiting two way players
Mike Boyle - Founder of Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning
02:41 What the Complete Youth Training System is All About -How do you train a kid? -It's easy to talk about something when your skins not in the game -Inventing NFL combine training -NHL fastest skater competition -The worry of getting hurt -Timing shorter segments -Record. Rank. Publish. -Different measurements -Using the "flying 10" -The difference of being faster -Using data to improve athletically -Only competing against the timer -Factoring in body weight -Focusing on power outputs -Velocity based training -Correlation between competing against players and injuries -Low quantity, High quality -"Minimum effective dose"
28:25 Exercises and Walk Through -Roll out/stretch -Speed drills/dynamic warm up -Ployometreics and med ball throws -Jump and or Hop -Repeat 3 times -Warm up sprints -Timed sprints -Timing -3 minutes of sprints -Efficiency is key -Elite female numbers -The effectiveness of 20 yard movements
35:31 Agility -Bets influenced by the game itself not athletic training -Single leg strength is crucial to be agile -Direction change is key -The progression of lateral step -"The bucket analogy"
41:50 Kids Learning How Be Fluent -How kids get better is by playing -"The One Thing For Coaching" Article -The need to see the right way to do things -The concept of passion to watch
46:59 Philosophy of Strength -"Push, pull, do something for your legs" -Learning to do the basics -When to start kids in the weight room -"The end in mind" -The progression from year 1 to year 2 -The rules of showing up -The importance of strength and conditioning
58:14 Consistency of Using Online Training -Following along on the phone -The Mike Boyle Program: Bodybyboyleonline.com -The investment in equipment -The formula to success in anything -Google: Complete Youth Training Mike Boyle -The versatility across sports -The long term commitment to the athletes body
Colleen Magarity - Runs HHH Lacrosse, Former Colorado Coach, 3x National Champion and All American, WPLL Player 01:07 "Recruiting is a Crapshoot"-Why the fall is especially bad -The disparity between teams -You can't control much as a player-Impact of referees -Being assertive 06:39 How Do You Choose a Club?-Gut feeling with the coaching staff -Versatility is key -Playing in the right tournaments -Have the right connections to colleges-Major tournaments to be in -Staying the course of development over time -The importance of advocacy and how it works-Debunking advocate myths 15:14 Managing Assertiveness In a Club -Capitalizing on opportunities you do get -Focus on the little things and let the bigger things unfold-The importance of "right now"-Second waves of interest 17:59 Old School vs New School Club Lacrosse-Different styles of play being introduced-The translation from high school to college -The importance of IQ-The occurrence of zone defenses-Recruiting middies vs defensemen -Development in lacrosse skill 25:26 What Coaches Really Want-Focusing on getting better -Showing improvement -Character assessment of players-Team mentality is so key -The impact of parents 32:15 Evaluating Athleticism -"Can't teach speed"-Athletes are the player coaches will take a risk on -Need balance between skill and pure athleticism -Releasing burn out through being a multi sport athlete -Open communication about other sports conflicts with recruiting 37:40 Evaluating Skill-Catching and throwing is huge-Smooth cradle-Building the meaning of fundamental skills-How many skills do you actually use?-Making higher end skills as fundamental, like behind the back passing -Learning to not have to use an off hand -Smooth soft hands are key-Concept of stick to the outside 47:03 Recruiting IQ-Instill the correct way to move the ball -Using deception and faking -Using different skills in different scenarios -Using skills when they are warranted -Using free play to practice decision making -Offball movements and their impact -Difference in defensive IQ-Communication IQ 1:01:56 Academics -They only give you more opportunities -Using them as a gateway 1:03:10 Summer Recruiting -Map out summer with parents -Take down time -Pick camps with multiple coaches-Using teams camps -Living on the west coast-Catering to how you shine as a player 1:11:51 Player Development to Be Good Enough -Understand if you want to play college lacrosse first -Putting down priorities -Get faster, fitter and stronger -Get on the wall everyday to prove it -Working on the things you'll need in college lacrosse Email: colleen@big4lax.comEmail: jmunro@jm3sports.com
Ty Xanders - Inside Lacrosse's Director of Recruiting & High School Content 01:01 Class of 2021 Recruiting -Focused on this summer-first class through the entire cycle of the new rules-Best thing that could happen for the sport-Numbers of recruits breakdown -5 stars setting the process-Always surprising -Service academies advantage -Breakdown of different schools 07:43 Schools Leading the Way-Air Force - 10-Johns Hopkins, Brown, Maryland - 9-Changes in class sizes from the past -Differences for IVY Leagues -Sizes of recruiting classes-Total spots available for D1 players- 800-1,000-Spots available everywhere 13:05 Evaluating Rosters and Getting to Know Kids in the Process as a Player-Seeing a player multiple times -Developing a strategy -Smaller sample size-More talent than ever-Fall is more important than it has been -How it changes in the comping spring -The slow of recruiting during the season -Timeline to keep in mind for 2021's 21:45 What The Changes Will Do To Schools at the Bottom of the Food Chain -Flipping commits-The haves picking off the have-nots -The fluidity of it all-Where the pressure comes from -Take your time -Continuing to get better-More time to focus on developing 30:22 The Change in Watching and Recruiting High School Games-Hard to predict-Try to, but the season is most important -Evaluating high school vs club -Non as convinced there will be a significant more high school recruiting -The way high school coaches know there players better -Development of using film -Watching 2022 lacrosse this fall 42:38 The Class of 2022 Being Under Recruited / 2021 Class Skill Levels-This year is changing how we will handle it in the future-The talent differential from 2021-Building a list -The attack group -High scholarships to defensemen -Goalie class 47:46 Impact of Re-Classifying -More beneficial under the old rules-It will still exist-Gaining an advantage over the rest of the class-They will come possibly in November 56:17 Inside Lacrosse Player Ranking Breakdown -The rule of 5 -Breakdown of the yearly timeline for evaluation -College coaches help and input -There are a lot of misses unfortunately -Eyes outside that help evaluate beyond college coaches-Bias in the recruiting world -Adding stared players -Window shrinking to watch kids may make predictions less likely to be correct
Ryan Moran - Head Coach at UMBC
00:57 Coach Moran's Coaching Tree and Journey -A ton of family coaches at good schools -Legendary St. Anthony's game -Playing for all the different coaches at Maryland -Playing for coach Cottle -Making Biggie Proud -Wanting to stay integrated with a team -Coaching at N.A.P.S. -Coaching at Navy -Coaching at Maryland -2011 Maryland team -Two years at Loyola -Coaching Pat Spencer as a freshman
17:28 State of the Union at UMBC -Coaching staff breakdown -Off the field success leading to on the field success
19:35 Culture Building at UMBC -Test on each piece of the puzzle -If you take care of it off the field it'll translate on the field -Internal leadership -"Recruiting solutions not problems" -How to empower internal leadership -Empowering leadership to quality control on the field
26:36 Philosophy on Player Development and Decision Making -Starts with recruiting -Having someone who is versatile -Adaptability is key -Need to be able to play every spot -Using offensive tests -One handed players -How to develop decision making -Listening to adjacent players -Using scope to know what to do with the ball -Reading slides and skips -Confidence and its role in decision making
41:28 Offensive Philosophy -Adaptability to what opponents defense is bad at -Offensive efficiency stats -Middle of the field is key -2 man game is key -Assisted goals are key -Get a goalie to rotate multiple times a possession -Counting passes -Physical dodging philosophy -Creating an advantage in a post up dodge
52:45 Recruiting at UMBC -Just finished class of 20 -Change of rules and how its impacted recruiting -Truly recruiting two classes at a time -Living on both sides -The rate of players who are repeats -Controlling false positives -Factor of junior classes -Never done with a class
Chip Davis - Head Lacrosse Coach and Admissions Director at Deerfield Academy
01:42 Boarding Schools Overview -Scale of transformation -One stop shopping -Microcosm of the world -Transformative -Personal responsibility -Roles of adults for kids
07:07 How Boarding School Teaches Kids With Parents -Partnership with parents -Understanding and supporting the mission -Part in the curriculum -Sense of team
10:42 Why Boarding Schools as Lacrosse Players -Different narratives across the sport for players -Seeing what things look like in 9th/10th grade -Repeat year as a family decision -Not just male students -Academic misconceptions -Expansive curriculum
15:56 College Coaches Perceptions of Boarding Schools -More rigorously prepared for college -Mix of players -Allowing time to progress -Brings and instills buy in -Explore while your there -Composition of the roster
20:21 Rob Panell and The Late Bloomer Story -Late bloomer story -Athleticism change -Serious injuries -Middle school boarding school year -Learning time management
23:31 Financial Aid Piece -Mid 50's to mid 60's thousand per year -A lot of need based aid available -Merit aid vs need based aid -Representative of all socioeconomic levels -Allocation of aid for institutional wants and need
30:38 Academic Opportunity -Everyone has a different narrative -Research process to lead students to make the decision -What can I handle, and what do I need? -Differences in every school
36:57 Recruiting Help -Evolving roles -Role of college advisors -Advocate for intangible analysis of players -Using PG year after graduating HS for uncommitted players -Developments for players that generate new value
47:00 How This Environment of Playing Less Structured Lacrosse Works -"Less is more" -Using indoor and box to advantage -Different ways to practice throughout the year -How other seasons play in to lacrosse season -Self organizing things for the players -Strength and conditioning role
53:28 Timeline for Boarding Schools-Start in 9th grade year -Start looking as early as 7th grade -Visit to campus at some point is very helpful -Admission works as a funnel -Creating game film highlights -Having an advocate -No impossible time to find a home
Pat Colleluori - Chief Development Officer at HEADstrong Foundation 01:20 Nicholas and His Story-Growing up in a blue collar suburb in Philadelphia-Plucked off a baseball field -Loved life and the idea of competing -Team guy -3 sport athlete -Coming up in a time of growth in that area -State championship runs -Blue collar work ethic -Getting to Hofstra -Learning the close defense position-Rose to every opportunity 12:25 The News When Nicholas Found Out He Had Cancer-Diagnosed with aggressive non hodgkin's lymphoma-Did not show symptoms much initially-Coming home after freshman year at Hofstra -Playing with family -September 21st 2005 -Hearing the news-Confidence in himself -Michael's friend Evan Brady 22:26 Nicholas's Reaction and The Movement Into HEADstrong Foundation-Aggressive yet unsuccessful first round of treatment -Working as a family for Nick -Controlling certain things -Level of respect for everyone helping him -Preparing for a Stem Cell transplant 28:08 How All This Process Came Into the HEADstrong Foundation -Nicks priority was helping those helping him -Family coming together to help -Helping other people who didn't have as great of a support system -Desire for the well being of others -How Nicholas helped frame everything -Financial focus -Insurance games at the time -Helping with logistics -Knowing what it was like to need specialists -Helping with lodging -Nick's House 43:22 Plans Coming Up for HEADstrong Foundation -Nicks nickname: HEAD -Where things within the foundation come from -Short term goals of getting back to Hofstra -Getting back on the field the day he was discharged -Desire to start a dialog -Recent trip to Hofstra -Acknowledgment to Seth Tierney 51:37 Get Involved With HEADstrong -HEAdstrong.org-Social Media: Headstrong FND -Events to be apart of -Giving athletes an opportunity to be apart of the family-Donation -Lax/madness.com-Email HEADstrong anytime 55:04 Story of Nicholas's Last Time With His Teammates-Being 19 years old and having cancer -Team surrounding him helped him go through the process-Organizing trip to their home Journey along the way with the team -Eased the difficulty of saying goodbye-The bonding moment for everyone in that room
Greg Raymond - Hobart University Head Coach 00:54 Journey For Coach Raymond -Corning New York -Playing the trademark sport of the neighborhood -Bob Streeten and his impact -Empire State Games-3x Captain at Johns Hopkins -Progression of competing for a spot at Hopkins
12:58 Coaching Lessons Learned From Playing For Coach Pietramala -His purpose at every practice -The mix of the whole staff
16:38 Coaching With Bill Tierney at Princeton -Wanted to compete -Level of discipline -Learning a level of calmness -Going into an established relationship -Learning growth mindset of Coach T -Balance of innovation and fundamentals
28:33 Coaching at Drexel and Princeton With Coach Bates -Short time but loved it -Work hard mentality -Going back to Princeton -Filling in the shoes of Coach T -Roster moving into Princeton
33:55 Taking Over Hobart -Culture going in -Evaluating culture -Form Phase -Storm Phase -Norm Phase -Genuinely caring -Empowering a peer connection
45:28 Hobart Now With Stephen Brundage -Pete Poulin's absence in recruiting -Steph's buy in immediately -The recruiting changes -Class of 2021's impact from rule shift -Be bought in wherever you are
57:59 The Extension Of Recruiting -Reason for the rule change -Coaches will always try to get ahead -"Late Bloomers" to just Bloomers
1:01:06 Preview of Hobart -Injuries impacting fall -Returning starters -Breakdown of the players lost -The impact of the freshman -Use mold from last year and add coach Brundage offense -Playing 2 way middies philosophy -Use of "horses"-Early defense -Defensive philosophy
Hannah Nielsen - Head Women's Coach at Michigan and All-Time Women's Player
01:03 Experience Growing Up Playing Lacrosse in Australia -Laid Back Attitude -Constant Stick In Your Hands -Emulating Players Around Her -Playing at All Age Groups -Mentors In Australia -Trish Adams -Tim Dickson -Season in Australia -Playing Other Sports
10:34 Playing at Northwestern -Visiting Schools from being in the U.S for the World Cup -Vision of the program -Playing for Kelly -Playing with confidence -Changes In Rules -First team to run lines
16:24 Moving to Colorado and Building a Program From Scratch -Dream to live in Colorado -Having a hand in everything -Rewarding seeing how far they went
19:30 Coaching at Northwestern -Seeing what goes on behind the scenes -Major learning experience -Coaching at an Alma Mater -Working with Selena Lasota
21:34 State of the Union at Michigan -Surreal experience -Resources and support from school -Team this year -Breakout year last year -Building a culture -Accountability from players
32:16 Player Development -A lot of positional breakdowns -Teaching and then practicing in live setting -Working on individual skills -Learning as a coach -Learning from watching -Free Play to work on decision making
42:13 The Influence of Box Lacrosse -Not forefront of offense but is a tool -Adding tools to the toolbox -Getting to a spot on the field
49:00 Defensive Philosophy -Man first -Have a zone in back pocket -A lot of communication -Stop people 1v1 -Zone vs man against opponents -Developing zone concept -Playing keep away
55:07 Recruiting Philosophy -Looking for great people -Looking for athletes -Game sense and stick skills are important but it can be taught -Being passionate about Michigan -Timeline for class of 2021 -Recruiting defenders
Joe Amplo - U.S Naval Academy Head Coach
02:03 Coach Amplo's Coaching Journey -Sachem High School -High School Football Coach's Impact -Walking On At Hofstra -Chris Colbeck -Seth Tierney -John Danowski -Mike Murphy -The Instant Match At Marquette -The Impact of the 2012 National Championship
15:51 Building Culture at Navy -More Challenging In Some Ways -Inheriting a Culture vs Creating One -More "Lacrosse Work"
21:57 Player Development Philosophy -Teach Basics First -Fundamentals Are Key -Impact of Assistant Head Coaches at Navy
