Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast

Scott Marr Head Coach at Albany University 00:30 Intro and Visiting Campus -Starting as a team on the 16th -Camping trip -Team bonding -Start of the season scrimmages and making adjustments -Hikes together -No cell phone service 06:08 Journey as a Player and a Coach -Growing up in Yorktown -From getting cut in baseball to playing lacrosse -Players Coach Marr watched and knew growing up -Youth coach impacts -Playing at Yorktown High School -Went to Johns Hopkins and played for Bill Tierney -The importance of disciplined X's and O's -National Champion freshman year -The brotherhood of lacrosse 14:18 Thoughts on Players and Lessons Learned -Tim Nelson -Del Dressel -Brian Wood -Practicing against Dave Pietramala 18:33 Coaching Journey -Deleware University in the 80's -Developing own style and the opportunity to experiment -Coach Marr's wife and how he met her -The era for University of Maryland at that time -Big Man -Coach Dick Edell -Watching Army Lacrosse -How Coach Edell treated people -1997 Semi Finals Maryland vs Syracuse -Hopkins 1995 game after a loss going through the handshake line 33:41 Offensive Philosophy at Developing Players -Overall philosophy is to move the ball -Everything North/South -Attack driven offense -Dodging angles -Good ball carrying attackmen -Shooting midfielders -Change to personell -Off ball players -Dodging nuances -Draw a slide and spread 4 off ball players out -Everything comes down to execution 47:44 Learning from Players Coach Marr has Coached -Thought process -Lax IQ -Creativity -Patience and focusing on the next play -Accepting what happens and moving forward -Lyle and Myles Thompson's repertoire and how they learned to play that way -Playing in the backyard -Admiring their play and how they worked and prepared for games -Playing pick up games and pass it down model 54:34 Pick Up Games -Pass it down model -Non structure learning -Focus on specific players hurts everyone else -Coaching the Iroquois team -Development models -Backyard development model is producing more good player per capita -Competing in the world with a severe numbers disadvantage 1:00:25 Typical Albany Practice -Scappin (3v2 gb drill) to start -O/D Split -Transition drill -Half field drills -Riding/clearing scrimmage -A lot of up and down -Working on clearing game this fall a lot -Next play mentality -Time spent on man up / man down 1:04:30 Man Up Philosophy -One set to another -Spacing is important -Open sets and 3-3 looks -Hands free and making sure your in the right spots 1:05:19 Advice to Recruiting -Big attitude and effort focus -Positive Teammate -"Control your controlables the right way" -B to B+ players become an A unit

Brian Holman Head Coach at Utah University 00:30 Intro to Coach Holman -People and whether and Utah -Salt Lake City -University of North Carolina -Coaching staff at UNC and their impact -Importance of coaching for coach Holman -Coaching his sons -Story about coaching Marcus (his son) -The change that came from that story 11:39 Playing and Coaching at Johns Hopkins -Transferring schools in high school -Given coach Holman everything to him -A culture of strong brotherhood and blue collar mentality -4 National Championship appearances in 4 years -Freddy Smith -Running on and off the field -Dave Pietramala -Brian Wood 26:48 Process of Starting the Program at Utah -Building a program the way it is envisioned -Being able to compete for a National Championship one day -Being ourselves and growing the game -The rest of the coaching staff 32:31 Building Culture -Start with a vision -Taking notes -Pillars of Utah Lacrosse -Humility, Honesty, Passion, Gratitude and Trust -Touch each player personally each day -Spiritual, Mental, Physical, Tactical components used everyday -Do you love lacrosse? -Implementing it all on and off the field -Accountability 51:58 Pac 12 Lacrosse -Unknown future -More growth in 2-4 years -PLL changing things -Apart of a snowball -Western lacrosse conference -Olympics -Women in the Pac 12 55:05 Recruiting -Mixed messages -Pressure for specialization -Fitting a mold -Passing and catching -Multi sport athletes -Interactions and little things -Failure is okay -Trusting the youth sports machine too much -Playing pick up games

