| I. 26 Years |
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1. 4 years: Player at St. Lawrence-for Don Leet
2. 2 years: Assistant at Salisbury with Hank Janczyk
3. 1 year: Head Coach at Potsdam State
4. 3 years: Assistant at St. Lawrence with Don Leet
5. 17 years: Head Coach at Salisbury University |
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II. 3 Things
That Determine Your Potential
(note: athlete’s effort determines all three!)
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1.Stick
Skills |
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A.Wall
Ball- Program/ Accountability/Charts
B.Shooting-
Program/ Accountability/ Bucket Chart
*lack of shooters
*getting hands free |
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2. Weight Room |
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(note: As much as we know about
it, Lacrosse still lags behind football. There are still a lot of Lacrosse
players who have gone through high school without a lifting program. Why is
this happening with all we know about strength training?)
A. Program
-intensity, consistent effort will equal stronger athlete!!
-charts
B. Testing- Goals & Accountability
17 Years: 4 tests
1. Body Weight- 10X
2. 15 Pull-ups
3. 25 Dips
4. 1.5 miles < 9 mins.
C. In-Season- 2x a Week Maintenance |
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3. Speed & Conditioning |
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A. Program/Drills -
- teach to upperclassmen
- teach first few
practices
- Expectations/ Accountability/ Charts
B.Ladder Drills- teach drills
C.Parachutes- progressive drills
D.Leather Jump Ropes- program
E.Agilities (cones)- series of drills
F.Active Stretching Exercises
G.Sprint Drills- distances/ change of direction
H.Conditioning Program- progressive/variety
*What can you do to create an environment that encourages an
athlete to push his own Hot-Button? Accomplish his strength, strength, speed,
and conditioning potential? |
| III. Offense: 1-4-1 & 1-3-2 to 2-2-2 to motion & set
plays |
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1.Great Offenses/Players/Same Concepts |
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A.Creating Space
B.Be hard to guard
C.Watch man guarding you*
D.Follow slides
E.Shorten Passes- distort shape of defense
F.Outlets Left/Right
G.Ability to Dodge: 1. Feed
2.
Shoot
H. Square shoulders & go- North/South dodgers
I. Dunks not 3-pointers
J. Talk on offense
K. Don’t let short sticks Dominate offense
Scoring Goals depends on concepts not formations |
| IV. Defense- little help (crease slide) to quick slide packages, multiple zones, to people thinking to
not sliding so quick again! |
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Division III- All the champions in
the DIII history have been aggressive defensive teams.
1980 to 2004—Hobart, Nazareth,
Washington, Middlebury, Salisbury.
1. Philosophy- Guarding them when they get off the bus!! |
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A.Relentless pressure
B.Play a lot more people
C.Fun
D.Easier to play slower than faster. -harder to prepare for!
E. Develops better offensive players also!
1.Carry ball better
2.Learn how to get open
3.Move off of ball
4.Better conditioned |
| V. Transition- who scores more easier goals? |
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1.Philosophy of Coach-
2.Practice structure-1/2 field vs. full field
3.Who is willing to take the risk- |
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A. 5 on 4 (behind goal vs. above goal)
B. 4v4 (pull it out vs. dodge to score)
C. Restarts (possess ball vs. get a break)
D. Ride (trap, pressure, 10 man vs. drop back zone) |
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4.Defensive stick skills/freedom (utilize vs. keeping them on a
rope) |
| VI. Recruiting- very little to seasonal to 24/7—365 days a year
to juniors committing before senior year. |
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1.Competition |
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A. Twice as many high school players
but same number of colleges.
B. Promises vs. opportunities
C. Teams 40 to 50 players- NORM |
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2.Provide/ Encourage Competitive Opportunities |
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A. Camps
B. Travel Teams
C. Tournaments (outdoor/ indoor)
D. Video/Film
E. Individual Initiative |
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3. Be Honest With Your Players |
| VII. Other Topics of Interest |
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