Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast

In Season with Andy Towers Week 10 *Live From the Lacrosse Virtual Summit* 2:04 Notre Dame vs Cornell 08:18 Ohio State vs Johns Hopkins 11:44 Umass vs Towson 14:15 Duke vs Virginia 18:36 Syracuse vs North Carolina 25:58 Air Force vs Richmond 27:56 BU vs Loyola 30:08 Penn State vs Michigan 36:54 Maryland vs Rutgers 38:49 Non top 20 games 42:10 Army vs Navy 46:17 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback to 1986 and 1987 vs Army -Flashback to 1990 vs Cornell Road Trip -Penn vs Harvard -Yale vs Brown -Princeton vs Dartmouth 58:47 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Sam Handley -Penn & Adam Goldner - Penn Andy: Chayse Ierlan - Cornell Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 1:00:47 Next Weeks Games -Brown vs Providence -Yale vs Albany -Duke vs Marquette -Notre Dame vs North Carolina -Brown vs Cornell -Deleware vs Towson -Lehigh vs Bucknell -Maryland vs Ohio State -Harvard vs Princeton -Penn vs Dartmouth -Denver vs Providence -Drexel vs Hofstra -Army vs Loyola -Holy Cross vs BU -Syracuse vs Navy -Johns Hopkins vs Penn State

In Season with Andy Towers Week 9 00:53 Sunday Night Lacrosse Penn State vs Ohio State 08:32 Loyola vs Lehigh 12:36 Duke vs Notre Dame 18:53 Johns Hopkind vs Rutgers 26:03 Maryland vs Michigan 26:25 Vermont vs Albany 26:37 Villanova vs Denver 30:47 Army vs BU 34:06 Virginia vs North Carolina 44:22 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback of Late Great Paul Schimoler's Stick -Reflecting on Paul Schimoler and Stories -Harvard vs Cornell -Yale vs Dartmouth -Brown vs Penn -Princeton vs Stoney Brook 1:05:45 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: TD Ierlan - Yale Andy: Sam Handley - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 1:08:57 Next Weeks Games -Loyola vs Georgetown -Syracuse vs Cornell -Notre Dame vs Marquette -Lehigh vs Robert Morris -Duke vs Virginia -Penn State vs Michigan -UMass vs Towson -Loyola vs BU -Brown vs Yale -Syracuse vs North Carolina -Cornell vs Notre Dame -Ohio State vs Johns Hopkins -Villanova vs Georgetown -Maryland vs Rutgers

Brodie Merrill - Decorated NLL and MLL Defensemen 02:32 Growing Up and Lacrosse Journey for Brodie -Physical education teachers for parents -Migrating west to Ontario from Quebec -Orangeville and playing lacrosse there -Turning to lacrosse in such a unique environment -How these small programs create such good players -Shane Sanderson as one of Brodies first coaches -Falling short in the 2000 Minto Cup -Journey to Salisbury 15:28 First Picking Up a Pole -Established stick skills before -U19 Team in 1999 had no poles and he stepped up -Gave experience and learned from other defensemen -Doesn't take long and is much easier to learn with a shorter stick first -Randy Staats and Jeff Teat using a pole 22:11 Playing for Coach Urick at Georgetown -Moral compass -Demanded respect without a lot of yelling or demeaning -Father figure of the program 24:38 Professional Career -Close calls for the final 4 in college -Winning cam easy in Baltimore first year in MLL -Players that he played with on that first Baltimore team -Not overthinking matchups -Learning from Mikey Powell 31:42 Stories About Dave Huntley -He always had the time for you -Similarities to coach Urick -Playing 5v6 so defense could back up shots -Outside the box thinking 36:59 Playin on the Expansion NLL Team - San Diego Seals -Coming to play for Brodie's brother -Fresh starts for everyone -Interesting dynamic of the team -Austin Staats and his ability 42:15 The Hill Academy School and Program -Building a healthy relationship between athletics and academics -Father putting so much on the line -The players that have come through -200 students 90 mens players and 20 girls players -Interaction between like minded people -How much training goes on at The Hill -Playing other sports in the winters -Taking the time to learn the field game -Measuring volume and intensity levels in everything they do -Advantage of American players coming up and playing 57:55 Future of the NLL and Opportunities for American Players -PLL will help provide more opportunity -Great growth in the NLL -Schedules of the different leagues finally coincide -Breakthrough for the career