Gerry Byrne Defensive Coordinator at Notre Dame 00:30 Levittown and Growing Up -Social experiment -Suburbs of New York -Blue Collar mentality -Unique environment -Did not play on a team until spring of Junior year in high school -Grew up playing everything -Brothers inspiration -Class of 86' at UMass -Business career -Played in the MLL in 2001-2002 13:20 Business Background -Run and shoot lacrosse company -Using business background in coaching -Understanding of people who have influence opinions -Started a business 19:37 Defensive Philosophy -Not in as much control as you think you are -Everyone gets run by -"Preparing for the intersection of the offensive players best play and your biggest mistake" -Recognition of skill and ability -Less focus on on ball defense and more off ball -Start with respect for your opponents -Signs of guys who are about to be beat -Importance of being predictable -Signs of being beat on defense 26:46 V Hold vs Cross Check Hold -Creates double and triple move offense -Indicator to off ball defenders -Good ball pressure -Use film and demonstrations that explain why -Limits penalties 33:29 Jamies RV Trip -12 days going around to different practices -The schools Jamie is planning to go to 35:17 Notre Dame Defensive Practice -Use middle of the field -Mix in stick work -No goals or creases with small groups -Scaling drills -Reps are what matter so players can really understand things -Creates a culture within the culture -"Pieces of the piece of the whole" -Lack of 1v1 practice -Finding 1v1's in other drills 44:37 Slowing Things Down and Communication and Off Ball Play -"If you can't be loud you can't play" -Oldest players in group sets the tone in drills -Players understanding the true cost of not doing things -Using peoples first names -Using the right words or phrases -Things change every time the ball moves -Have to be able to do more than one thing -Orientation 1:01:23 How to Evaluate in Recruiting? -Good off ball defense is a standout -Not too fixated on what they can not do yet -Athleticism -Consistency is good but not everything is perfect -Test coach-ability -Look for players who pull themselves out of slides -Evaluating IQ 1:07:10 Timeline on Recruiting -There is a lot to learn about people -Timeline has not changed much with new rules -Every school wants what they want 1:08:53 Offensive Defensemen and Highlight Videos -New rules support it -Need to see film and energy from people with on ball defense -Highlight films are only take away checks and goals -Strange highlight films 1:13:33 New Rules -Happy for them -Shot clock could take some tweaks -Makes it easier for the refs -Shots being taken that where not before -More trying to score -Dive is too complex

Kelly Amonte Hiller - Head Coach Northwestern Women's Team 00:30 New Facilities at Northwestern -Some of the nicest facilities in D1 sports -Field on Lake Michigan -All in one facilities -Indoor games -$300 mil. 04:11 Coach Amonte Hiller's Journey -Playing little league bass ball and hockey with her brothers -Tried everything -No exposure to lacrosse until 9th grade -Athletic family 07:30 Playing at the University of Maryland -Cindy Timchal -Garry Gait -Being taken seriously -Sports psychology -Impactful recruiting process -Seeing the game being broken down so finely -Developing fundamentals and teaching those fundamentals -Passion for the game -Maryland coaches tree 12:58 Coach Amonte Hiller's Journey and Coaching Tree -Only coached on the field as an assistant prior to Northwestern -Wanted to stay home after college -Mentors -Learning the administration side of coaching -Take insight from everyone -Scott Hiller 19:20 Beginning at Northwestern -Different rules back then -Great culture and leadership -Boundary rules impact 22:44 The Metamorphosis of Women's Lacrosse -Rule changes -Stick technologies -Reluctancy at first -Marketable sport -Great athletes, coaches, and administration in the last 20 years -Back to the skill focus and innovation focus -A lot of parody in the sport right now due to coaches being innovative -Wide range of coaching experience 28:51 Box Lacrosse and Selena Lasota -Seeing her in BC for the first time -Dynamic person -Made a decision quickly -Player to watch -Different style of play in the game -22 goals in 2 games in the NCAA tournament -Had to learn the field game -Broadening horizons in different ways -2 man game 37:36 Blending the Best of Everything to Evolve an Offense and Skill -Able to execute in tighter space -Better shooting -Wanted to be able to try new things -Confidence boost in the players -Teaches IQ -Learning to count on one another 43:03 Taking Advantage of Physical Attributes and Working Towards That -Path of Holly Korn -Became a manager -Took notes and worked on fitness on her own -Stepped up as a goalie for the team -Gave her a shot as a lefty attackman -Finishing sets people apart 47:04 What Coach Amonte Hiller Looks for in a Recruit -A player that can develop that comes from hard work -Accept feedback -Resiliency -Team player -Doesn't categorize what they look for -Its about development -Look for potential -Good fit for culture -Is it a fit for what they are looking for 52:57 How to Recruit Character and IQ -Hard to see -Interacting with players on campus -Like to see how kids learn -Evaluating IQ at camps -Seeing how player react -Being coachable 58:37 Advice on Development -Benefits to playing club -A lot of travel and money and sacrifice -Pick your spots if you can -Focus on development -Athletic development -New ways to learn things -Trust your gut and make the choice that is best for you

