Phil-lacrosse-ophy Podcast

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 defen

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 i

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? -H

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 -Pla

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

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 a

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

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 ang

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 -Vide

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

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 th

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 m

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

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 ri

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

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

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

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

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

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 t