26:36 Defensive and Offensive Philosophy at Navy -More Agresive -Using Athleticism -Shot Clock Advantages With Pressure -Less Scripted Offense -Adding Repertoire To Individual Players -"Game Is Won and Lost In the Grey Area" -Creating Decision Making
34:54 Recruiting -Physical Attribute Clearing House -Willingness to Play With An Edge or Something to Prove -Has To Want To Be There -Specialty Players -Both Handed Attackmen -Attackmen: Needs Great Hands or Tremendous Inside Presence or Great Dodger -Midfield: Downhill Dodgers Who Can Shoot On The Run or Be Able to Get Hands Free -Short Stick Defensemen: Most Important Players, Great Athletes, Control On Hips -Defensemen: All About Great Feet, Good Control Of Body, Very Instinctive Off Ball -Recruiting Defensive IQ
49:23 Sharpening Your Saw And Developing -Talking to Other Coaches -Learning More About Leadership and Mental Side -A lot of Reading -Sports Psychology and Leadership Center -Recommended Books
Bobby Shriver - Legendary Head Coach at Boys Latin High School
01:18 John Brown Store -Meeting at John Brown Store -Meeting Peter Hilgartner -Original U.S Lacrosse Videos -The Rest of the Hilgartner Family -The Birth of 3x
07:43 1997 and Other Boys Latin Teams -Always Talked About -Adopting the Rec Team Players From the Area -Playing With a Healthy Defense -The College Careers The Plays Went On To Have -06' Team -14' Team -Multiple Undefeated Teams -13' Team
15:57 Coach Shriver's Coaching Tree -The Start to Getting Into Boys Latin Program -Meeting Quint Kessenich -Coaching a Lot of Great Players That Are Now Coaches
20:50 The Culture at Boys Latin and How Coach Shriver Built It -Learning How To Motivate Kids -Right of Passage Along the Way -Level of Consistency -The Legacy Built Up
23:58 The Changes In The Game Over The Years -Progression of Better Athletes -The Rule Changes -Less Control Over The Game From Coaches -Plastic Stick -Playing With 6 or 9 Poles -Timeless Players -Influence Canadians and Natives Have Had On The Game
31:03 Free Play and Unstructured Play and Its Evolution -More Free Flowing Game -Playing Unsettled Situations -Specializing In Sports Too Young -Playing Other Unstructured Sports
37:53 Offensive Philosophy and Its Evolution at Boys Latin -Attacking From Behind the Goal With Good Attackmen -Taking Advantage of Teams Not Having 3 Great Defensemen -Riding Well Is Important - 41:13 Philosophy On Player Development -Developing Skill -Hoping To Get The Right Players -Importance Of Lefty Players -Make Do With What You Have
43:28 Man vs. Zone Over The Years -Play a Lot of Zone Defense -Mixing It Up All The Time -Difference Is Not As Great As It Seems
47:18 Things Taken From Different People To Sharpen Coach Shriver's Saw -Dave Cottle -Tony Seaman -Bill Tierney -Carl Rook -Dick Edell -Don Zimmerman -Jake Reed -Dave Urick
56:24 Conclusion
Dan Chemotti - University of Richmond Head Coach
02:10 Playing at West Genesee Lacrosse To Start -Growing Up Playing Other Sports -Playing With His Buddies -Playing in a Great Youth Program -Shove Park Stories -Getting Coached by Mike Messere
11:44 The Special Blend of Structured Play and Free Play -First 30 Minutes of Instruction and Pick Up at Shove Park -Attention to Detail at West Genesee -Not Using Plays or Set Offense at West Genesee -Working on a Lot of Transition in Practice
14:30 Playing for Coach Pressler at Duke -Leaving Syracuse -Winning 2 ACC Championships -Relationships Made With Coach Pressler and Coach Alberici -Team Mates Going On To Coach As Well
18:07 Coaching Journey at Dartmouth, St. Johns, Loyola, -Coaching With Coach Sowell -Learning About Honesty -Getting a Lot Out of Players -Noon Time Hoops -Winning the Ivy League Championship -Departing With Coach Sowell -"Baptism by Fire" -Going Back to St. Johns With Coach Sowell -Working at Loyola in 2006-2012 -A Deep Relationship With Coach Toomey and His Players
26:19 2012 Loyola National Championship Year -Amazing Group -Senior Leadership Case Study -Leading a Skilled Junior Class -Transition Style Offense -Fast Playing Rope Group
30:46 Starting a Program at Richmond and Building Culture -New Opportunities -Perfect Fit For Lacrosse -Starting a Program From Scratch -Single Digits of Admissions for the Team -Teaching a New Culture -Starting With 34 Guys on the Roster -One Goal Game vs Virginia 1st Game -Going to Playoff In First Season -3 NCAA Tournaments in 6 Years -6 Conference Championship Games -3 Conference Champions
43:27 Signature Richmond Ride -Born Out of Inability to Win Face-offs -"Soft" 10 Man Ride -Coming Up With the Concept -The Evolution of It -Creating Doubles Near the Midline
49:05 Practices at Richmond -Uptempo -Always Doing Something -Winners and Losers -Run a Lot of Transition -Skill Development Is Key -Ground Ball Offense Philosophy
52:22 Skill Development Philosophy -Skill Related Practices -A lot of Shooting -Slowing Things Down at First -Filming Practice and Breaking It Down
55:57 Recruiting by Position -IQ In Attackman -Versatility In Attackman -Keys to Off-ball Attackman -Box Players -Leverage In Midfield -Good Passers In Midfield -2 Way Middies Are Strong -Athleticism In Defensemen -Presence In the Goal
September 21-22 Prospect Day on RichmondSpiders.com
Ted Kroeten - Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Joy of the People Soccer
01:11 Coach Kroeten's Journey -Watching other Sports -Grew Up Playing Different Pick Up Sports -Learning Everything Step by Step -Playing in College -Getting Into Coaching and Initial Realizations -Coming Upon Free Play -Discovering the Benefits of Small Sided Games -Playing With Relationships
24:58 Fluency vs Accuracy -Convincing Parents Even Though They Trained Differently -Talking to Some of the Greats in Rio -Using Language Learning Theories -Learning and Acquisition -Overloaded vs Underloaded Players
43:40 Learning How to Communicate to Be Assertive -The Physiological Concept of UnderLoading -"Easy as Possible" -Tie In to War Time Survival
51:34 The Paradox of Learning Without Being Taught -No Two People Are the Same -Players Learned Something From Watching -Greatness Isn't Taught -Adaptability as a Key
1:00:49 The Best Academies in The World and the Players Their Developing -Treating Acquisition and Learning Separately -Mixing the Two Environments -The Rarities of Street Players but Who Are More Dominant
1:10:25 How To Protect Free Play Environment -People Want to Play on Teams -Making Teams So That Kids Get to Stay Together -Progressing In Level of Play -Getting Better by Playing Free Play
1:19:55 Navigating Intentionality -Focusing on Things Like Relationships -Focusing on Not Giving Up on Play -Coaches Participate
1:23:53 Pass It On Model -Older Kids Teach the Younger Kids -Getting It Started -Using It As a Movement
Anthony Gilardi - Stony Brook Men's Lacrosse Head Coach
01:43 Coach Gilardi's Journey -Growing Up In Long Island -Playing Different Sports In High School -Playing for Coach Breschi and The Other Coaches at Ohio State -Some of the Players He Played With Along the Way -Mike Caravana at Denison -Going Back to Ohio State as an Assistant and 06' Team -Coaching at Navy -Whiteboard Wars
15:55 Coaching as a First Assistant at Towson -Coaching With Coach Nadelen -Learning to Be a Head Coach -Playing Against Coach Nadelen -Coaching Kids With Something to Prove
20:48 Run Down on Stony Brook -Putting Together a Great Staff -Getting Alumni On Board -Assembling the Right Recruits -Talking to the Players and Asking A Lot of Questions -Facilities for Stony Brook -Competitive Conference -Coaches Within the Conference
29:07 Envision of Philosophy of Play At Stony Brook -The Impact of the Shot Clock and Playing Fast -Playing 2 Way Middies -Player Development
32:58 Offensive Philosophy -Fundamentals Win Games -Shooting Fundamentals are Important -Using Progressions to Bring Pieces Into a Whole -Using Skill Work
36:45 Philosophy On Using Box Lacrosse -Studying the Ball Movement -Knowing When Someone Is Open and When They Are Not -Canadians Influence at Stony Brook -Incorporating 2 Man Game -Utilizing the Volume of Reps
42:44 Defensive Philosophy -Simplicity is Key -Simplifying it For 2 Way Middies -Playing Fast
45:00 Recruiting Philosophy -Kids That are Tough, Work Hard, and Love Lacrosse -Kids Who We Can Teach and Develop -Players Who Want To Get Better Everyday -Finding What We Need Positionally -Breaking Midfielders Down Into Segments -Bigger Goalies
52:40 Prospect Days and Going Forward -October 14th -Team Meetings and Coming Together
Brian McCormick - Head Basketball Coach at Broward College, Author, PhD
01:26 Fake Fundamentals -3 Man Weave -Hidden Conditioning Drills -Addressing the True Reasons For Mistakes -Counting Reps -Practicing the Skill of Running and Passing on the Run -The Benefit of Reading and Reacting vs Defenseless Drills -7v5 Passing Drill -Long Island Passing Drill -Writing the Fake Fundamentals Book
18:28 Practice Structures -"Blocked" Practice -Motor Learning Concept -Basically Doing One Thing -"Constant Block" Practice -"Random Variable" Practice -What Transfers Best to Game Day -Practicing How Your Role Plays In a Game -Argument Against "Game Slippage"
30:22 Getting Skills to Translate to Games (Faking Specifically) -Using Pick Up Games -Reading the Defense to Know What Move to Use vs More and More Moves -Teaching Players When to Use Skills -Working Individually by Yourself Limits You
36:52 The Evolution of Pick Up Games -It Has Been Societal -Planning "Play Date" -Organic Nature of Pick Up Games -Individual Training Has Been Seen As a Solution, But Really It's Pick Up Games -Learning as the Key vs Teaching
47:42 Environments to Create In Practice -"Canada Basketball" Drill (Boxes) -Limiting Dribbles -1v1's With Only Attacking Inside 3pt Line -1v1 With No Scoring Inside Key -"Wildcat Rules" Drill -Making Players Play Fast
56:00 Teaching 2 Man Game -One of the First Things Taught -How to Teach Pick and Roll -How to Read Pick Situation -Attacking Switch Side of the Pick -Side Pick and Rolls -How Personnel Fits
1:05:33 Use of Hesitations and Fakes in 2 Man Game Situations -Working Against Natural Cadence of Hesitating -Teaching When to Hesitate and How to Fake -Working Against Jab Step With No Defender on You Yet -Euro Step -Playing Roles as a Player -Catching and Playing in Space
1:11:20 Drop Steps vs Hip Turns -Overview of Each -Drop Step: Foot Plants -Hip Turn: Turning in the Air -Study Done on This to Determine Which One Is Quicker -Hip Turn Ended Up Being Quicker -Safety of Hip Turns vs Drop Steps With ACL Injuries -Using Bodies Natural Elasticity -A lot of Players Naturally Cross Feet and Hip Turn Naturally
Learn More: "Fake Fundamentals" & "Fake Fundamentals 2" on Kindle/Amazon "21st Century Basketball Practice" on Amazon
Tim McCormack - Arizona State University Women's Head Coach
01:04 Being a New Head Coach -Road Trip Out -ASU as a School -Other Things Coming With The Program
03:07 Competing in the Pac-12 -Tough Conference to Compete In -Connection to Northwestern on the Coaching Staff -Competing at a High Level Every Day -Home and Home Schedule -Location of Arizona Opening Up Schedule Possibilities
07:56 Coach McCormack's Journey -Playing at UMass -The Impact of Empowering Coaches at UMass In a Backup Goalie Role -Culture Lessons Learned From 3 Years as a Starter at UMass -Playing Along Side Some Great Players -Getting Into Coaching Women's Lacrosse -6 Years at Northwestern -Coaching Selena Lasota -Other Coaches Impact and Lessons Learned
20:20 Learning From Working With Kelly Amonte Hiller at Northwestern -The Want to Keep Learning -Finding the Positives In Things -Winning a Championship Within 4 Years at Northwestern -Pioneering New Expierences -Always Learning
25:20 Building Culture at ASU -Most Fun Piece of the Players Day -Play Hard Mentality From UMass -Creating People Ready For the Work Force -Compete at the Highest Level Every Day Starting at Practice
28:00 The Style of Play at ASU and Philosophy -Up Tempo Offensively -GBO -2 Man Game Philosophy -Disciplined on Defense -Playing Man First and Good Help Defense -Elaborating on 2 Man Offensive Philosophy -Elaborating on Angles and Discipline Defensive Philosophy -Why Box Players Are More Effective and Emulating Their Philosophy
42:44 Player Development Philosophy -Anyone Can Play a Good 2 Man Offense -Using Double Threat Dodging Fundamentals -2v0 Drill Looks -Learning to Pick a Player -2v1 Drill Looks -Allowing Players Make Decisions -The Rest of the Drill Progression
49:29 2 Man Game on the Rise in Women's Lacrosse -Starting at Northwestern -MLL Stats -Those Who Don't Adapt May Fall Behind in a Few Years
52:54 Recruiting -Recruiting Families -Ability to Adapt to ASU Style -Finding People Who Love This Sport -Diversity Is Important -Prospect Days Coming Up In September/October -A Great Place To Be At ASU -Recruiting Defensive Players
Matt Karweck - Head Coach at Colgate University
00:52 Coach Karweck's Journey and Mentors Along the Way -From Upstate NY -Skipping school to go shoot -Recruiting from the area -Learning how to use lacrosse skills over pure athleticism -Empire State Games -Experience at Notre Dame with First Scholarship Class -The changing Culture at Notre Dame at the Time -Kevin Corrigan as a Coaching Mentor -Kevin Andersen as an Offensive Mentor
15:00 Going To Work For English Lacrosse Association and Coming Home -Went to England After College To Work -Coach Corrigan Reaching Out to Come Back to Notre Dame to Coach -Going Across Country Side Teaching Lacrosse -Playing for the Club Team on the Weekends -Was Going to Coach With Stan Ross at Butler But Program Was Dropped -Coaching IU Bloomington
22:20 The Rest of the Journey -Playing as a Pro Player -Working at Detroit Mercy -Teaching and Coaching at Merrimack -Coaching at Notre Dame with Gerry Byrne and Kevin Corrigan
26:40 Transitioning to Colgate -Overcoming the bombing of the phone interview -Being From Upstate NY -Phenomenal Culture at Colgate
29:10 Developing Culture and Vision at Colgate -Inspire the Next Level of Decision Making -Internal Drive at Motivation -External Motivations -The "We" -Exposing Players to New Things -Becoming the Best Version of Yourself -What It Looks Like to Be a Colgate Lacrosse Player
36:35 Being the Best Version Of Yourself To Be Who You Want to Be at Colgate as a Team -Focusing on Internal Hapiness -Syracuse Game Win from 2019 -Playing Fast in the Shot Clock Era -Game/Time Awareness From the Box Game -Playing More Players
44:30 Cranking Up The Pressure Defensively -Causes Indecisiveness -Slide Hard, and Cause People to Make Quick Decisions -Green Light to Get Up Field and Get Out and Guard -"Make Them Be Great" -Blows Up Set Plays -Redefining Competitiveness -Tactics to Apply Pressure
53:12 Using Player Development To Bring Colgate To Another Level -Working On How to Catch and Getting Reps -Working on Athletic Stance -Communication Development
56:44 2 Man Game Philosophy -Playing Defensively -Doing 2 Man Games In Different Areas of the Field -IQ Development For Defensemen -Tyler Pace and Mike Lines VLS Webinars
1:02:35 Recruiting -Want Poles Who Can Handle -Goalies Can't Give Up Rebounds -Want Workers in the Ride -Midfielders That Are Willing to Stay on the Field -September 15th on Campus Prospect Day -Traveling Prospect Days
Sean Kirwan - University of Virginia Offensive Coordinator
00:44 Coach Kirwan's Journey -Lacrosse Familiy -Mountain Lakes Lacrosse -Growing Up In a Strong Program -Playing College Lacrosse at Tufts University -Coaching as a Graduate Assistant at Tufts
04:17 Coach Kirwan's Offensive Philosophy and It's Evolution -Putting Pressure On Opponents -Playing To Your Strengths -Up Tempo
07:07 The Things Learned From Coach Dailey -Allowing Autonomy -Teaching How To Manage People
08:37 Transitioning to D3 to D1 and Lessons Learned From Lars Tiffany -Learning the Next Layer to Everything -Playing the "Long Game" -Becoming More Prepared -Trust and Autonomy While Demanding the Best
13:20 Lessons Learned and How Talent Was Leveraged in 2015 and 2016 @ Brown -Realizing Structure -Learning From Not Putting Enough Pressure on Opponents -Learning How to Play Settled 6v6 Offense -Finding the Balance Between Structure and Creativity -Coaching a Player Like Dylan Molloy -Being Able To Identify and Manipulate Sliders
24:55 UVA's Championship Run Offense -Feeling Confident in Matchups With Two no. 1 Attackman -Invert Options With High IQ Players -Two Very Talented Middies -Capitalizing What They Knew Best -Playing as a 6 Man Unit, Especially Late in Games
31:51 Yale's Offense -Flow of the Offense -Freezing Defensemen to Get The Chasing -Making You Pay For Showing Off Mirror -Yale vs Penn State
35:15 Penn State's Offense -Off-ball Play -Generating Offense Without Winning Matchups -Admirable Shooting -Basketball Influence
39:00 Why Hang Up Game is SO Dangerous? -Creates Indecision -Generating Backside Come Around Goals -Different Things to Think About Defensively
41:58 Having a Team of Come Back Kids -Continue to Get Stressful as Season Goes On -Strong Senior Class -Ryan Conrad -Leaning on Second Year Class -Momentum is a Funny Thing -Riding Intensity and Its Impact