Dave Pietramala Head Coach Johns Hopkins 00:32 Coach Pietramala's Journey -Started playing in 11th grade -Baseball guy growing up -Tough path of entry into lacrosse -West Point lacrosse camp with a long stick -Busy career but not a long one -Made a choice to want to move to become a coach -All time great high school teammate 06:54 1989 Syracuse vs. Johns Hopkins Game -First time of lacrosse pageantry -One of the best personnel teams in Syracuse -Creativity and skill vs fundamentals -Matchups -Everything you could want in a sports game -Never watched the last minute of that game 11:52 Learning From Coach Bill Tierney -Hall of fame coaches -Fred Smith -Coaching players that may think they are hard to coach -Wanting to cover the best attackman -Coach Tierney's matchups and strategy lessons -It is all about the people -"Part of the whole" -Slide and recover philosophy -Different ways to communicate 20:02 Would Coach Pietramala still play the way he used to? -Not as many checking defenders anymore -Coaching changed first -Change in sticks -Become a lost art -Not knowing v hold as much makes players loose depth 27:08 Coach Pietramala's Coaching Journey -Fundamentals are critical -Opportunity to coach in 5th year of college -Thinking outside the box -Learning to recruit -Keeping things simple 35:26 Developing Culture -Constant change -Develop good men, students, and then players -Put them in a position to be successful -Making practice the best part of the players day -Changed the calendar year -Coming to grips with young people asking "Why?" -Mentor program -Having fun -Weekly schedule break down -Nothing but film on Thursdays in the season -Substituting being very prepared for being fresh -"A leaders job is to inspire his men and inspire hope and trust" -Inspirational leadership -Creating a culture statement -Helping brothers -Being "thoughtful" 58:04 Dave Huntley -Lacrosse nerd -Use his knowledge to help people -Knew him from Hopkins as an Alum and a players dad -Great ambassador for the sport -Knew enough about everything -Confident in himself and believed in his players 1:02:52 New Rules -Excited to allow officials do what they are there to do instead of time keeping -Shot clock provides more consistency -Landing zone for the dive -Big rule change is the change of the size of the box -Riding strategy -Riding is personnel driven -Flow into things -Efficiency on shots on goal 1:11:40 What Coach Pietramala is Looking For in a Recruit -Character, integrity, and work ethic are non negotiable -New rules gives more time to learn abut players -Find a way to find the right guys -Find guys who can play inside the box and between the lines -Pieces of the puzzle -Toughness and IQ 1:17:23 Box Players -Great understanding of their game -Being able to do things under duress -Picking and 2 man game is important -Toughness that comes with it -Understanding how to move a goalie and deception -Level of competitiveness -So good on loose balls and around the goal 1:26:04 Advice to Parents and Players on Being a College Lacrosse Player -Nurture the love for the game -In an era where players are burned out -Competitiveness -Don't be afraid to play other sports -Keep it fresh and fun

Dom Starsia 00:32 Update on Coach Starsia -Executive board of Harlem Lacrosse -Chair of US Lacrosse HOF -Coaches Organization -In between coaching situations -Writing a lot -Talking to a lot of coaches both men and women teams -Compelling to write -Inside Lacrosse and or Lacrosse Magazine 05:01 First Lacrosse Game Experience -First game coach Starsia ever saw was the one he played in freshman year at Brown University -First time picking up a stick -Athletic fit -Native American roots to the game -Sense of community in lacrosse -Rhode Island kids growing up -Fall of 82' at Brown 13:40 Memories from 91' Brown Hall of Fake Team -Players from the team -Unique talent team -Comeback game against Loyola -Bye week in the playoffs -Unfortunate ending 16:27 Developing the Culture and Becoming a Championship Team at Virginia -Started in the fall of 92' -Talent -Had to get back to work -Beginning of turning things around with a game against Syracuse -Success stories early with short coming in championships -Summer of 98' -Commitments to off the field behavior -Coaching turning the corner in the 90's -Coach Bill Tierney at Princeton in the 90's -Syracuse as a disciplined team -Key to success: have good players, have environment where they can flourish 27:18 Virginia 2006 Team -Started in spring of 2005 -Hopkins loss in 2005 -Nothing gets in the way of lacrosse -Duke scandal took some of the attention off a great season -Finish season without heavy pressure of the press -Balance -Pressure defense philosophy -Getting over a hump 37:23 Using Pressure to Get Over a Hump -Says something to your team -Helped 50/50 games -Making adjustments -Be bold -Triple pole and didn't slide -Zone in 2011 42:10 Ability to Implement a Zone Defense -Changes on offense at the same time to more 2 man game -Lost best defensemen in the middle of the season -Born out of necessity -Had the perfect players to do it -Saved middies by playing zone -Zone is not a cure all -Used it selectively going forward -Unselfish and willing team 48:29 Recruiting Canadians -Field lacrosse tournament in Toronto -Boldness in recruiting -Find people and players who fit and will make you better -Familiarity with the box game -Garrett Billings 55:45 How Coach Starsia Looked at Player in Recruiting -Separate themselves -Even on your worst day you can still be seen -Enthusiasm -Can see the things that will pay off in the next level even if it doesn't happen on the stat sheet -Body language -Don't overthink it -Put your kids in a position to enjoy what they are doing 59:58 Advice to Parents -Don't overthink the process -No cookie cutter answer -It is different for every player -Let your kid figure out some stuff for themselves -Worry about being good enough