In Season with Andy Towers Week 8 00:30 Last Week In Review for Andy and Jamie 01:13 Penn State vs Maryland Sunday Night Game 10:10 Rutgers vs Ohio State 13:45 Notre Dame vs Syracuse 16:10 North Carolina vs Duke 21:08 Run Through of the Patriot League 27:30 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback of 1987 Brown at UNH -Flashback of old school King of the Hill -Brown vs Princeton -Cornell vs Dartmouth -Penn vs Yale 3OT Game 36:10 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Sam Handley - Penn Andy: Darian Cook - Brown Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 40:01 Next Weeks Games -Hobart vs Syracuse -Lehigh vs Loyola -Air Force vs High Point -Notre Dame vs Duke -Cornell vs Harvard -BU vs Army -Richmond vs Jacksonville -North Carolina vs Virginia -Rutgers vs Johns Hopkins -Michigan vs Maryland -Navy vs Colgate -Albany vs Vermont -Dartmouth vs Yale -Penn vs Brown -Villanova vs Denver -Ohio State vs Penn State

Steve Stenersen - President and CEO of US Lacrosse 01:33 The Lacrosse Journey of Steve and Its Tie With US Lacrosse -St. Pauls High School and an early start to the game -Playing football and basketball -The impact lacrosse had in life -Journalism aspirations -Working in the Lacrosse Foundation 07:27 80's-90's Growth of the Game and Transition from the Lacrosse Foundation -Hand written index card records -The first meeting in 1992 to unify an organization -Creation of US Lacrosse in 1998 12:02 The Good the Bad and the Ugly -Same challenges from 1992 -Participation is flattening -Dive in youth sports -Lacrosse's accessibility -Threat to rec teams 19:22 The Use of the Sandlot -Catering the rules and things to kids ages and ability -Small sided versions of the games -High burnout rates -Projecting adult values on youth players -Excitement for another sports seasons is dying -Diluting the excitement of playing in games -Playing pick up with Jamie's daughter -Growing the sport because it is fun 32:10 The Rules and Changes -Gaining momentum internationally -Recognizing the FIL -Positioning sport for 2028 Olympics in LA -Building relations within the IOC -Building relations with the Olympic host -Squad sizes 40:50 Plans for Development National Teams -Component of new strategy -Spending on national teams -Expanding opportunities for national team experiences -Driving inspiration and aspiration in kids minds -The structure of the younger national team systems -Idea of 2 teams for boys and girls -Developing this into box lacrosse -Numbers vs Canada in player numbers 53:26 The Future of the Athlete Development Model US Lacrosse is Using -Coming from soccer and hockey -Investing into educational resources -Different views of the experience -Youth lacrosse should be re-imagined -Greater traction of this concept -Obtaining feedback with surveys -Measuring meaningful touches