49:47 Progression and Emphasis on Player Development -Important to Lars and Bled Into Coach Kirwan -Three Phases to Introduce -Teaching How To Play In Transition -Teaching The Time and Place To Dodge Differently -Drilling All Goals Scored in the Duke Game
57:27 Recruiting and What Is Being Looked For? -Analytically Driven -Highlighting Hot Beds to Focus On To Be Efficient -Talking to High School and Club Coaches -"Shooting Without Ego" -Being Able to Run By vs Get By A Defender In Recruiting -Dissecting IQ -Using Pick Up vs Instruction Because of Competition
Devon Wills - Women's Head Coach at Harvard University
01:02 Coach Wills Coaching Journey -LaxWorld store and friends youth league - Mark Foster -Going to Dartmouth -Being around friends with lacrosse -U.S Coaches impact -Playing with the boys in high school and Colorado High schools
05:47 The Mentorship at Dartmouth -The appeal of Dartmouth -Amy Patton and her impact -Stepping in to help coach after graduation at Dartmouth
08:28 The Changes in Rules in Women's Lacrosse and Stick Technology -The switch to the out of bounds rules -The growth of the game in every area -Olympic styles and evolution of the game -Social media impact
10:42 Learning From her Denver University and USC Experience -Learning a new passion for the game -Showing the player relationship side -Discussions and an open mind are good -Getting into USC and starting a program -Making the NCAA tournament as a new program -The first class at USC -Lindsey Munday and her imoact -The creation of their Zone
19:25 Building the Culture at Harvard as a Head Coach -Difference from USC -Breaking bad mentalities -Empowering the team -Excitement for change and buying in -How to increase buy in from the team and excitement
22:27 Philosophy on Player Development -Using the fall for fundamentals -Being creative being restricted by the Ivy League -Teaching the basics constantly -Drilling anticipation -Physicality in women's lacrosse -Progression of 1v1's -The use of post ups -Long dodges vs in tight dodges
33:52 Philosophy of 2 Man Game -Growing more in the women's game -Negative to putting the whole show on less players -Different colleges who do it
36:15 Defensive Philosophy -Depends on the personnel -More footwork oriented -Trying to take as much decision making out of it -Starts with foundation and goes from there -Working on uneven situations and rotations -2 way middies -Playing pressure behind the net
42:42 What Coach Wills Looks for Recruiting -Good footwork -Competitive spirit -Position specific -Evaluating IQ in defenders -Evaluation environments -Evaluating diversity in offensive players -Evaluating goalies
48:49 Changes in 8 Merter Shots -Hammering the ball instead of running in -Depends on the types of goalies
Shawn Nadelen - Head Coach at Towson University
01:03 Switching Gears for the Next Go Around -Getting past the sting of this year -Upcoming recruiting -Family time
03:46 Coach Nadelen's Journey -Growing up in Rochester NY -His brothers influence -Getting recruited to Johns Hopkins -Learning defensive intricacies -Playing for Coach Pietramala -Coach Haas and his impact
18:24 Inside Look at Princeton at the End of Their Best Years and Others -Learning from that coaching staff -Three years of learning -Casey Powell at the time and the tough matchup -Being a player while your coaching -Learning from so many different head coaches -The impact Coach Dave Huntley had on Coach Nadelen
31:55 Coach Tony Seaman -The perspective he had -Learning how to work with young men -Some of his innovations
37:10 Learning Curve Derived from Players Coach Nadelen Played With -Learning from the older guys at the beginning of college -Offensive players telling you how to be a better defender -Learning off ball defense -Days all the way back to the Empire State Games
40:23 Defensive Philosophy -Running 3 different defenses (2 crease defenses and a zone) -Different theories on how to play -V-holds vs no v-holds
46:22 Player Development -Investing in player development is going to pay the biggest dividends -Different models to support more of it -Position specific work -The two way street between plans and players
54:00 The Use of Film -Assuring there is video of every practice, and that it gets watched -Challenge of teaching guys how to watch film -Film review of yourself as well as opponents -Learning THE game and YOUR game -Breaking down goalies -The scout teams use of film -Noticing the need to dodge physically in film
1:04:41 Recruiting -No drastic changes in how to recruit with shot clock era -Identifying lacrosse IQ -Trying to be more dynamic at the midfield
1:12:15 Evaluating Lacrosse IQ in Defensemen -Bring it up in conversation with coaches and recruits -Asking the right questions to figure out IQ before making decisions -Off ball movements -Ability to process changes with every pass -Communication is key
John Galloway - Head Coach at Jacksonville and PLL Goalie
01:08 Coaching Journey -Growing up in the West Genesee Program and character lessons -Feeder program in middle school -Mentor coaches and coach Messere -Playing on a 5x5 Net -Value of training for defenders with a short stick -Typical Practice at West Genesee -Working the stick skill fundamentals -'West Genney' drill's origination
08:39 Going from West Genesee to Syracuse -Kevin Donahue -Art over science -Well rounded mindset -Secret sauce at SU -Kevin Donahue's impact and versatility -Coach Desko and his impact
16:06 Going to Duke as a Assistant Coach -Learning how to coach and break game down -Outside the box ideas -Coach Danowski and his well rounded approach -Coach Caputo and the lasting impression he leaves -Drilling fundamentals in a new way
23:24 Experience at Providence -Baptism under fire time -Coach Gabrielli and his impact -Best way to learn to be creative
25:07 The Big Break as the Head Coach at Jacksonville -Drinking from a fire hose -Coaching the 'Jacksonville way' -Identity over culture -How to build identity with the team -Instilling things outside of lacrosse that will translate on the field -Impact from playing days and lessons learned from being coached -Being vulnerable in the locker room
32:06 Philosophy on Player Development -'Duval Hour' - optional individual session -Tuesday competition days -Eliminating the word 'Hardo'
37:07 Rule Changes Impact on the Year -Changes the shot clock has had from a coaches perspective -New way to watch film -20 second windows -Learning to go off script -Penn State's offense evolving -Different ways of doing things
43:20 The PLL Expierence -Getting to know Paul as a entrepreneur -Exciting product -The team make up
47:32 Recruiting Philosophy and Advice -Fitting in the scheme of what the team needs -Recruiting hard playing players -Recruiting smaller defensemen with attitude -No geographic exclusivity -Skill set offensively -Finding and evaluating off ball players
In Season with Andy Towers NCAA Championship Weekend Review
01:03 Duke vs Virginia -Face-offs down the stretch -The battle back -Different personnel for Virginia -Alex Rhode's play all weekend -Different defensive looks from Virginia -This Weeks Blog Referred to: https://www.jm3sports.com/blog/a-lacrosse-weekend-5-26-19 -Offensive schemes from the game -Motion vs stagnant offense for Virginia
13:17 Penn State vs Yale -Beating Penn State at their own game -The ebbs and flows of the face-off game -The impact the shot clock has had on face-off volumes -TD Ierlan's ability to create 50/50 GB's
19:53 National Championship Virginia vs Yale -The advantages each team brought into the game -Virginia's 222 B/L offense -Virginia's tight packed defense gave opportunities for Yale to shoot -Virginia earning the win -Missed first chance ground balls -Yale's exhaustion -The physicality and the impact of the rides -Ryan Conrad in the tournament
33:58 Axia Time Player of the Week Jamie: Matt Moore - Virginia Andy: One Per Game Petey LaSalla - Virginia Matt Brandau - Yale Alex Rhode - Virginia
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In Season with Andy Towers Live From PLL Training Camp NCAA Tournament Week 3 / Pre-Championship Weekend
01:34 Recap of last weekend and the stage lacrosse is in 05:10 Virginia vs Maryland 12:05 Duke vs Notre Dame 17:40 Penn State vs Loyola 24:05 Yale vs Penn
34:19 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Andy's flashback of the 1994 Final 4 Appearance with Brown as an Assistant Coach
Ivy League Player of the Week: Jamie: Jackson Morrill - Yale Andy: Jack Tigh - Yale AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
39:56 Final Picks Andy: Virginia over Duke Yale over Penn State National Champion: Virginia Jamie: Penn State over Yale Virginia over Duke National Champion: Penn State
In Season with Andy Towers NCAA Tournament Week 2 / Post First Round
00:33 Andy and Jamies Weekend In Review and Mothers Day 02:56 Loyola vs Syracuse 06:22 Yale vs Georgetown 08:52 Penn vs Army 11:23 Virginia vs Robert Morris 15:07 Penn State vs UMBC 17:20 Maryland vs Towson 19:57 Duke vs Richmond 22:44 Johns Hopkins vs Notre Dame
28:38 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback to 1990 Yale Team
Ivy League Player of the Week: Andy: TD Ierlan - Yale Jamie: Simon Mathias - Penn AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
38:14 Quarter Final Picks -Virginia over Maryland - Both -Duke over Notre Dame - Andy -Notre Dame over Duke - Jamie -Penn State over Loyola - Both -Penn over Yale - Jamie -Yale over Penn - Andy
In Season with Andy Towers NCAA Tournament Week 1 / Post Selection Sunday
00:53 Vermont vs UMBC 02:32 Marist vs Quinnipiac 05:07 Penn State vs Johns Hopkins 12:03 Loyola vs Army 14:25 Upcoming Loyola vs Syracuse Matchup 18:50 Denver vs Georgetown 22:07 Yale's Loss in the Ivy League Championship and Penn's Success and the Path Ahead for each 29:39 Upcoming Virginia vs Robert Morris Matchup 33:15 Upcoming Towson vs Maryland Matchup 34:40 Upcoming Notre Dame vs Johns Hopkins Matchup 35:49 Upcoming Duke vs Richmond Matchup
37:35 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback to 1992 playing Navy @ Navy as Assistant Coach at Yale
Ivy League Player of the Week: Jamie: Reed Junkin - Penn Andy: Kyle Gallagher - Penn AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
47:36 Next Weeks Picks -Penn State over UNBC -Syracuse over Loyola -Yale over Georgetown -Penn over Army -Virginia over Robert Morris -Towson over Maryland - Andy -Maryland over Towson - Jamie -Johns Hopkins over Notre Dame -Duke over Richmond
-Penn State over Syracuse -Yale over Penn - Andy -Penn over Yale - Jamie -Virginia over Towson/Maryland -Duke over Johns Hopkins - Andy -Johns Hopkins over Duke - Jamie
Andy's Final 4: -Penn State -Yale -Duke -Virginia
Jamies Final 4: -Penn State -Penn -Johns Hopkins -Virginia
Championship Games: Andy: Virginia over Penn State Jamie: Penn State over Virginia
In Season with Andy Towers Week 12
00:00 AT's Weekend 03:55 Michigan vs Ohio State 07:27 Denver vs Marquette 09:55 Navy vs BU 13:05 Holly Cross vs Lehigh 16:00 CAA as a Conference 17:53 Stoney Brook and the American East 19:23 Maryland vs Johns Hopkins 22:48 Notre Dame vs Duke 24:22 Penn State vs Rutgers 26:10 Virginia vs North Carolina 30:43 Highpoint vs Richmond 34:34 Drexel as a Team
37:00 AXIA Time Ive League Review -Flashback story of 1988 game at Syracuse -Yale vs Harvard -Penn vs Vermont -Brown vs Dartmouth -Cornell vs Princeton
56:58 Jamie: Clarke Petterson - Cornell Andy: TD Ierlan - Yale AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
59:40 Next Weeks Games -Army vs Holy Cross -Bu vs Bucknell -Quinnipiac vs Detroit Mercy -Vermont vs Albany -Penn State vs Rutgers -Umass vs Drexel -High Point vs Jacksonville -Mt. St. Marry's vs Robert Morris -Georgetown vs Providence -Towson vs Delewars -Marist vs Conscious -Stoney Brook vs UNBC -Johns Hopkins vs Maryland -Air Force vs Richmond -Hobart vs Sacred Heart -Denver vs Villanova -Penn vs Brown -Yale vs Cornell -Virginia vs Notre Dame
1:02:11 League Champion Projections Ivy League - Yale American East - Vermont NEC - Sacred Heart MAC - Detroit Mercy Patriot League - Loyola Big East - Denver SOCON - High Point CAA - UMass
In Season with Andy Towers Week 11
01:38 Duke vs Marquette 04:28 Bucknell vs Lehigh 07:39 High Point vs Bellermine 09:28 North Carolina vs Notre Dame 16:41Ohio State vs Maryland 18:51 Loyola vs Army 22:14 Blowout Games 24:06 Stoney Brook vs Vermont 28:11 Penn State vs Johns Hopkins
31:50 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback story to vintage Jake Reed -Princeton vs Harvard -Upcoming Princeton vs Cornell Game -Penn vs Dartmouth -Cornell vs Brown
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48:42 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Andy: Micheal Sowers - Princeton Jamie: Micheal Sowers - Princeton
49:54 Next Weeks Games -Bryant vs Brown -North Carolina vs Syracuse -Navy vs Boston -UMass vs Deleware -Michigan vs Ohio State -Stoney Brook vs Albany -Marquette vs Denver -High Point vs Richmond -Cornell vs Princeton -Providence vs Villanova -Georgetown vs St. Johns -Dartmouth vs Brown -Penn State vs Rutgers -Harvard vs Yale -Duke vs Notre Dame -Maryland vs Johns Hopkins
In Season with Andy Towers Week 10 Live From the Lacrosse Virtual Summit
2:04 Notre Dame vs Cornell 08:18 Ohio State vs Johns Hopkins 11:44 Umass vs Towson 14:15 Duke vs Virginia 18:36 Syracuse vs North Carolina 25:58 Air Force vs Richmond 27:56 BU vs Loyola 30:08 Penn State vs Michigan 36:54 Maryland vs Rutgers 38:49 Non top 20 games 42:10 Army vs Navy
46:17 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback to 1986 and 1987 vs Army -Flashback to 1990 vs Cornell Road Trip -Penn vs Harvard -Yale vs Brown -Princeton vs Dartmouth
58:47 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Sam Handley -Penn & Adam Goldner - Penn Andy: Chayse Ierlan - Cornell Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
1:00:47 Next Weeks Games -Brown vs Providence -Yale vs Albany -Duke vs Marquette -Notre Dame vs North Carolina -Brown vs Cornell -Deleware vs Towson -Lehigh vs Bucknell -Maryland vs Ohio State -Harvard vs Princeton -Penn vs Dartmouth -Denver vs Providence -Drexel vs Hofstra -Army vs Loyola -Holy Cross vs BU -Syracuse vs Navy -Johns Hopkins vs Penn State
In Season with Andy Towers Week 9
00:53 Sunday Night Lacrosse Penn State vs Ohio State 08:32 Loyola vs Lehigh 12:36 Duke vs Notre Dame 18:53 Johns Hopkind vs Rutgers 26:03 Maryland vs Michigan 26:25 Vermont vs Albany 26:37 Villanova vs Denver 30:47 Army vs BU 34:06 Virginia vs North Carolina
44:22 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback of Late Great Paul Schimoler's Stick -Reflecting on Paul Schimoler and Stories -Harvard vs Cornell -Yale vs Dartmouth -Brown vs Penn -Princeton vs Stoney Brook
1:05:45 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: TD Ierlan - Yale Andy: Sam Handley - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
1:08:57 Next Weeks Games -Loyola vs Georgetown -Syracuse vs Cornell -Notre Dame vs Marquette -Lehigh vs Robert Morris -Duke vs Virginia -Penn State vs Michigan -UMass vs Towson -Loyola vs BU -Brown vs Yale -Syracuse vs North Carolina -Cornell vs Notre Dame -Ohio State vs Johns Hopkins -Villanova vs Georgetown -Maryland vs Rutgers
Brodie Merrill - Decorated NLL and MLL Defensemen
02:32 Growing Up and Lacrosse Journey for Brodie -Physical education teachers for parents -Migrating west to Ontario from Quebec -Orangeville and playing lacrosse there -Turning to lacrosse in such a unique environment -How these small programs create such good players -Shane Sanderson as one of Brodies first coaches -Falling short in the 2000 Minto Cup -Journey to Salisbury
15:28 First Picking Up a Pole -Established stick skills before -U19 Team in 1999 had no poles and he stepped up -Gave experience and learned from other defensemen -Doesn't take long and is much easier to learn with a shorter stick first -Randy Staats and Jeff Teat using a pole
22:11 Playing for Coach Urick at Georgetown -Moral compass -Demanded respect without a lot of yelling or demeaning -Father figure of the program
24:38 Professional Career -Close calls for the final 4 in college -Winning cam easy in Baltimore first year in MLL -Players that he played with on that first Baltimore team -Not overthinking matchups -Learning from Mikey Powell
31:42 Stories About Dave Huntley -He always had the time for you -Similarities to coach Urick -Playing 5v6 so defense could back up shots -Outside the box thinking
36:59 Playin on the Expansion NLL Team - San Diego Seals -Coming to play for Brodie's brother -Fresh starts for everyone -Interesting dynamic of the team -Austin Staats and his ability
42:15 The Hill Academy School and Program -Building a healthy relationship between athletics and academics -Father putting so much on the line -The players that have come through -200 students 90 mens players and 20 girls players -Interaction between like minded people -How much training goes on at The Hill -Playing other sports in the winters -Taking the time to learn the field game -Measuring volume and intensity levels in everything they do -Advantage of American players coming up and playing
