Phi - Lacrosse - Ophy Podcast Ep. 43 - ASU Women's Head Coach Tim McCormack

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