Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast

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

In Season with Andy Towers NCAA Championship Weekend Review 01:03 Duke vs Virginia -Face-offs down the stretch -The battle back -Different personnel for Virginia -Alex Rhode's play all weekend -Different defensive looks from Virginia -This Weeks Blog Referred to: https://www.jm3sports.com/blog/a-lacrosse-weekend-5-26-19 -Offensive schemes from the game -Motion vs stagnant offense for Virginia 13:17 Penn State vs Yale -Beating Penn State at their own game -The ebbs and flows of the face-off game -The impact the shot clock has had on face-off volumes -TD Ierlan's ability to create 50/50 GB's 19:53 National Championship Virginia vs Yale -The advantages each team brought into the game -Virginia's 222 B/L offense -Virginia's tight packed defense gave opportunities for Yale to shoot -Virginia earning the win -Missed first chance ground balls -Yale's exhaustion -The physicality and the impact of the rides -Ryan Conrad in the tournament 33:58 Axia Time Player of the Week Jamie: Matt Moore - Virginia Andy: One Per Game Petey LaSalla - Virginia Matt Brandau - Yale Alex Rhode - Virginia AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100

In Season with Andy Towers Live From PLL Training Camp NCAA Tournament Week 3 / Pre-Championship Weekend 01:34 Recap of last weekend and the stage lacrosse is in 05:10 Virginia vs Maryland 12:05 Duke vs Notre Dame 17:40 Penn State vs Loyola 24:05 Yale vs Penn 34:19 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Andy's flashback of the 1994 Final 4 Appearance with Brown as an Assistant Coach Ivy League Player of the Week: Jamie: Jackson Morrill - Yale Andy: Jack Tigh - Yale AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 39:56 Final Picks Andy: Virginia over Duke Yale over Penn State National Champion: Virginia Jamie: Penn State over Yale Virginia over Duke National Champion: Penn State

In Season with Andy Towers NCAA Tournament Week 2 / Post First Round 00:33 Andy and Jamies Weekend In Review and Mothers Day 02:56 Loyola vs Syracuse 06:22 Yale vs Georgetown 08:52 Penn vs Army 11:23 Virginia vs Robert Morris 15:07 Penn State vs UMBC 17:20 Maryland vs Towson 19:57 Duke vs Richmond 22:44 Johns Hopkins vs Notre Dame 28:38 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback to 1990 Yale Team Ivy League Player of the Week: Andy: TD Ierlan - Yale Jamie: Simon Mathias - Penn AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 38:14 Quarter Final Picks -Virginia over Maryland - Both -Duke over Notre Dame - Andy -Notre Dame over Duke - Jamie -Penn State over Loyola - Both -Penn over Yale - Jamie -Yale over Penn - Andy

In Season with Andy Towers NCAA Tournament Week 1 / Post Selection Sunday 00:53 Vermont vs UMBC 02:32 Marist vs Quinnipiac 05:07 Penn State vs Johns Hopkins 12:03 Loyola vs Army 14:25 Upcoming Loyola vs Syracuse Matchup 18:50 Denver vs Georgetown 22:07 Yale's Loss in the Ivy League Championship and Penn's Success and the Path Ahead for each 29:39 Upcoming Virginia vs Robert Morris Matchup 33:15 Upcoming Towson vs Maryland Matchup 34:40 Upcoming Notre Dame vs Johns Hopkins Matchup 35:49 Upcoming Duke vs Richmond Matchup 37:35 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback to 1992 playing Navy @ Navy as Assistant Coach at Yale Ivy League Player of the Week: Jamie: Reed Junkin - Penn Andy: Kyle Gallagher - Penn AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 47:36 Next Weeks Picks -Penn State over UNBC -Syracuse over Loyola -Yale over Georgetown -Penn over Army -Virginia over Robert Morris -Towson over Maryland - Andy -Maryland over Towson - Jamie -Johns Hopkins over Notre Dame -Duke over Richmond -Penn State over Syracuse -Yale over Penn - Andy -Penn over Yale - Jamie -Virginia over Towson/Maryland -Duke over Johns Hopkins - Andy -Johns Hopkins over Duke - Jamie Andy's Final 4: -Penn State -Yale -Duke -Virginia Jamies Final 4: -Penn State -Penn -Johns Hopkins -Virginia Championship Games: Andy: Virginia over Penn State Jamie: Penn State over Virginia

In Season with Andy Towers Week 12 00:00 AT's Weekend 03:55 Michigan vs Ohio State 07:27 Denver vs Marquette 09:55 Navy vs BU 13:05 Holly Cross vs Lehigh 16:00 CAA as a Conference 17:53 Stoney Brook and the American East 19:23 Maryland vs Johns Hopkins 22:48 Notre Dame vs Duke 24:22 Penn State vs Rutgers 26:10 Virginia vs North Carolina 30:43 Highpoint vs Richmond 34:34 Drexel as a Team 37:00 AXIA Time Ive League Review -Flashback story of 1988 game at Syracuse -Yale vs Harvard -Penn vs Vermont -Brown vs Dartmouth -Cornell vs Princeton 56:58 Jamie: Clarke Petterson - Cornell Andy: TD Ierlan - Yale AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 59:40 Next Weeks Games -Army vs Holy Cross -Bu vs Bucknell -Quinnipiac vs Detroit Mercy -Vermont vs Albany -Penn State vs Rutgers -Umass vs Drexel -High Point vs Jacksonville -Mt. St. Marry's vs Robert Morris -Georgetown vs Providence -Towson vs Delewars -Marist vs Conscious -Stoney Brook vs UNBC -Johns Hopkins vs Maryland -Air Force vs Richmond -Hobart vs Sacred Heart -Denver vs Villanova -Penn vs Brown -Yale vs Cornell -Virginia vs Notre Dame 1:02:11 League Champion Projections Ivy League - Yale American East - Vermont NEC - Sacred Heart MAC - Detroit Mercy Patriot League - Loyola Big East - Denver SOCON - High Point CAA - UMass

In Season with Andy Towers Week 11 01:38 Duke vs Marquette 04:28 Bucknell vs Lehigh 07:39 High Point vs Bellermine 09:28 North Carolina vs Notre Dame 16:41Ohio State vs Maryland 18:51 Loyola vs Army 22:14 Blowout Games 24:06 Stoney Brook vs Vermont 28:11 Penn State vs Johns Hopkins 31:50 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback story to vintage Jake Reed -Princeton vs Harvard -Upcoming Princeton vs Cornell Game -Penn vs Dartmouth -Cornell vs Brown Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 48:42 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Andy: Micheal Sowers - Princeton Jamie: Micheal Sowers - Princeton 49:54 Next Weeks Games -Bryant vs Brown -North Carolina vs Syracuse -Navy vs Boston -UMass vs Deleware -Michigan vs Ohio State -Stoney Brook vs Albany -Marquette vs Denver -High Point vs Richmond -Cornell vs Princeton -Providence vs Villanova -Georgetown vs St. Johns -Dartmouth vs Brown -Penn State vs Rutgers -Harvard vs Yale -Duke vs Notre Dame -Maryland vs Johns Hopkins