57:55 Future of the NLL and Opportunities for American Players -PLL will help provide more opportunity -Great growth in the NLL -Schedules of the different leagues finally coincide -Breakthrough for the career
In Season with Andy Towers Week 8
00:30 Last Week In Review for Andy and Jamie
01:13 Penn State vs Maryland Sunday Night Game 10:10 Rutgers vs Ohio State 13:45 Notre Dame vs Syracuse 16:10 North Carolina vs Duke 21:08 Run Through of the Patriot League
27:30 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback of 1987 Brown at UNH -Flashback of old school King of the Hill -Brown vs Princeton -Cornell vs Dartmouth -Penn vs Yale 3OT Game
36:10 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Sam Handley - Penn Andy: Darian Cook - Brown Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
40:01 Next Weeks Games -Hobart vs Syracuse -Lehigh vs Loyola -Air Force vs High Point -Notre Dame vs Duke -Cornell vs Harvard -BU vs Army -Richmond vs Jacksonville -North Carolina vs Virginia -Rutgers vs Johns Hopkins -Michigan vs Maryland -Navy vs Colgate -Albany vs Vermont -Dartmouth vs Yale -Penn vs Brown -Villanova vs Denver -Ohio State vs Penn State
Steve Stenersen - President and CEO of US Lacrosse
01:33 The Lacrosse Journey of Steve and Its Tie With US Lacrosse -St. Pauls High School and an early start to the game -Playing football and basketball -The impact lacrosse had in life -Journalism aspirations -Working in the Lacrosse Foundation
07:27 80's-90's Growth of the Game and Transition from the Lacrosse Foundation -Hand written index card records -The first meeting in 1992 to unify an organization -Creation of US Lacrosse in 1998
12:02 The Good the Bad and the Ugly -Same challenges from 1992 -Participation is flattening -Dive in youth sports -Lacrosse's accessibility -Threat to rec teams
19:22 The Use of the Sandlot -Catering the rules and things to kids ages and ability -Small sided versions of the games -High burnout rates -Projecting adult values on youth players -Excitement for another sports seasons is dying -Diluting the excitement of playing in games -Playing pick up with Jamie's daughter -Growing the sport because it is fun
32:10 The Rules and Changes -Gaining momentum internationally -Recognizing the FIL -Positioning sport for 2028 Olympics in LA -Building relations within the IOC -Building relations with the Olympic host -Squad sizes
40:50 Plans for Development National Teams -Component of new strategy -Spending on national teams -Expanding opportunities for national team experiences -Driving inspiration and aspiration in kids minds -The structure of the younger national team systems -Idea of 2 teams for boys and girls -Developing this into box lacrosse -Numbers vs Canada in player numbers
53:26 The Future of the Athlete Development Model US Lacrosse is Using -Coming from soccer and hockey -Investing into educational resources -Different views of the experience -Youth lacrosse should be re-imagined -Greater traction of this concept -Obtaining feedback with surveys -Measuring meaningful touches
In Season with Andy Towers Week 7 of NCAA Season
00:30 Last Week In Review
03:43 Andy Towers Look at Mid Season Top 20 04:29 #20 UMass 05:36 #19 Lehigh 06:12 #18 Richmond 06:36 #17 Johns Hopkins 07:50 #16 Hobart 08:22 #15 Penn 09:18 #14 Notre Dame 10:37 #13 High Point 12:08 #12 Army 12:45 #11 Cornell 13:45 #10 Ohio State 14:37 #9 Loyola 14:57 #8 Denver 15:34 #7 Syracuse 16:15 #6 Towson 17:02 #5 Maryland 17:37 #4 Penn State 18:55 #3 Yale 19:24 #2 Virginia 20:05 #1 Duke
22:04 Johns Hopkins vs UVA 24:17 Notre Dame vs Ohio State 28:08 North Carolina vs Maryland 29:40 Denver vs Towson
32:27 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback of Mike Waldvogel and the lessons learned from him
40:35 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Jack Starr - Yale Andy: Tyler Dunn - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
44:18 Next Weeks Games Harvard vs Albany -Virginia vs Richmond -Highpoint vs Furman -Syracuse vs Notre Dame -Ohio State vs Rutgers -Bucknell vs Army -Princeton vs Brown -Penn vs Yale -Denver vs Georgetown -North Carolina vs Duke -Michigan vs Johns Hopkins -Maryland vs Penn State
In Season with Andy Towers Week 6
00:30 Spring Break Lacrosse 01:56 Syracuse vs Rutgers 07:00 Duke vs Towson 12:13 UVA vs Notre Dame 16:63 Maryland vs Villanova and Navy vs Loyola
19:35 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Why these watches are so great! -Flashback from Yale attackman Josh McHugh and the twister -Playing Yale in Providence -Yale vs Cornell -Brown vs Harvard -Penn vs Princeton -Upcoming Penn vs Cornell game
36:37 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Matt Brandau - Yale Andy: BJ Farrare - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
39:34 Next Weeks Games -Michigan vs Notre Dame -Brown vs Holy Cross -BU vs Harvard -Army vs Colgate -Navy vs Lehigh -Georgetown vs Marquette -Towson vs Denver -UMass vs Brown -Princeton vs Yale -Cornell vs Penn -Notre Dame vs Ohio State -Bucknell vs Loyola -Dartmouth vs Harvard -Stoney brook vs UNBC -Maryland vs North Carolina -Hopkins vs Virginia -Duke vs Syracuse
Matt Hasselbeck - Analyst for ESPN NFL Sunday Countdown, 3x NFL QB Pro Bowler
01:44 How Matt Became a Lacrosse Fan -Played a lot of other sports -Little high school exposure -His daughters choosing to play lacrosse -Jamie and Matt's daughters playing together -How they started playing box in Canada
06:10 How the Environment of Box Lacrosse Helped Girls Develop -Physicality of it, and helped them finish -Improvements in other sports -Not admiring your pass -The amount of fans
10:20 Matt Hasselbeck's Athletic Development -Playing sports everyday as a kid -Like playing pickup basketball -Seeing other players perspectives -Lacrosse players don't play as much pick up lacrosse -Quarterbacks throwing to their strong arm side -Patrick Mahomes and his athletic reference
19:23 How Important Deception Is -Can be over used as a quarterback -Training your eyes
25:07 Jerry Rice / Bobby Ingram Story and How it Relates to Dodging in Lacrosse -Jerry Rice Running a Mile in Pads Before Practice -"He can only go as fast as I decide to go" -Finding the space when a receiver is open -Best players see slower plays as set ups
31:06 Julian Edelman "Trip move" -Would work in a certain coverage -Explanation of the trip move -Offense wins -Make a receivers Von Miller Pass Rush Academy
34:40 Leadership Lessons Along The Way From Matt -First time in a varsity huddle -Body language and action -Being in step with your coach and playbook -Brett Farve's intangibles -Fine line between being the light guy vs being serious -Teams that are great have good leadership in the locker room -Nutrition as a part of training
45:22 Attitude and Aptitude of Development -Bill Walsh book Same plays Chiefs are running now in the same book -Trusting coaches is a key -Putting your guard down and wanting to learn
49:35 How the Patriots Are so Successful -Set rules like: "set the edge" -Take away what you do best defensively -Playing second best receiver with best corner and best received with 2 corners -Mindset -Player development
53:23 Player Development on the Patriots -"Finding the Winning Edge" - Bill Walsh book -Bigger stronger faster practice players -Deleting options instead of being the best athlete
57:17 Leveraging Film -"The eye in the sky don't lie" -Challenge getting film -Game film and practice film
59:54 Snake by Ken Stabler and Leading as a Vet -Leader who kept things under control -Backing up Andrew Luck -Go meet the younger teammates out late at night -Meeting guys where they were out -Life happens outside of sports
In Season with Andy Towers Week 5
00:57 Weekends Picks for Andy 03:52 Upcoming Matt Hasselback Podcast 04:39 Duke vs Loyola Thursday night 11:35 Pat Spencer Not Dodging with Speed 14:25 The Undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes 17:23 Colgate vs BU 20:13 Lehigh vs Army and the Patriot League 23:33 Syracuse vs Johns Hopkins 25:30 Notre Dame vs Denver
30:50 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Memory from 1990 going from 5 poles to 4 poles -Brown vs Harvard Game in 1990 21-18 final score 36:09 Friday Night Cornell vs Penn State 39:25 Cornell vs Towson and face-offs story 41:37 Penn vs Villanova and St. Joes and Penn's weekend 44:02 Princeton vs Rutgers 49:18 Yale vs Michigan 49:54 Brown vs Virginia
57:10 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Andy: Clarke Petterson - Cornell Jamie: Sam Handley - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
1:01:07 Next Weeks Games -Carolina vs Bucknelle -Rutgers vs Lehigh -BU vs Bucknell -Syracuse vs Rutgers -Loyola vs Navy -Denver vs Ohio State -Duke vs Towson -Cornell vs Yale -Virginia vs Notre Dame -Penn vs Princeton -Brown vs Harvard
Danielle Spencer - Head Women's Coach at Dartmouth
01:05 Danielle's Journey -Started playing in Junior High -Was seen first in gym class -Different from coach Curtis and Kelly at Northwester -Rochester Hall of Fame -Playing at Northwestern -Her best friend Hilary Bowen -What Kelly taught Danielle as far as creativity and a female athlete -Referencing those days as a coach
10:15 Kelly's Coaching Tree and Other Northwestern Relationships -Lindsey Munday as a coach to Danielle -Other assistant coaches running other programs -Learning to love coach from all her role models -Teammates who are now coaching -Katrina Dowd -The fun culture
16:17 Going from an Assistant Coach to a Head Coach -Pride for your program -New ways of building relationships -Getting trust in self and voice -Going from playing a role from managing -Trust -Being able to shape a culture
21:47 What You Want to be Known for? -Women of the Woods -Tough, confident, gritty -Outdoorsy element -Confidence and pride -Being brave -Applying everything in the real world after -Sports as a learning laboratory
27:27 Using Messages to Create a Well Functioning Team -Hard taking criticism at first and learning to take it -Letting players have a say and give feedback -Leadership teams called "Squads" -Deciding on goals that where player driven
33:14 Philosophy on Player Development -Making everything tougher -Make practice harder then games -Partner passing on the run at speed
39:12 Advice to High School Coaches to See Them Prepare -Spend more time teaching how to play a great defender -Team defense -Crosschecking -Working on things inside the 8 meter -Learning to get your shot off
47:34 Shooting With Your Stick to the Inside -Make one more pass across the crease -Alley shots almost become selfish -Box lacrosse influence and the one more pass -Terrible shots as turnovers
50:41 2 Man Game -Seeing it a lot -Doesn't fit the offensive identity right now at Dartmouth -Seeing it in other sports -Communication problem -Make it harder to slide
54:37 Recruiting -Used to think about the best athletes -Position specific -Playing with players all over the world -Finding a balance of not feeding from the same spot all the time and getting good caliber players with good lax IQ -Time restriction for skill development in the Ivy League -Scenarios of IQ at prospect camps -Coachability -Getting player on the whiteboard in recruiting
Prospect Camps: Overnight - July 25th - 28th @ Dartmouth
In Season with Andy Towers Week 4
01:02 Towson vs Loyola Mid Week Game 06:38 Richmond vs Duke 08:58 Carolina vs Denver 11:11 Syracuse vs Virginia Barnburner 15:07 Notre Dame vs Maryland 17:45 Upcoming Denver vs Notre Dame game
18:28 AXIA Time Ivy League Review 20:00 Princeton vs Johns Hopkins 22:16 Penn vs Penn State 26:17 Cornell vs Albany 29:04 Yale vs UMass
34:02 AXIA Time Player of the Week -Story about the good old times Jamie: Jonathan Donville - Cornell Andy: Luke McCaleb - Brown Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
42:30 Next Weeks Games -Denver vs Notre Dame -Rutgers vs Princeton -Syracuse vs Hopkins -Maryland vs Albany -Army vs Lehigh -Penn vs Villanova -Holy Crosse vs Bucknell -Cornell vs Penn State
In Season with Andy Towers Week 3
01:24 Ohio Stats vs Bucknell 05:33 Carolina vs Hopkins and the Rain 11:51 Richmond over Notre Dame 14:52 Navy vs Maryland 16:29 Rutgers vs Loyola 20:58 Syracuse vs Army 22:45 Georgetown vs Towson
25:08 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Memory from Brown vs Princeton game in 1991 -Invention of subbing through the midline 31:10 Cornell and Jeff Teat and game vs Hobart 35:03 Duke vs Penn 37:22 Princeton vs Virginia Barn Burner 40:15 Brown vs Stoney Brook 43:32 Yale vs Penn State
47:27 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week -Jamie: Jeff Teat - Cornell Andy: TD Ierlan Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100
48:48 Next Weeks Games -Towson vs Loyola -Carolina vs Denver -Syracuse vs Virginia -Princeton vs Hopkins -Penn State vs Penn -Yale vs UMass -Cornell vs Albany -Notre Dame vs Maryland
Paul Carcaterra of ESPN
01:25 Yorktown -"The farm" -Charlie Murphy Class of 1934 -His story and how he brought lacrosse to Yorktown -The lacrosse community -Similar to how the Thompsons and Natives do it -Different times -Kids are getting their lacrosse "fix" by playing structured lacrosse -Using pickup games to try new things and work on things
12:42 Arriving at Syracuse and Playing with Casey Powell -Yorktown friends -Roy Simmons Jr. as a coach -Never being burnt out -How disciplined the team was -2 first team all Americans a year on a line -Casey Powell -Versatile player -Powell brothers playing in the backyard
31:45 How Paul Got Into Broadcasting -Did not study broadcasting in college or Grad school -Friend suggested him -First game was Navy vs Army in 2004 -Started studying it because of the rush -Auditioned and worked with Joe Beninati -College media guides -Working other sports -Interesting all different kinds of fans -Cutting hair and interviewing people -Utah interview -Cutting Dave Pietramala last week -8 more this year
43:43 Maverick Showtime Backstory and Updates -The early stages with equipment and apparel -Acquisition by Bauer Hockey -Great success story -Together with Cascade -Starting Maverick Showtime -Small numbers -Never changing the model -Seeing young players
50:50 The Olympics -Interesting how it will look -What are the rules going to be? -The globalization of the sport -Provides validity to the game -Potential rules to make for a good hybrid -Obtain funding from the countries
56:00 The PLL -Paul Rabil as a great player and sport contributor -What they have done in so fast -Provides good competition -Challenge and opportunity for the traveling model -Athletes power and branding -Denver Pioneer Classic
1:02:42 The Golden Age of Lacrosse and the Beginning of the Season -Shot clock makes it interesting for the normal fan -20 seconds to clear the ball is huge -More up and down -Shrinking the boxes -The dive -Controversial calls so far
1:10:40 Pat Spencer and Jeff Teat -Comparison to Mikey Powell and Lyle Thompson -Hanging out with Pat Spencer -Different style and backround on Pat Spencer -Jeff Teat as a box player -Not able to be tolerated being shut off -John Traveras -Unreal attack group this year
The Overtime Podcast with Paul Carcaterra
In Season with Andy Towers Week 2
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00:30 Intro -Vacation Andy is on
02:01 High Point Knocking of Virginia and Events Leading Up to the Game -Games leading up to the game for both teams -Playing mid week games -Asher Nolting -Face off game
08:18 Duke vs Denver Game -Come back effort -Change at the cafe off x -Denver broken down by each side of the ball -Nakeie Montgomery and his impact in the future -Duke defensively
13:48 Army Win Over Rutgers -Breakdown of Army's team -Rutgers team and their hump -Army team deserves more credit
16:43 OSU vs UMass -Back and forth game -Hard to win at UMass -Practices at OSU
18:42 Syracuse vs Albany -Surprising game -Complete switch for Syracuse from last week -Not as impressed with Albany -Missing Conor Fields -Tehoka's role
25:01 Penn State vs Stoney Brook -Penn State putting up insane numbers -In terms of optics the only team that stands with Penn State may be Loyola
26:23 Pat Spencer and Loyola -Built as a perfect attackman -Pat Spencer is special -Supporting roles -Deceptive feeding
29:44 Thoughts on Hopkins -Lack of athleticism offensively -Not drawing slides
33:24 Ivy League Review and AXIA Time Player of the Week -How the Air Gate happened -Penn playing a zone vs Syracuse -1988 Cornell and Penn in the final 4 -AXIA Time and their background
36:40 Brown vs Quinnipiac 37:30 Dartmouth vs BU 38:16 Penn vs Maryland 40:15 Princeton vs Monmouth 41:35 Harvard vs North Carolina 44:26 Yale vs Villanova upset
48:03 AXIA Ivy League Player of the Week -Ryan Graff @ Harvard - Jamie's Pick -Kyle Gallagher @ Penn - Andy's Pick