In Season with Andy Towers Week 7 of NCAA Season 00:30 Last Week In Review 03:43 Andy Towers Look at Mid Season Top 20 04:29 #20 UMass 05:36 #19 Lehigh 06:12 #18 Richmond 06:36 #17 Johns Hopkins 07:50 #16 Hobart 08:22 #15 Penn 09:18 #14 Notre Dame 10:37 #13 High Point 12:08 #12 Army 12:45 #11 Cornell 13:45 #10 Ohio State 14:37 #9 Loyola 14:57 #8 Denver 15:34 #7 Syracuse 16:15 #6 Towson 17:02 #5 Maryland 17:37 #4 Penn State 18:55 #3 Yale 19:24 #2 Virginia 20:05 #1 Duke 22:04 Johns Hopkins vs UVA 24:17 Notre Dame vs Ohio State 28:08 North Carolina vs Maryland 29:40 Denver vs Towson 32:27 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback of Mike Waldvogel and the lessons learned from him 40:35 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Jack Starr - Yale Andy: Tyler Dunn - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 44:18 Next Weeks Games Harvard vs Albany -Virginia vs Richmond -Highpoint vs Furman -Syracuse vs Notre Dame -Ohio State vs Rutgers -Bucknell vs Army -Princeton vs Brown -Penn vs Yale -Denver vs Georgetown -North Carolina vs Duke -Michigan vs Johns Hopkins -Maryland vs Penn State

In Season with Andy Towers Week 6 00:30 Spring Break Lacrosse 01:56 Syracuse vs Rutgers 07:00 Duke vs Towson 12:13 UVA vs Notre Dame 16:63 Maryland vs Villanova and Navy vs Loyola 19:35 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Why these watches are so great! -Flashback from Yale attackman Josh McHugh and the twister -Playing Yale in Providence -Yale vs Cornell -Brown vs Harvard -Penn vs Princeton -Upcoming Penn vs Cornell game 36:37 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Matt Brandau - Yale Andy: BJ Farrare - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 39:34 Next Weeks Games -Michigan vs Notre Dame -Brown vs Holy Cross -BU vs Harvard -Army vs Colgate -Navy vs Lehigh -Georgetown vs Marquette -Towson vs Denver -UMass vs Brown -Princeton vs Yale -Cornell vs Penn -Notre Dame vs Ohio State -Bucknell vs Loyola -Dartmouth vs Harvard -Stoney brook vs UNBC -Maryland vs North Carolina -Hopkins vs Virginia -Duke vs Syracuse

Matt Hasselbeck - Analyst for ESPN NFL Sunday Countdown, 3x NFL QB Pro Bowler 01:44 How Matt Became a Lacrosse Fan -Played a lot of other sports -Little high school exposure -His daughters choosing to play lacrosse -Jamie and Matt's daughters playing together -How they started playing box in Canada 06:10 How the Environment of Box Lacrosse Helped Girls Develop -Physicality of it, and helped them finish -Improvements in other sports -Not admiring your pass -The amount of fans 10:20 Matt Hasselbeck's Athletic Development -Playing sports everyday as a kid -Like playing pickup basketball -Seeing other players perspectives -Lacrosse players don't play as much pick up lacrosse -Quarterbacks throwing to their strong arm side -Patrick Mahomes and his athletic reference 19:23 How Important Deception Is -Can be over used as a quarterback -Training your eyes 25:07 Jerry Rice / Bobby Ingram Story and How it Relates to Dodging in Lacrosse -Jerry Rice Running a Mile in Pads Before Practice -"He can only go as fast as I decide to go" -Finding the space when a receiver is open -Best players see slower plays as set ups 31:06 Julian Edelman "Trip move" -Would work in a certain coverage -Explanation of the trip move -Offense wins -Make a receivers Von Miller Pass Rush Academy 34:40 Leadership Lessons Along The Way From Matt -First time in a varsity huddle -Body language and action -Being in step with your coach and playbook -Brett Farve's intangibles -Fine line between being the light guy vs being serious -Teams that are great have good leadership in the locker room -Nutrition as a part of training 45:22 Attitude and Aptitude of Development -Bill Walsh book Same plays Chiefs are running now in the same book -Trusting coaches is a key -Putting your guard down and wanting to learn 49:35 How the Patriots Are so Successful -Set rules like: "set the edge" -Take away what you do best defensively -Playing second best receiver with best corner and best received with 2 corners -Mindset -Player development 53:23 Player Development on the Patriots -"Finding the Winning Edge" - Bill Walsh book -Bigger stronger faster practice players -Deleting options instead of being the best athlete 57:17 Leveraging Film -"The eye in the sky don't lie" -Challenge getting film -Game film and practice film 59:54 Snake by Ken Stabler and Leading as a Vet -Leader who kept things under control -Backing up Andrew Luck -Go meet the younger teammates out late at night -Meeting guys where they were out -Life happens outside of sports

