Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 13 - Patrick McEwen

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