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50:30 Upcoming Week -Games coming up -Penn State at Yale -Virginia vs Princeton -Colgate vs Maryland -Carolina vs Hopkins -Hobart vs Cornell -Duke vs Penn -Richmond vs Notre Dame -Maryland vs Navy -Georgetown vs Towson -Loyola at Rutgers -Albany vs Drexel -Syracuse vs Army
Ricky Sowell Navy Head Coach
00:30 Intro -Coach Sowell's resume -Days spent between Jamie and Coach Sowell -RV stop in Annapolis
03:07 Coach Sowell's Journey -Grew up in upstate New York -3 Sport Athlete (Football, Basketball, Baseball) growing up -How he started playing lacrosse -Playing with a "shlong" (short - long stick) -Moving around positions -Being in shape and focusing on fundamentals -Football influence -Journey in college -Playing at Washington College -Got into coaching by helping at Washington -Journey coaching -Coach Dave Urick and his impact -Players coach
25:05 Coaching at Dartmouth, St. Johns, Stoney Brook -Dartmouth was a graveyard for coaches at the time -New facilities had an impact -Experienced all big 5 moments in a mans life in one year -Recruits at that time -The persistence at St. Johns -Different AD's at St. Johns -Network at Stoney Brook -Opportunity to coach at USNA
36:16 Coaching at the Naval Academy -Being apart of something special -How impressive it is to go to an institution like that and compete at a high level -1 of 3 people who has taken 3 teams to the NCAA tournament -1 of very few to win tournament games with multiple programs -Winning the NCAA tournament in 2016 vs Yale -Taking advantage of time you do get -Players from the 2016 team
47:47 141 Set and How it Plays into Coach Sowell's Offensive Philosophy -Fundamentals -Concepts more than set ways -Shot selection is key -Ability to dodge from all spots on the field -Attacking the middle of the field -Using 141 to get into other sets -Emphasis on 2 man game -"Slide" dodging
57:28 Ways Coach Sowell Sharpens his Saw -Talking with coaches -Knowing the greats helps and picking their brains -Learning from box lacrosse -Learning from everyone -Getting stuff done and having fun -Learning from your players and their reactions
1:06:46 Recruiting and Becoming What Coaches are Looking for -Multi sport athletes -Work ethic -Being an athlete -Showcases are not the end all be all -New rules help -Learning from outside resources -Leveraging pick up games
In Season with Andy Towers Week 1
"Speed Pig" Preseason Top 20 Teams Breakdown
01:27 #20 Syracuse and game vs Colgate 05:15 #19 University of Michigan and gams vs Cleveland State 08:36 Teams receiving votes and Hofstra 09:58 #18 Colgate and scrimmage vs Deleware and game vs Syracuse 13:40 #17 Johns Hopkins and game vs Towson 16:55 #16 Georgetown and win vs Sacred Heart 19:08 #15 Albany and face off questions 22:45 #14 North Carolina bouncing back from last year 26:12 #13 High Point and coach Torpey and the difference makers 32:25 #12 Ohio State and game vs BU and coming game 37:52 #11 Virginia and their personnel 41:47 #10 Duke and their potential 45:25 #9 Notre Dame and their consistency and personnel 50:37 #8 Rutgers and their sustainability 55:02 #7 Towson and their mentality 56:59 #6 Denver and their consistency 1:00:03 #5 Cornell and Jeff Teat 1:06:06 #4 Penn State and their past and future and Jeff Tambroni 1:12:52 #3 Maryland and Coach John Tillman 1:16:23 #2 Loyola and coaching staff and personnel 1:23:00 #1 Yale and Andy Shay
In Season with Andy Towers Preseason
00:30 Intro and Journey -Background on Coach Towers -Growing up -Howard Benedict -Coaching career journey -Time commitment of coaching -Beers on the bus
11:29 The Trip Move -On and off the ball -Stepping into their recovery -Using it in other sports -Offensive trip in the NLL now -Getting defender to open up hips
18:35 PLL -Comradery of the coaches -Aspects of the excitement -Paul Rabil -Leveraging social media -Traveling model
25:01 Thoughts Going into the Year -Year of the attackman -Top 5 teams -UVA potential -RV trip across 11 programs -Commonality among these different programs -Hospitality and commitment to building culture -Bill Belichick and his coaching tree -Gerry Byrne and his openness -Shot clock impact -Legal crosscheck holds -Reffing the dive -Size of the box
Greg Gurenlian
00:30 Some of the Best Seasons for Greg (2015) -Dark age of face offs -Try to cut cheating out -Rules changed in favor -Able to keep ball in the back of the stick -Equalized in 2016 with new class of guys
05:58 Greg Gurenlian's Journey -Started playing because it was the cool thing to do -Frustrating as an athlete -Facing off for varsity team Jr. year -Physical presence -205 camp -Gained 40 pounds at Penn State -Face off and man up -Changing from an injury -Stand up to one knee down
15:14 Becoming a Strength Coach and How it Helps -Olympic level strength coach -Biomechanics are important -Consistency -Role of deception
22:02 Best Face off Guys -Who he learned from -What he learned from these guys -Different generations of players
24:26 Best Face Off Guys in D1 Lacrosse in 2019 -Break down of some of the best players -Big 10 -ACC -A lot of talent coming in
26:30 Face Off Academy -Inside Lacrosse forums -How to videos on youtube -Hub for face off guys -String of clinics over the summer -Snowball after that -Learning to market
34:14 Advice to High School Players / Coaches on Face Offs -Depends on personnel -In game adjustments -Hungry young assistant -Wing play -Add face offs in practice -Let face off guys be apart of practice
42:20 Recruiting -Easier to evaluate -Two schools of thought for college coaches -Depends on the school -Not simple equation
50:49 PLL -Missing brotherhood -Better face off mechanics -Being on TV
Terry Foy Publisher at Inside Lacrosse
00:31 Intro and Role as Publisher -Who is Terry Foy? -Turning roles -Started at Inside Lacrosse in 2007 at lowest level -The process of working his way up -Content -Running events -Data development -Laxpower -Collecting data
07:25 Why it is a Golden Age of Lacrosse? -Modern game and popularization in late 80's early 90's -NFL Stadium final 4 era -Recruiting rule legislation -Utah adding lacrosse -Recognition of the FIL by Olympics -Formation of the PLL -Combination of it all
13:45 Opinion on Possible Olympics Appearence and Rules -Current rules are bad -3 buckets of lacrosse now, box, field, and women's -Satisfying the needs of everyone -Leeway to allowing marketable sports -Small rosters are of benefit -Venue -TV windows -Player health and safety -Scalability -Rugby 7v7's -Difference in the games -Why box may not work -Hypothetical rules
23:22 Impact Internationally if there is Olympic Lacrosse in 2028 -More funding from governments -Associations will be able to be sturdier -What these funds pay for -68 Nations
26:46 Why PLL is Such a Big Deal? -The amount of Wall Street investment -Drawing attention from others -Creating new fans -WWE -Following of different people -Leveraging social marketing
33:02 New Rules -Criticism addressing -Progression of the shot clock -Shrinking of the sub box -Issue of being closer to one another -Fewer fast breaks -End of shot clock dives -Telling of players
41:42 Riding With the New Rules -More opportunities with more shots -Fatigue -Distribution of midfielders playing time -More middies running -More pressure on defense
48:41 What is the NCAA Transfer Portal? -October 2018 -Website to help the process -Way to express interest -Changes power dynamic
52:34 Professionalization of Coaching -College lacrosse coaches are very powerful stakeholders -People are excited to share -Bringing about change -Pay scales -More money in the game -IMCLA impact -Lacrosse Virtual Summit -Golden era of digital media
Darris Kilgour
00:30 Intro and Journey as a Player -St. Catherines and won 2 Minto Cups -5 Mann Cups with Six Nations -Played and Coach Bandits -Grew up in Tuscarora -Played in Canada -Learning humility early
03:04 Turning The Clock Back -Personnel Darris played with in St. Catherines -Becoming leaders
05:13 Organized Lacrosse vs backyard Lacrosse growing up -Dad broke the game down and taught how to play the game -Playing with guys that were older -Becoming a good shooter in the backyard -Learning the feel of the game -Learning different ways to score -Learning to shoot with tennis balls -Learning to shoot a curveball -Staats brothers curveballs best in the NLL -Cody Jamieson -Pass it down
12:10 Curveball explanation
14:00 Greatest Players Darris Played With and What He Took From Them -Learning focus and toughness -Learning how to score from John Tavares -Pat Coyle intensity -How Jamie and Darris met -Talking lacrosse -Athletics team Darris' son Kyler plays on
20:38 1992 Championship Game and Playing Majors / Pros -Short side top corner shot -Juniors to Majors -Hitting the goalie in the head after missing his spot -Goalie got married the next day
25:17 Memories From the Best -Mann Cup memories -Playing in dust -Players involved in those championships
28:06 Shooting Philosophy -Accuracy -Deception -Velocity -The learning process of deception -Used accuracy as a go to move -Pointing your foot -Shooting without a ball -Using weight transfer to fool goalie -The light bulb from shooting on a goalie a lot
37:30 Finishing Philosophy -Setting up the goalie -Reaching around far side -Using shuffle to fool goalie -Shooting jump shots -Behind the back fake as a hesitation -Victoria look back
49:16 2 Man Game -Creating 2v1's -Slip picks -Seal pick -Fight throughs are cue to cut -Using video to identify things -Swinging the ball and getting the ball from one side to another -Defending a 2 man game
1:02:34 Best Box Lacrosse Player of All Time -Casey Powell -Couldn't pressure him the same -Learned box lacrosse -Learning to suck out other players to open up other players
1:05:00 Jeff Teat and Austin Staats -Reminder of John Travares -Did it the right way -Made scoring look easy -Involving others in the offense -Off ball player -18 Year old playing in the Mann Cup
Scott Marr Head Coach at Albany University
00:30 Intro and Visiting Campus -Starting as a team on the 16th -Camping trip -Team bonding -Start of the season scrimmages and making adjustments -Hikes together -No cell phone service
06:08 Journey as a Player and a Coach -Growing up in Yorktown -From getting cut in baseball to playing lacrosse -Players Coach Marr watched and knew growing up -Youth coach impacts -Playing at Yorktown High School -Went to Johns Hopkins and played for Bill Tierney -The importance of disciplined X's and O's -National Champion freshman year -The brotherhood of lacrosse
14:18 Thoughts on Players and Lessons Learned -Tim Nelson -Del Dressel -Brian Wood -Practicing against Dave Pietramala
18:33 Coaching Journey -Deleware University in the 80's -Developing own style and the opportunity to experiment -Coach Marr's wife and how he met her -The era for University of Maryland at that time -Big Man -Coach Dick Edell -Watching Army Lacrosse -How Coach Edell treated people -1997 Semi Finals Maryland vs Syracuse -Hopkins 1995 game after a loss going through the handshake line
33:41 Offensive Philosophy at Developing Players -Overall philosophy is to move the ball -Everything North/South -Attack driven offense -Dodging angles -Good ball carrying attackmen -Shooting midfielders -Change to personell -Off ball players -Dodging nuances -Draw a slide and spread 4 off ball players out -Everything comes down to execution
47:44 Learning from Players Coach Marr has Coached -Thought process -Lax IQ -Creativity -Patience and focusing on the next play -Accepting what happens and moving forward -Lyle and Myles Thompson's repertoire and how they learned to play that way -Playing in the backyard -Admiring their play and how they worked and prepared for games -Playing pick up games and pass it down model
54:34 Pick Up Games -Pass it down model -Non structure learning -Focus on specific players hurts everyone else -Coaching the Iroquois team -Development models -Backyard development model is producing more good player per capita -Competing in the world with a severe numbers disadvantage
1:00:25 Typical Albany Practice -Scappin (3v2 gb drill) to start -O/D Split -Transition drill -Half field drills -Riding/clearing scrimmage -A lot of up and down -Working on clearing game this fall a lot -Next play mentality -Time spent on man up / man down
1:04:30 Man Up Philosophy -One set to another -Spacing is important -Open sets and 3-3 looks -Hands free and making sure your in the right spots
1:05:19 Advice to Recruiting -Big attitude and effort focus -Positive Teammate -"Control your controlables the right way" -B to B+ players become an A unit
Brian Holman Head Coach at Utah University
00:30 Intro to Coach Holman -People and whether and Utah -Salt Lake City -University of North Carolina -Coaching staff at UNC and their impact -Importance of coaching for coach Holman -Coaching his sons -Story about coaching Marcus (his son) -The change that came from that story
11:39 Playing and Coaching at Johns Hopkins -Transferring schools in high school -Given coach Holman everything to him -A culture of strong brotherhood and blue collar mentality -4 National Championship appearances in 4 years -Freddy Smith -Running on and off the field -Dave Pietramala -Brian Wood
26:48 Process of Starting the Program at Utah -Building a program the way it is envisioned -Being able to compete for a National Championship one day -Being ourselves and growing the game -The rest of the coaching staff
32:31 Building Culture -Start with a vision -Taking notes -Pillars of Utah Lacrosse -Humility, Honesty, Passion, Gratitude and Trust -Touch each player personally each day -Spiritual, Mental, Physical, Tactical components used everyday -Do you love lacrosse? -Implementing it all on and off the field -Accountability
51:58 Pac 12 Lacrosse -Unknown future -More growth in 2-4 years -PLL changing things -Apart of a snowball -Western lacrosse conference -Olympics -Women in the Pac 12
55:05 Recruiting -Mixed messages -Pressure for specialization -Fitting a mold -Passing and catching -Multi sport athletes -Interactions and little things -Failure is okay -Trusting the youth sports machine too much -Playing pick up games
Gerry Byrne Defensive Coordinator at Notre Dame
00:30 Levittown and Growing Up -Social experiment -Suburbs of New York -Blue Collar mentality -Unique environment -Did not play on a team until spring of Junior year in high school -Grew up playing everything -Brothers inspiration -Class of 86' at UMass -Business career -Played in the MLL in 2001-2002
13:20 Business Background -Run and shoot lacrosse company -Using business background in coaching -Understanding of people who have influence opinions -Started a business
19:37 Defensive Philosophy -Not in as much control as you think you are -Everyone gets run by -"Preparing for the intersection of the offensive players best play and your biggest mistake" -Recognition of skill and ability -Less focus on on ball defense and more off ball -Start with respect for your opponents -Signs of guys who are about to be beat -Importance of being predictable -Signs of being beat on defense
26:46 V Hold vs Cross Check Hold -Creates double and triple move offense -Indicator to off ball defenders -Good ball pressure -Use film and demonstrations that explain why -Limits penalties
33:29 Jamies RV Trip -12 days going around to different practices -The schools Jamie is planning to go to
35:17 Notre Dame Defensive Practice -Use middle of the field -Mix in stick work -No goals or creases with small groups -Scaling drills -Reps are what matter so players can really understand things -Creates a culture within the culture -"Pieces of the piece of the whole" -Lack of 1v1 practice -Finding 1v1's in other drills
44:37 Slowing Things Down and Communication and Off Ball Play -"If you can't be loud you can't play" -Oldest players in group sets the tone in drills -Players understanding the true cost of not doing things -Using peoples first names -Using the right words or phrases -Things change every time the ball moves -Have to be able to do more than one thing -Orientation
1:01:23 How to Evaluate in Recruiting? -Good off ball defense is a standout -Not too fixated on what they can not do yet -Athleticism -Consistency is good but not everything is perfect -Test coach-ability -Look for players who pull themselves out of slides -Evaluating IQ
1:07:10 Timeline on Recruiting -There is a lot to learn about people -Timeline has not changed much with new rules -Every school wants what they want
1:08:53 Offensive Defensemen and Highlight Videos -New rules support it -Need to see film and energy from people with on ball defense -Highlight films are only take away checks and goals -Strange highlight films
1:13:33 New Rules -Happy for them -Shot clock could take some tweaks -Makes it easier for the refs -Shots being taken that where not before -More trying to score -Dive is too complex
Kelly Amonte Hiller - Head Coach Northwestern Women's Team
00:30 New Facilities at Northwestern -Some of the nicest facilities in D1 sports -Field on Lake Michigan -All in one facilities -Indoor games -$300 mil.