In Season with Andy Towers Week 5 00:57 Weekends Picks for Andy 03:52 Upcoming Matt Hasselback Podcast 04:39 Duke vs Loyola Thursday night 11:35 Pat Spencer Not Dodging with Speed 14:25 The Undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes 17:23 Colgate vs BU 20:13 Lehigh vs Army and the Patriot League 23:33 Syracuse vs Johns Hopkins 25:30 Notre Dame vs Denver 30:50 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Memory from 1990 going from 5 poles to 4 poles -Brown vs Harvard Game in 1990 21-18 final score 36:09 Friday Night Cornell vs Penn State 39:25 Cornell vs Towson and face-offs story 41:37 Penn vs Villanova and St. Joes and Penn's weekend 44:02 Princeton vs Rutgers 49:18 Yale vs Michigan 49:54 Brown vs Virginia 57:10 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Andy: Clarke Petterson - Cornell Jamie: Sam Handley - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 1:01:07 Next Weeks Games -Carolina vs Bucknelle -Rutgers vs Lehigh -BU vs Bucknell -Syracuse vs Rutgers -Loyola vs Navy -Denver vs Ohio State -Duke vs Towson -Cornell vs Yale -Virginia vs Notre Dame -Penn vs Princeton -Brown vs Harvard

Danielle Spencer - Head Women's Coach at Dartmouth 01:05 Danielle's Journey -Started playing in Junior High -Was seen first in gym class -Different from coach Curtis and Kelly at Northwester -Rochester Hall of Fame -Playing at Northwestern -Her best friend Hilary Bowen -What Kelly taught Danielle as far as creativity and a female athlete -Referencing those days as a coach 10:15 Kelly's Coaching Tree and Other Northwestern Relationships -Lindsey Munday as a coach to Danielle -Other assistant coaches running other programs -Learning to love coach from all her role models -Teammates who are now coaching -Katrina Dowd -The fun culture 16:17 Going from an Assistant Coach to a Head Coach -Pride for your program -New ways of building relationships -Getting trust in self and voice -Going from playing a role from managing -Trust -Being able to shape a culture 21:47 What You Want to be Known for? -Women of the Woods -Tough, confident, gritty -Outdoorsy element -Confidence and pride -Being brave -Applying everything in the real world after -Sports as a learning laboratory 27:27 Using Messages to Create a Well Functioning Team -Hard taking criticism at first and learning to take it -Letting players have a say and give feedback -Leadership teams called "Squads" -Deciding on goals that where player driven 33:14 Philosophy on Player Development -Making everything tougher -Make practice harder then games -Partner passing on the run at speed 39:12 Advice to High School Coaches to See Them Prepare -Spend more time teaching how to play a great defender -Team defense -Crosschecking -Working on things inside the 8 meter -Learning to get your shot off 47:34 Shooting With Your Stick to the Inside -Make one more pass across the crease -Alley shots almost become selfish -Box lacrosse influence and the one more pass -Terrible shots as turnovers 50:41 2 Man Game -Seeing it a lot -Doesn't fit the offensive identity right now at Dartmouth -Seeing it in other sports -Communication problem -Make it harder to slide 54:37 Recruiting -Used to think about the best athletes -Position specific -Playing with players all over the world -Finding a balance of not feeding from the same spot all the time and getting good caliber players with good lax IQ -Time restriction for skill development in the Ivy League -Scenarios of IQ at prospect camps -Coachability -Getting player on the whiteboard in recruiting Prospect Camps: Overnight - July 25th - 28th @ Dartmouth