Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast

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 and Artistic Director of Joy of the People Soccer, shares his unique approach to youth soccer. He discusses the importance of free play and small-sided games, emphasizing how they boost skill development and teamwork. Kroeten explores the balance between fluency and accuracy in training, drawing from language learning theories. He also highlights the value of adaptability and learning through observation, encouraging a player-centric environment that fosters creativity. Plus, he reveals how older players can mentor younger ones, cultivating community through the joy of the game.

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