04:11 Coach Amonte Hiller's Journey -Playing little league bass ball and hockey with her brothers -Tried everything -No exposure to lacrosse until 9th grade -Athletic family
07:30 Playing at the University of Maryland -Cindy Timchal -Garry Gait -Being taken seriously -Sports psychology -Impactful recruiting process -Seeing the game being broken down so finely -Developing fundamentals and teaching those fundamentals -Passion for the game -Maryland coaches tree
12:58 Coach Amonte Hiller's Journey and Coaching Tree -Only coached on the field as an assistant prior to Northwestern -Wanted to stay home after college -Mentors -Learning the administration side of coaching -Take insight from everyone -Scott Hiller
19:20 Beginning at Northwestern -Different rules back then -Great culture and leadership -Boundary rules impact
22:44 The Metamorphosis of Women's Lacrosse -Rule changes -Stick technologies -Reluctancy at first -Marketable sport -Great athletes, coaches, and administration in the last 20 years -Back to the skill focus and innovation focus -A lot of parody in the sport right now due to coaches being innovative -Wide range of coaching experience
28:51 Box Lacrosse and Selena Lasota -Seeing her in BC for the first time -Dynamic person -Made a decision quickly -Player to watch -Different style of play in the game -22 goals in 2 games in the NCAA tournament -Had to learn the field game -Broadening horizons in different ways -2 man game
37:36 Blending the Best of Everything to Evolve an Offense and Skill -Able to execute in tighter space -Better shooting -Wanted to be able to try new things -Confidence boost in the players -Teaches IQ -Learning to count on one another
43:03 Taking Advantage of Physical Attributes and Working Towards That -Path of Holly Korn -Became a manager -Took notes and worked on fitness on her own -Stepped up as a goalie for the team -Gave her a shot as a lefty attackman -Finishing sets people apart
47:04 What Coach Amonte Hiller Looks for in a Recruit -A player that can develop that comes from hard work -Accept feedback -Resiliency -Team player -Doesn't categorize what they look for -Its about development -Look for potential -Good fit for culture -Is it a fit for what they are looking for
52:57 How to Recruit Character and IQ -Hard to see -Interacting with players on campus -Like to see how kids learn -Evaluating IQ at camps -Seeing how player react -Being coachable
58:37 Advice on Development -Benefits to playing club -A lot of travel and money and sacrifice -Pick your spots if you can -Focus on development -Athletic development -New ways to learn things -Trust your gut and make the choice that is best for you
Dave Pietramala Head Coach Johns Hopkins
00:32 Coach Pietramala's Journey -Started playing in 11th grade -Baseball guy growing up -Tough path of entry into lacrosse -West Point lacrosse camp with a long stick -Busy career but not a long one -Made a choice to want to move to become a coach -All time great high school teammate
06:54 1989 Syracuse vs. Johns Hopkins Game -First time of lacrosse pageantry -One of the best personnel teams in Syracuse -Creativity and skill vs fundamentals -Matchups -Everything you could want in a sports game -Never watched the last minute of that game
11:52 Learning From Coach Bill Tierney -Hall of fame coaches -Fred Smith -Coaching players that may think they are hard to coach -Wanting to cover the best attackman -Coach Tierney's matchups and strategy lessons -It is all about the people -"Part of the whole" -Slide and recover philosophy -Different ways to communicate
20:02 Would Coach Pietramala still play the way he used to? -Not as many checking defenders anymore -Coaching changed first -Change in sticks -Become a lost art -Not knowing v hold as much makes players loose depth
27:08 Coach Pietramala's Coaching Journey -Fundamentals are critical -Opportunity to coach in 5th year of college -Thinking outside the box -Learning to recruit -Keeping things simple
35:26 Developing Culture -Constant change -Develop good men, students, and then players -Put them in a position to be successful -Making practice the best part of the players day -Changed the calendar year -Coming to grips with young people asking "Why?" -Mentor program -Having fun -Weekly schedule break down -Nothing but film on Thursdays in the season -Substituting being very prepared for being fresh -"A leaders job is to inspire his men and inspire hope and trust" -Inspirational leadership -Creating a culture statement -Helping brothers -Being "thoughtful"
58:04 Dave Huntley -Lacrosse nerd -Use his knowledge to help people -Knew him from Hopkins as an Alum and a players dad -Great ambassador for the sport -Knew enough about everything -Confident in himself and believed in his players
1:02:52 New Rules -Excited to allow officials do what they are there to do instead of time keeping -Shot clock provides more consistency -Landing zone for the dive -Big rule change is the change of the size of the box -Riding strategy -Riding is personnel driven -Flow into things -Efficiency on shots on goal
1:11:40 What Coach Pietramala is Looking For in a Recruit -Character, integrity, and work ethic are non negotiable -New rules gives more time to learn abut players -Find a way to find the right guys -Find guys who can play inside the box and between the lines -Pieces of the puzzle -Toughness and IQ
1:17:23 Box Players -Great understanding of their game -Being able to do things under duress -Picking and 2 man game is important -Toughness that comes with it -Understanding how to move a goalie and deception -Level of competitiveness -So good on loose balls and around the goal
1:26:04 Advice to Parents and Players on Being a College Lacrosse Player -Nurture the love for the game -In an era where players are burned out -Competitiveness -Don't be afraid to play other sports -Keep it fresh and fun
Dom Starsia
00:32 Update on Coach Starsia -Executive board of Harlem Lacrosse -Chair of US Lacrosse HOF -Coaches Organization -In between coaching situations -Writing a lot -Talking to a lot of coaches both men and women teams -Compelling to write -Inside Lacrosse and or Lacrosse Magazine
05:01 First Lacrosse Game Experience -First game coach Starsia ever saw was the one he played in freshman year at Brown University -First time picking up a stick -Athletic fit -Native American roots to the game -Sense of community in lacrosse -Rhode Island kids growing up -Fall of 82' at Brown
13:40 Memories from 91' Brown Hall of Fake Team -Players from the team -Unique talent team -Comeback game against Loyola -Bye week in the playoffs -Unfortunate ending
16:27 Developing the Culture and Becoming a Championship Team at Virginia -Started in the fall of 92' -Talent -Had to get back to work -Beginning of turning things around with a game against Syracuse -Success stories early with short coming in championships -Summer of 98' -Commitments to off the field behavior -Coaching turning the corner in the 90's -Coach Bill Tierney at Princeton in the 90's -Syracuse as a disciplined team -Key to success: have good players, have environment where they can flourish
27:18 Virginia 2006 Team -Started in spring of 2005 -Hopkins loss in 2005 -Nothing gets in the way of lacrosse -Duke scandal took some of the attention off a great season -Finish season without heavy pressure of the press -Balance -Pressure defense philosophy -Getting over a hump
37:23 Using Pressure to Get Over a Hump -Says something to your team -Helped 50/50 games -Making adjustments -Be bold -Triple pole and didn't slide -Zone in 2011
42:10 Ability to Implement a Zone Defense -Changes on offense at the same time to more 2 man game -Lost best defensemen in the middle of the season -Born out of necessity -Had the perfect players to do it -Saved middies by playing zone -Zone is not a cure all -Used it selectively going forward -Unselfish and willing team
48:29 Recruiting Canadians -Field lacrosse tournament in Toronto -Boldness in recruiting -Find people and players who fit and will make you better -Familiarity with the box game -Garrett Billings
55:45 How Coach Starsia Looked at Player in Recruiting -Separate themselves -Even on your worst day you can still be seen -Enthusiasm -Can see the things that will pay off in the next level even if it doesn't happen on the stat sheet -Body language -Don't overthink it -Put your kids in a position to enjoy what they are doing
59:58 Advice to Parents -Don't overthink the process -No cookie cutter answer -It is different for every player -Let your kid figure out some stuff for themselves -Worry about being good enough
Joe Spallina
00:32 Intro to Joe Spallina and His Philosophy on Skill -Coach Spallina backround -College coaching -Youth coaching -Team USA -Stoney Brook Women's lacrosse -Love the game -Skill work in practice -Play fast -Mechanics -Avoiding self inflicted wounds -Possession drills
10:32 Shooting -Teaching proper shooting -Step down shooting drills -Mental side of shooting -Practicing where you shoot from in games -Learning how to swing hard -Form and mechanics -Form shooting vs deceptive shooting and its evolution -Low high wind up -Behind the back feeding
23:31 Physicality in Dodging -More of it in a high level offense -Contact shooting drills -Pass first -Girls playing box lacrosse -The benefits of box lacrosse
31:50 Being Different By Learning From Everything -Professional Development -Watching press conferences -Quest to being better
33:55 Theory of Girls Playing With a Boys Stick -Low success rate with a bad stick -Boys use girls sticks so why not the other way around? -Helps with learning curve -Jamie using a girls stick
38:57 Two Man Game -MLL stats -Progression in the women's game -Big/big vs big/little -2 man from box translating into the women's game -Pass down pick down vs up picks both boys and girls -Teaches IQ -Opens the play up -Picking your own man
48:51 How Much Youth Players are Playing for Coach Spallina? -Younger = more time -Month of August is a dead period -September is individual -2 days a week in October and a few weekends -November - few tournaments -Season starts with box in the winter -Summer practice schedule -MLL style rosters -October-June: 3 days a week -Multi sport athletes
1:03:02 Development Models -Summer tradition of Box Lacrosse in Canada -Play a lot of lacrosse -High quality environment -Shooting goalies -Backyard lacrosse -Pick up games in practice -Development from pick up games -Solution to not being able to play for a great team -Different IQ's
Ty Xanders Director of Recruiting at Inside Lacrosse
00:30 November Recruiting -Against it -Players don't get as much as they should out of it -Not as good as summer -Strong feelings from coaches from the fall -Improvement from the summer
05:05 Teams/Events -Big 4 Champions league -National high school lacrosse show case -Fall events not in top 10 -Timing to go to events -Individual events -D3 Showcases
18:06 Prospect Days -Playing with the coaches -Better sense for coaches -Chance to get better -Challenge living in the west -Both is not as important as some think, but also very important -Coaches want kids who want them -Pick a handful
24:58 Spring Season/ Summer -Coaches love watching high school games -Films role -June vs July -Middle 3-4 weeks of summer -Dead period
30:03 How Do You Guarantee People Know Who You Are? -Increase in western events -Playing local teams -Recruiting is a crapshoot -What events to play? -Local events -Instructional camps -Strategy -7/8 events -Playing outside your market -Playing injured
45:11 What Are Coaches Looking For? -High level players create a consensus -Varrient opinions sometimes
48:16 New Recruiting Rules -Wide open now -State of recruiting now -Product is better -Pressure was too high on young kids -More likelihood of players panning out -Late bloomers -Less representation of good players across teams -The change of September 1 junior year -Less decommitting and flipping
1:00:32 Advice to People Trying to Get Recruited -Be patient and be smart -Don't just visit one school -Nobody is saying you have to make a decision so early -Choosing a club team -Advocates
Joe Alberici Head Coach at Army
00:30 Welcome to Coach Alberici -2300 -Competing and working out -Playing tennis and basketball -Run has to be 3 miles -30 minute minimum on a machine -Writing down workouts
06:50 Coach Alberici's Coaching Journey -Parent lottery -Alfred University -Lacrosse can be fun to practice -Young coaching experiences -Coach Pressler
14:33 What it Like to be a Head Coach at West Point -Wanted to make sure he went to a place he stood for -Passion for the place and development -Admire players -A day in the life for players -Separating times in the day -Leaders of character
23:33 Core Values of the Program and How It Fits With the Academy -Physical gades -Embracing the culture of the Academy -Special people -Family, Toughness, and Tradition -Mental toughness
29:58 Philosophy of Player Development -Fundamentals -Pushing on the field -More competitive the more fun
33:32 How coach Alberici is Sharpening His Saw -Staying competitive -Taking time to learn -Work with other staffs -Stay reading a book all the time -Watching practice film as a staff -Nuggets of information
41:36 Translating Basketball Into Lacrosse -Drills -Pick game -Smaller pieces -Details and variations of screens -Turning your head and scan the field -Duke basketball motion offense -Learning from football -D back drills
52:00 How Coach Alberici Uses Their Teams Identity -Spend time talking to a lot of people -Going into the season 60/40 -Changing plans through out a year -Simple is better -Speed
56:32 Recruiting -Looking for athleticism -Gifted in their hands -Shooters vs scorers -Not a fine science or rating system -Smartest players play -Individuals capacity -Humility -Finding interesting players
Bryan Kelly Head Coach at Calvert Hall HS
00:30 Background As a Player and Coach -Followed brother path to lacrosse -Good youth coaches -Fundamental defense -Went to Calvert Hall -Players BK played with -U19 Team USA -Class of 91 at North Carolina -Stories with the Gates -Coaching career at Calvert Hall -Coach Torpey
09:44 Last Year and Coach Dave Huntley -Coaching Coach Kelly's kids -"Let's Hunt 18" -Coach Huntleys intro at Calvert Hall -Building things around peoples skill sets -Have a meaning for everything -Intellectual genius -Scouting stories -"My strengths are also my biggest weaknesses" -Love of lacrosse -JM3 Assessment and coach Huntley's involvement -Winning the championship
24:55 Playing in the MIAA -A lot of preparation -Like the parody of the NFL -Prepares players for the next level -Start practice in February -Not a lot of off season practice -Playing indoor in the winter -A lot of weight room work -Lacrosse in Baltimore
32:27 How to Continue "Sharpening My Saw" -Watch and study college coaches -Learning from other coaches -Watching film -Learning from womans drills -Read and react -Using basketball -Learn how to read a defense -Learning from Bobby Knight -"Punch the door open" on picks
50:00 National Championship x's and o's -2 man game -Mirror play -Double threat dodging -Ben Reeves play
55:03 Recruiting -Hit singles -Play smart and hard and let the game develop -Try to do too much -Are you a good teammate? -Looking at the parents -Play for an audience of one -You can get recruited on your worst day -Off ball play -Efficiency -Freedom to fail
Jeff Tambroni Penn State University
00:30 Fall At Penn State -Transitioning freshman -Using seniors as leaders -Penn State on the field this fall -Developing leadership and culture -Using history and alumni -Weekly leadership committee meetings
05:04 How to Maintain Culture -3 Core Values -Live the same values as coaches -Constant development -Day to day -Live a lifestyle
08:30 Coach Tambroni's Coaching Journey -Gratitude -Always wanted to coach professionally -Transformational coaches -It's about who you want to coach with -Need to be yourself -Authentic delivery -Belief tell your men what they need to hear when they need to hear it -Individual coaches impacts
19:44 Philosophy of Developing Players -Everyone develops at a different time frame -More about personal development than as a player -Develop trust -Each coach connects with somebody -Offensive philosophy -ADP (Angle, Distance, Placement) -Not worried about taking shots early in offense -Offball -Live and die by shot selection, with good dodging and off ball play -85% of the game should be free flow
28:30 Dodging Philosophy With Recruiting -Elimination skill -Angle and balance -Rob Pannell -Change of direction and change of speed
34:30 New Rules -Shot clock helps teams share ball more -More player involvement and less player involvement -Reset rules -Not as big of a fan of the dive -Will create more confusion and injury than add excitement -People won't change as much as some people think -End of possessions -Riding changes -10 man ride trend
42:50 Advice on Recruiting -Being a coach and a parent -It's not scientific -Everyone's journey is different -What are you looking for? -As kids know what you're looking for as well -Let process unfold
Andy Shay Yale University
00:30 How winning a National Championship Has Changed Things -Did it the right way, so hopefully no change at all -Was as good as you think it would be -Commitment of players
02:34 How Coach Shay Built the Culture at Yale -Captains pushing the team -Self motivated -Past players impacts -Difference in recruiting -Making a living on guys nobody knows about -Walk on roles
09:31 Emphasis on Strength and Conditioning Philosophy -Great strength coach -Conditioning takes care of itself with the culture -Recruits understand the importance -Size in athletes matter -No running over summers -Bigger and slower in the fall -A lot of leg work in the weightroom -Ben Reeves transformation -Speed and agility work
20:03 Offensive Player Development Philosophy -A lot of time spent on how to practice shooting -Develop power before placement on shots outside 12 yards and on the run -Re-wiring muscle memory -Shoot with arms away to shoot as hard as possible -Teach all different shot angles -Measuring shot speed -Mechanics of shooting -Which foot to shoot off on the run -Mechanics of shooting on the run -Shooting vs finishing -How big is your toolbox?
42:57 New Rules -Big difference is clearing -Really hard to ride -Shot clock is a great idea but 80 seconds is plenty of time -Better game to watch -Sub faster -The dive and how its changing things -Did not let players dive in the fall -Theory of not leaving your feet rule -Change in the way the dive could change defense
48:54 Transition Rules -How the rules came about for Coach Shay -Uneven and transition -1st rule: never let the ball beat you to the cage -2nd rule: if your not covered get covered -3rd rule: if you are covered move it -If you don't follow the rules you won't score -Not relying on talent -Closing window of opportunity -Defense plays "flat"
Jim Berkman Head Coach at Salisbury University
00:33 Welcome Welcome Jim Berkman and What He Does to Sharpen His Saw -Background on Jim's success -What coach Berkman reads -Starts early everyday -Watch videos -Attend D1 practices -Books to read -Assigning team readings -Podcasts
07:25 Using Basketball to Help Coach -Coach Berkman's background on offense -Using Basketball plays in offensive philosophy -Using Box -Study 2 man game -Use of deception
11:20 What is Coach Berkman's Philosophy on Player Development -Give players a plan -Do more than just going out and doing something -Edge philosophy -Outside of the Normal 3-5 Practice Time -Learn to love to lift -Other sports impact -Get used to competing
18:35 Pick Up Games -Playing there game of trashcan lacrosse -Games to 3 -Pick up games -Native Americans playing pick up and box -Learning the "special touch" -Society of youth sports machine
21:14 Shooting -Find Coach Berkman's shooting content on Youtube -Repetition and technique -Video recording shooters -High hands -Disconnect between players and coaches can be cured by film -Commitment to time -Shooting on goalies -Box shooting
32:01 Uneven Progression While Working on Dodging, Feeding, Motions Etc. -Progression drill -1v1 into undeven drill -Rules to the game to get players to work on certain thing -Realistic shots on a goalie
37:05 Coach Berkman's Defensive Philosophy -"We're guarding you as soon as you get off the bus" -Not a lot of checking -Pressure -Team help defense -Defense skills -Sticks to the inside -A lot of 4v4 -"Hub Rules"
41:38 Why it can be done better in 4v4 and 5v5 vs 6v6 -More reps -Teaches 6v6 offball movements better -Exposes defense more -Training offensive middies
44:13 Teaching Communication on Defense -Getting on players to talk to each other -Talking in drills all the time -Have to get used to it by practicing -Being accountable for Communicating
46:26 2 Man Game Philosophy -Picks and slips -Comes from basketball -Starts in shooting drills -Disguising picks -Less single invert
50:50 Culture of Creativity -Use it more in drills -Practice skills -Small sided drills -"Deception makes you appear fast" -Creativity vs being careless
54:46 Parents and Player Should be Thinking About for College Recruiting -What are you doing in the summer? -Approach the summer about getting better -Have a plan -Too many tournaments -Arriving on campus as a man -Play less practice more -Responding to adversity
1:05:05 Advice on Making a Plan -What is best in terms of academics? -Narrow down schools based on academic criteria -Strategically get in front of schools you want to go to -Love of the game
1:09:37 Prospect Days at Salisbury -December 2nd -3rd Sunday in February after Gettysburg game -Next summer in June/July -Developmental
Dylan Sheridan Head Coach of Cleveland State University
00:31 Welcome Dylan -Community work -Fall for lacrosse coaches -Fall ball -Experimenting in the fall
02:52 What Coach Sheridan is Experimenting With this Fall -Trying new things on special teams -New drills -New Ride/Clear schemes -New rules on the riding and clearing -New amendments on flag down procedure
05:53 The Dive Rules -Dived a lot in the first few weeks -Not used as much after getting hit a few times -Will cause some difficulty for referees -Grey area around the crease -Playing defense differently
09:49 Coach Sheridan's Coaching Journey -Started playing for Skip Flanagan -Played in MCLA and lessons learned to help with future coaching -Also played Division 3 Football -Started coaching in Division 2 -Coached in the women's Division 1 game -Starting a Division 3 team with Coach Haas -Assistant at Denver -Assistant as Princeton -Came back to Cleveland to start Cleveland State
17:58 Lessons Learned From Coaches -Family is key -Lacrosse is a game that is wasted on the youth -Learning from tough times -Standards matter -Humility and changing and trying new things is important -Coach Tyranny as a Father in Law -How to treat Assistants -How Jamie met Matt Brown -Coach Brown's help along coach Sheridan's path -The ambition of Matt Brown -Emphasis on Skill -Reading Defenses -New styles from Coach Bates -Days at Princeton
32:22 Building Culture in a Program -Recruiting good people -Getting to know players -Homework on knowing players -Having current players help filter the character of recruits
38:08 Coach Sheridan's Defensive Philosophy -Coach Tyranny's philosophy when he was at Princeton -Slide and recover -Rotate and recover -Having multiple ways to play things -Being great at one thing rather than average at a lot of things -Aggressive defense -Pressure with new rules -"Pressure with your feet" -Zone vs pressure at the end of a shot clock
42:43 Coach Sheridan's Offensive Philosophy -Box like offense -Motion offenses -Hybrid of everything learned -Hang up game -Identifying 2v1 scenarios -No longer having to play guys both ways -Thoughts on two way middies with new rules
47:46 Leveraging Film -Being developed in the weightroom and the film room -Big ceiling of growth in the film room from high school -Optimizing film usage -Building understanding -Applicable to everything from skill to X's and O's -Individual skill -Copycat effect
55:30 Box League and its Impacts -Mirroring league from Colorado -Based out of Cleveland and Columbus -All during the week -Level of play rose among Cleveland State guys -Tickle down to youth level
Paul Day
00:32 Intro of Paul Day and Box Lacrosse Calendars -Head coach and GM of NLL Philadelphia Wings -GM of the Mann Cup Champions Peterborough Lakers -Box Lacrosse calendar -Fitness routine -No breaks for players -Advantages of playing a lot -Time for coaches to learn -Recovery times -Video time and preperation -Change up of plays
07:44 Background of Paul Day -Grew up in Peterborough -Played box with against the Gait brothers -70's/80's box lacrosse -Minto Cups -Became Police Officer -Paul's NLL Career -Coach of Peterborough Lakers GM -Paul's Mentors and Influences -Preparation is hard work -Practices
14:20 Pick up Lacrosse Growing up With Paul -Play all day in an outside bowl as kids -Playerd everyday -A lot of backyard lacrosse -Every day play local pick up hockey after school -New culture in Peterborough for pick up lacrosse
16:55 Peterborough Lakers Mann Cup Champion Team -High tempo team -Young team -Defense is a strength -Known for offense -Players talk -Big Crowrds -Environment of their arena -Zach Currier -Jake Withers -Other players
23:07 What Makes Shawn Evans Game Special -Pedigree of athletes -History of Sean Evans career -Deceptive shooting -Competitor -Slickness in his play
28:50 Philadelphia Wings -Great draft for lefties -Draft talk -A lot of offense in the expansion draft
30:36 Likelihood of Offensive American Players Playing in the NLL -More Americans drafted then Canadians -Professionality in the NLL -Practice situation -Box as part of training -Things are changing in the box scene for Americans
35:32 Off Ball Movements and What Coaches are Looking for -Move to get yourself open, and get your teammates open -Will get double and tripled if all you do is go to the goal -Clears space for people -More off ball movements will happen with the shot clock -Up pick is most effective off ball movement -Box offense in girls lacrosse -Seal plays -Reading off ball play as the dodger
51:36 What Makes Canadians Such Good Shooters -Lots of shots from mid-range -Shooting from good angles -"Eyes" on the head of your stick -Shoot for hip and knee high -Low high windup shooting -Not as much teaching, a lot of backyard talk -Not a lot of technical teaching -Sandlot model -Pass it down model -Coaching model
1:00:45 Adding Technical Teaching -Practice is just organized time to practice like you normally do -Numbers game -Translating it to a game -Skill development time -Clean play -Youth box lacrosse models
1:08:12 NLL News -Halifax is trying to get a team -Rochester looks to be coming back in an expansion team -League is growing -More expansion in the west -U.S Players also expanding
Patrick McEwen
00:28 Patrick McEwen Backround -Mastermind behind Lax Film Room -Self made lacrosse expert -Jamie's thoughts on Patrick's insight
01:47 New Rules in NCAA Lacrosse - the Dive -Dive is a zone buster - better then a 2 pointer -NY Lizards zone x's and o's -Analytics for offenses against zones -Calls for diving "at the mouth of the goal" -Penalties that the dive will bring -Differentiating safe dives vs. unsafe dives with goalies
06:52 How to defend the dive and how the dive creates chances -Officiating will play a big role -Triping penalties -Defensive adjustments -Slide earlier -Offense creation -Fake inside rolls and come topside will open up -Dive legends and Dom Starsias role -Injury concerns
13:35 New Shot Clock Rules -More normal play -Face offs will survive now
15:25 Shot Clock for Defense vs Offense -New rules get allows more risks -Scoring efficiency was too high -Opens up more freedom for players -Canadians may have an advantage -Fewer bad risks -Over selling how many two way middies there will be -The subing game may be less different then people think -Less time wasting
24:09 Why Zones might not be a big deal and philosophies -Not a lot of zone teams have been seen a lot -Its already happening -Different zone offense philosophies -Teams will be better at zone offense with short time -Switches will be more prominent -Exploit people who can't dodge -Pressure defense is still key -End of shot clock philosophy -How to take advantage of peoples weakesses
34:22 Other Strategies with the Shot Clock -More close defender involvement with clearing -Will change how defensemen are recruited -End of Denver Chesapeake game sub game -Riding vs transition -Clearing clock is still there
41:54 Will there be More Riding or Less Riding or More of the Same? -Teams are going to clear differenty -Push it more then before -More time on offense if you clear quickly -Ride philosophies -More riding/clearing opportunities in a game -Differences between a good riding and bad riding team is marginal -Defense will now be able to make up for a sub par face off guy -Offensive efficiency
47:44 80 Second Resets -Only less than 10% of possessions resulted in a reset -Majority of possessions already happened inside of 60 seconds -End of game situations -Hard to get a reset -Score and try to win a faceoff is the best end of game move -Teams electing to just roll the ball in the corner -May change how and where shooters shoot
51:32 Value of time with the shot/efficiency as a function of time left on the shot clock -How valuable are the little things? -Value of zone rides -Differences in time left in the shot clock -How do offenses respond when there is 50 seconds left vs 25, 20, 15, 5, etc.
55:52 Gathering Data from College Coaches -Anonymous data exchange -Give a baseline to teams -Will give major contribution of the big picture -Will tell you when chances are most worth taking
57:33 Ground Balls from Over Rated to Under Rated Stat -20/30 years ago "ground balls win games" was a big idea -Context matters with ground balls -Stat can be skewed with simple drops and a recollection of the ball -Ground balls impacts more than just efficiency -Face off ground balls vs other ground balls -Most impactful ground ball is on defense
1:04:40 Last Points -Not good stats for possessions and changes of possessions -Turnover stats -Subjectivity of some stats -Defining a turn over -Add to the box score stats
Jon Torpey - High Point Head Coach
00:31 Background on Coach Torpey -Calvert Hall Alum -Went to Ohio State -First coaching an Denison -Moved on to Goucher College with Kyle Hannon -University at Denver with Jamie himself -Dartmouth -Started up High Point Lacrosse program -What it's like at High Point University
02:47 Mentors for Coach Torpey -Parents and family -All of the coaches he played for and coached with -How to find mentors and leverage their knowledge -Learning from the rest of the coaching staff -Using technology -The learning part of being a coach
10:51 Pressure Defense and the Shot Clock -Playing with the new rules -Could the rules change? -Figuring out a style for each team to use
14:05 New Rules and the Transition Game -Unsure exactly how it will change the transition game for teams -Unsure how they will affect things until teams get a chance to start playing -20 second clearing clock will help the ride -2 way middies or will the substitution game stay similar -Far less riding in the MLL -Riding works better earlier in the season and against lower level teams -Sub games while reading transition
22:03 The Dive -High Point guys are fired up -Opens up a lot of real estate underneath -Defense will have to get their hands on their man sooner -Goalies don't know yet how to play it
23:29 Building a Culture -Finding an identity -Buy in from the parents -Finding players who won't waiver from the culture -Bought in group of people -The whole program from players to staff to even janitors are bought in -Turned an 0-6 start to a season to a regular season conference championship -Main goal is to make good people, then hopefully help you professionally, then lacrosse
31:43 Player Development -Addiction to helping people get better and seeing that -Keep the game simple -Technique work -Getting to the middle of the field on offense -Protect the middle of the field on defense
33:55 Advice to High School Players and Parents on Being Skilled enough -Use video -Great club programs -Find goof high school coaches -College prospect camps -Surround yourself with elite level people
35:42 How important is video to developing players and how to leverage it? -Filming practice and studying it -Absolutely need it -You might think one thing when it is really another thing -Different perspectives -One on one filming and then use it for instantaneous feedback -Use video as a way to lead -Great to use on an individual basis -Breaks down things to be crystal clear -Get someone who can break things down at a high level
42:06 The Year Ahead for High Point and Players -Asher Nolting, Tewaaraton Nominee as a freshman last year -Holes to fill from last year -Could have one of the best goalies in the country this year -Face off game is getting better -Midfield has a lot of depth -Hard riding attackman -Defensive midfield is deep and tested -Defensively will be interesting to see
Minto Cup With Jake Elliot
01:17 Recap on Minto Cup -Two Blowouts early -Jeff Teat 14 point performance -Scoring records in the Minto Cup -Midget Level championships -Brampton Power Play got hot while Coquitlam got 49 penalty minutes in round robin -Okotoks vs Coquitlam in the play in game -Okotoks missing key players -Coquitlam makes the finals vs Brampton
08:06 The Finals Coquitlam Adanacs vs Brampton Excelsiors -Game 1 40 minutes Brampton Controlled the game Scored 4 straight goals to start the 3rd period to ride into win *Coquitlam scores with 2.7 seconds left in the game into an empty net -Sparks a lot of shoving and words -Jeff Teat gets escorted off the floor -Game called because only 2.7 seconds in a 2 goal game with constant shoving, crosschecking, etc. -Emotions got the best of many -Match penalty had been issued to both Jeff and Dan Teat with 3 game suspension -Teams agreed before Minto Cup Started that they would not appeal match penalties -Every person has the right to appeal -Did not appeal Dan Teats Suspension -Appealed how it was handled to grant an appeal process -Referees statements -Jeff Teat had a clean record in terms of penalties and the Referees where not there to defend their statements -Jeff Teat showed up to the game -Referees refused to ref the game so it was cancelled -CLA and all other referee committees say they back their refs to not partake
20:45 Day 2 of Controversy, Game 2, and Game 3 -Threat of litigation to 4 officials for not honoring their contract to ref the games -Everyone got back together -Came up with new refs if the current refs threat of litigation would be dropped -New refs -Game 2 Coquitlam won 9-6, Jeff Teat played for Brampton -Brampton won Game 3 11-9 -End of the game controversy again -Brampton goalie set pick and got hit -More pushing and shoving and tempers flaring -Ref getting knocked down ended everything
26:07 Game 4 -Coquitlam takes early lead with 7-3 lead after 1st period -Brampton made the come back -Coquitlam did not play Chase Scanlan, leading scorer based on coaches decision -Teams go to overtime tied 8-8 -Coquitlam scores twice in overtime -Coquitlam wins 10-8 in overtime -Awards given
29:25 Christian Del Bianco's Ordeal -Had to have emergency 3 hour root canal surgery night before semi final game -Played through Brampton game through infection -Had to get root canal surgery again -Got hit in the face mask -In and out of the hospital between games -Christian's girlfriend looked after him
35:49 Conflicting Documents -Only reason appeal even happened was because of way suspension was handled -Appeals committee didn't use refs statements because they didn't want to go into that room -Appeals committee said refs didn't want to talk while CLA said they did under certain circumstances -Impasse between Brampton and Referees -Brampton threatened to leave the Minto Cup if Jeff Teats suspension was upheld -Money's impact in the decisions -Rampant problem of verbal abuse to referees -Laughing stock of sports because of this
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Jake Elliot
00:29 Background on Jake Elliot -Voice of Jr. and Sr. A Thunder -Voice of WLA -Voice of Vancouver Stealth/ Lacrosse Club -Called more lacrosse games than anyone -Close to 3,000 games called
03:56 How does Jamie's son Colin (an American) find his way up to Coquitlam to play Box Lacrosse? -Jamie played for Boston Blazers while coaching at Yale -Started recruiting Canadians while coaching Denver -Email from Matt Brown started a lot -Started developing players like how Canadians play -Colin went up to St. Katherines to play Pee Wee -Went back West to play Intermediate at 17 -Culture, passion, love of the game around box lacrosse
10:17 Box Lacrosse and Field Lacrosse and their Differences -Two different sports -Different environment, rules, space, net size, etc. -Box players playing field vs field players playing box -Field is a 1v1 game -Box has more 2 man, passing and feeding, and picking game -Off ball game vs isolation game -2 handedness vs playing with one dominant hand -Future of the NLL with American born players -Jamie's tryout with the Colorado Mammoth -Garry Gait and the Victoria look back -Gait brothers revolutionizing sticks
23:04 Lacrosse in Canada in August -Minto Cup -Story from one of the best games in Minto Cup history -Goalie had open net shot at the end of regulation of game 5/5 and missed -How the Minto Cup works -Recap on last two Minto Cups -Tehoka Nanticoke and Six Nations
29:55 Teams in the Minto Cup this year -Calgary Mountaineers, Okotoks Raiders - 2 Alberta Teams -Brampton Excelsiors -Coquitlam Adanacs -The road for each team to the Minto -Coquitlam is the team to beat -Rules with Alberta to be more competitive in the Minto Cup -These teams paths in the last few years -Jeff Teat as the Wayne Gretzky of Jr. A Lacrosse -Starpower coming in the Minto this year
Where to watch the Minto Cup? albertalacrossetv.com
Joe Keegan
00:58 Run Down on Money Ball Lacrosse -Wrote the Boston Cannons post game press release -Wanted to bring a new voice -Basketball conversations regarding statistics -Find inefficiencies and efficiencies
03:21 Stats and Video -Trends -Use statistics to identify what to look at in the video
06:41 Lizards vs Rattlers Game and Conclusions on Rob Pannell -How does Pannell shoot in pick and roll vs in the dodge? -Shots taken off two man game showed higher percentages -Stats can highlight the nuances of a players game
10:32 Two Man Game vs Isolation -Two best actions in the MLL are 2 man games on righty wing and lefty wing -2 man game on righty wing is 33.2% -2 man game on lefty wing is 32.7% -Only other actions above 30% are 2 man at x, dodges on left wing, and 2 man up top -Most common actions are actually the worst -Over 3 years 4200 shots from up top -2700 dodges from x -Nothing else has made up more than 1000 looks -Short-stick communication on 2 man game is so critical
17:07 Rochester Rattlers and What they Do by the Numbers -Uses man at x a lot -Over 3 years McIntosh has led the league in assisted pick and roll goals -Shooting over 50% from 2 man game from x -How to play Jordan Wolf -Percentages for big little vs 2 poles behind vs 2 shorties
22:13 Alley Shots Stick to the Inside vs Sticks to the Outside -Percentages sky rocket with stick to the inside -Natural side vs Wrong side -Most people would be more productive if they got to low wings -Teaching players to play on their natural side -How box lacrosse relates to this -Ohio States philosophy to get shots to the inside -Bring back the dive -Rule changes -Stick to the inside causes a defense to collapse more on dumps to x
34:35 How Money Ball Lacrosse uses what NBA does with 2 man games and how that relates to the NLL -The shooter and passer each had a roll -Nations concept: When fed by the pick and roll operator roll man shot 13.5% When fed by anyone else on floor man shot 25.8% -Nations gets everyone out of position -Why Nations works
41:23 Why isn't Nations Ran as Much in Field Lacrosse? -Not as easy to find 2v1's -Harder to roll to the net -Feeding the picker in field works better in field than box -Reverse to the follow look -Not many people work on it
44:18 Assisted Goals vs Unassisted Goals by the Stats -Passing is good for shooting % -Unassisted shot is at 26-27 -Assisted shot is up to 32% -Need balance between guys who can score on and off assist -Box concept
49:44 Effectiveness of Twister Shooting -Brings stick back to the middle -Gives a whole new angle -Allows to throw a curveball if farther out
51:49 Using Analytics and Video for Player Development -Able to see and use different techniques -Allows you to learn from other people -Identifies strengths -More college teams are or will soon be using analytics and more video analysis
Mike Mauboussin
01:25 Backround on Mike -Grew up in Ithaca NY -Soccer, Hockey, and Lacrosse player -Georgetown Lacrosse Alumni -Day job is in Finance as an analyst and strategist -Sports by the numbers -Technology contributions to data analysis
06:34 "The Basic Equation" and Lacrosse Analytics -Gather all data in D1 lacrosse and aggregate them -Average 31.7 possessions a game -Convert 32.7 of those possessions into goals -Average 10.3 goals per game -How to use these numbers to help your team win -Ground balls impact -Teams who win the ground ball battle by 4 or more win the game 70% of the time
11:18 Face-offs Impact -Teams who win a higher % of face-offs has low correlation to winning a game -Streaks are consistent with one player being better than another -Variance (difference between the best and the worst) -Rule changes impact variance
17:53 Impact of Canadians Statistically -Shooting percentage is higher -Average shooting % for Canadians is 34.2% -Average shooting % for Americans is 28% -Efficiency is higher -One handedness commonality of Canadians -Practice on smaller nets and bigger goalies
24:15 Goaltending -Communication brings out confidence in defensive players -Clearing -Save percentages impacts -3/4 failed clears should result in a goal against statistically
28:16 How coaches can use analytics -Use statistics to draw a wholistic view -Understand what your doing fully -Coaching vs. Teaching -Prioritize time to do what will ultimately help a team win -Practice what actually happens in a game -Balance rest and engagement -Putting players in a place where they can succeed -Study the people who are successful -Focus on getting better at what you need to get better at -Lacrosse is very conservative for coaching -Hockey pull your goalie theory through statistics
36:48 Focus on Process from the Theory of Skill and Luck -When there is a lot of luck in your outcome, focus on the process -Black Jack -Highly reliable statistics in baseball -Paradox of skill -Difference between the best and worst players has shrunk
42:06 Mike's Advice to Players -Have fun -Multiple sport athletes -Practice what works -Learn about your strengths and weaknesses -Use film
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Mark Burnam
00:30 Intro and Background on Mark Burnam -Background on Mark Burnam -IMG Coach -Iraquois National Team Head Coach -14 Championship Rings -New York High School Lacrosse Champion -1983 Syracuse National Champion -2 Minto Cup Championships -2 Man Cup Championships -4 President Championships -1 Founders Championship -Story of crosschecking John Grant SR. in the teeth -Syracuse grad in 1985
14:38 Iroquois National Team and the World Games -Logistics of getting all the guys together -Roster talk -Scarcity of some positions -Scratches from the roster *Zed Williams * Zach Miller
20:14 Native American Players Impact -6 Nations breakdown by the numbers -Small amount of players to choose from -750,000 U.S Players -100,000 Canadian Players -1,500-2,000 Iroquois Players
25:42 How is it that such a small population of players, make up so many World Class Players? -Backyard lacrosse hasn't disappeared on the reservations -No helmets, no gloves, wooden sticks pick up games -Mindset difference -Sandlot Model -Creativity difference -Pass it Down Model
32:56 Pass it Down Model -Development of players -Toughness of kids now -Big brother theory -Mark Burnam's Stories -See someone do something and go try it yourself -Always playing a different sport out in the street
43:45 The Story of When Mark Burnam Fought a Bear -State fair in New York -Watch other people do it first -Punched bear in the face -Bear went nuts -Laster over a minute -Won the fight!
Kevin Corrigan
00:27 Intro -Coach Corrigan's coaching journey -Coach Corrigan's biggest influences -Notre Dame defense philosophy -Riding and clearing and mentality of riding -Use of video in developing players -Recruiting
03:26 Coach Corrigan's Coaching Journey -30 years expierence -High school coach in Charlottesville -Assistant coach at Notre Dame -Randolph Macon College -Assistant Coach at Virginia -Back to Notre Dame -Always learning -Starting programs then vs. now -Growth of the game
07:59 Coach Corrigan's Biggest Influences -Coach Corrigan's Father -Watch any and all college sports practices -Coach Corrigan's son Will -Jim Addams -Bruce Arena -Egoless Clarity -End of the year tactics -Constant learning -Reading is key -Good to great -The Captain Class by Sam Walker
25:40 Notre Dame Defense Philosophy -Do no harm to yourself -Be fundamental -Defense can be controlled better from year to year -Evolution of Notre Dame Defense -Keep it simple -On the field decisions -Don't have to outsmart, but have to out execute -V hold philosophy
34:59 Riding and Clearing -It is a mindset -Work really hard at it -Ball pressure is single biggest key to riding
37:47 Using Film for Individual Player Development -Team film almost everyday for 15-25 minutes -Watching other teams -Use more film study for individual players -Only way to really know what happened
41:48 Recruiting -New rules -Kids can go out and play instead of having to perform -Opportunity to get better for longer -More development focus -Sandlot model is key -Multi sport athletes -Pickup game mentality needs to come back -You have until Sophomore year now to just get better -Advocates are needed but not everything -Development is the biggest thing
Lars Tiffany
00:57 Coach Tiffany's path to where he is now -Native American ties -Lafayette School System -Played at Brown University under Dom Starsia -Love for the game -4 Years teaching/coaching in California -Wanted to be Veterinarian -College Lacrosse Coaching path -Jim Stagnita's and other fellow coaches impact
07: 46 Element of Playing Using Defensive Pressure -Mentality -Risk vs. Reward -10 man ride
09:58 Coach Tiffany's Biggest Influences as a Coach -Jim Stagnita - Lacrosse IQ -Dom Starsia - Leadership and Manhood
11:35 How to "Sharpen the Saw" (Continue Learning) -Attack team development -How to play fast -Team dynamic and bonding -Joe Amplo from Marquette -The want to be heard and understood -Study Film -Share information with other coaches -Always be listening
20:29 Defensive Philosophy -Team defense comes full circle -Man to man "own your matchup" idea vs. good help defense -Sliding unconventionally -Reading slides vs. hard fast rules -Give the players the tools to make their own decisions on the field
27:33 Value of Video -Power of being able to see things you wouldn't see -Assessment of what is really happening -Continues film study and breakdown -Group film AND individual film study
32:56 Recruiting -New rules are "liberating" -Takes pressure of families and players -Don't have to be a "finished product" as early -More appropriate timing -Emphasize training
37:44 Box Lacrosse and Small Sided Games -Canada keeps beating USA with far less players and far less money spent -Boys and Girls -Resurrect the Sandlot -Accomplish World Class skill using small sided games
Nick Myers
Methods for Developing Leadership and Culture Within a Program: -Period of reflection -Evaluate your staff, captains, and all team members -Survey the team -Player to player AND player to staff -Leadership council communication -Look outward vs. looking inward -Collect Data -Formulate a plan
Surveys: -Survey the players to get a full understanding -Use it as constructive feedback instead of complaining -See where there is places to work on -Exposes
Blueprint of "The Buckeye Way" -Tim Kite (motivational speaker) came in and spoke -The development of what "The Buckeye Way" means -Core Values -All in -Do your job -Be not me -Outcome chasing -Chase your own goals
Evaluating "The Buckeye Way" in Recruiting: -Developing a language -Use consistent evaluations -Look at post goal behaviors -How does the player give/take feedback from BOTH players and coaches? -Coach-ability is key -Player IQ -How to players perform when they aren't comfortable? -Toughness -Two Handed-ness
Player Development: -Identify and use foundations -Development practice -Minimizing bad habbits -Build upon foundations
Growing Youth Players: -Play in the driveway -Create a space that is safe and enjoyable -Use a little bit of coaching to get them started, make it the right way -How do you define success? -Developing competitiveness
How Coach Myers Still Grows as a Student of the Game: -Try to get the most out of your group -Read -Communicate with mentors and peers -Watching Film -Be proactive not reactive -Identify strengths and weaknesses
Dave Huntley and how he helped develop Coach Myers: -Sharpened the Saw -Challenged each other -Honesty -Love for the game -Watching and learning from everything you can get your hands on -The top dogs study the hardest
The Use of Film: -The value of using film in player development... No brainer -Evaluate yourself -Create a dialog using film -What to look for when watching film
Summer Planning: -Development vs. Exposure -Timeline -Developmental Mentality
Middle School Age Group: -College Camps and Relationship Building -Worry about Development more than college exposure -Box Lacrosse and Pick up Games -Use your experts -Sandlot Model
Box Lacrosse: -Build IQ and Skills -Teaching/Learning Environment -Touches Ratio -Goal/Goalie Sizes -Shooting Percentage Differences in Canadians vs. Americans -Box vs. Field training
Recruiting Process: -Changes over time of recruiting timeline -Now vs Then -Competitiveness in recruiting -Digital/Remote Coaching Revolution -Empire State Games
Showcases: -Exciting opportunities to do something special -College coaches love a compilation of great players -Team Play Jeopardy -Rules Every Tryout/Showcase Should Follow
Showcase vs. Tryouts vs. Tournaments vs. a Money Grabs -Team Events -Individual Player Events -D3 Showcases -Advantages vs Disadvantages
Relationships With Coaches: -Coaches have to know who you are -Contact Coaches- the highlights -How to use Connections- Relationships Matter
Assertiveness: -Being Assertive is Key! -Personal Antidote -Success Story
JM3Sports Assessments: -Explanation of what the Assessment is -Video is TRUTH. (Power of Video) -Show examples of what you do well/ what you could do better -Advanced Stats -Honest and game changing feedback
Parallels Between Lacrosse and Other Sports: -Golf Industry is already in video analysis -Swimming Antidote
Contacts: -email at jmunro@jm3sports.com -www.jm3video.com -www.jm3getrecruited.com
Recruiting Check out the complete run down on how recruiting works and all the ins and outs of college lacrosse recruiting, with expert and JM3Sports owner, Jamie Munro. Learn all the logistics about the topic of recruiting and hear about completely tangible plan of attack to get yourself or even one of your players/kids recruited to your dream school. Making a dream come true starts with knowledge and a plan, and thats exactly what we have here!
The very first episode of the Phil-Lacrosse-Ophy Podcast with world class lacrosse mind and JM3Sports owner and analyst, Jamie Munro.