Joe Spallina 00:32 Intro to Joe Spallina and His Philosophy on Skill -Coach Spallina backround -College coaching -Youth coaching -Team USA -Stoney Brook Women's lacrosse -Love the game -Skill work in practice -Play fast -Mechanics -Avoiding self inflicted wounds -Possession drills 10:32 Shooting -Teaching proper shooting -Step down shooting drills -Mental side of shooting -Practicing where you shoot from in games -Learning how to swing hard -Form and mechanics -Form shooting vs deceptive shooting and its evolution -Low high wind up -Behind the back feeding 23:31 Physicality in Dodging -More of it in a high level offense -Contact shooting drills -Pass first -Girls playing box lacrosse -The benefits of box lacrosse 31:50 Being Different By Learning From Everything -Professional Development -Watching press conferences -Quest to being better 33:55 Theory of Girls Playing With a Boys Stick -Low success rate with a bad stick -Boys use girls sticks so why not the other way around? -Helps with learning curve -Jamie using a girls stick 38:57 Two Man Game -MLL stats -Progression in the women's game -Big/big vs big/little -2 man from box translating into the women's game -Pass down pick down vs up picks both boys and girls -Teaches IQ -Opens the play up -Picking your own man 48:51 How Much Youth Players are Playing for Coach Spallina? -Younger = more time -Month of August is a dead period -September is individual -2 days a week in October and a few weekends -November - few tournaments -Season starts with box in the winter -Summer practice schedule -MLL style rosters -October-June: 3 days a week -Multi sport athletes 1:03:02 Development Models -Summer tradition of Box Lacrosse in Canada -Play a lot of lacrosse -High quality environment -Shooting goalies -Backyard lacrosse -Pick up games in practice -Development from pick up games -Solution to not being able to play for a great team -Different IQ's

Ty Xanders Director of Recruiting at Inside Lacrosse 00:30 November Recruiting -Against it -Players don't get as much as they should out of it -Not as good as summer -Strong feelings from coaches from the fall -Improvement from the summer 05:05 Teams/Events -Big 4 Champions league -National high school lacrosse show case -Fall events not in top 10 -Timing to go to events -Individual events -D3 Showcases 18:06 Prospect Days -Playing with the coaches -Better sense for coaches -Chance to get better -Challenge living in the west -Both is not as important as some think, but also very important -Coaches want kids who want them -Pick a handful 24:58 Spring Season/ Summer -Coaches love watching high school games -Films role -June vs July -Middle 3-4 weeks of summer -Dead period 30:03 How Do You Guarantee People Know Who You Are? -Increase in western events -Playing local teams -Recruiting is a crapshoot -What events to play? -Local events -Instructional camps -Strategy -7/8 events -Playing outside your market -Playing injured 45:11 What Are Coaches Looking For? -High level players create a consensus -Varrient opinions sometimes 48:16 New Recruiting Rules -Wide open now -State of recruiting now -Product is better -Pressure was too high on young kids -More likelihood of players panning out -Late bloomers -Less representation of good players across teams -The change of September 1 junior year -Less decommitting and flipping 1:00:32 Advice to People Trying to Get Recruited -Be patient and be smart -Don't just visit one school -Nobody is saying you have to make a decision so early -Choosing a club team -Advocates

Joe Alberici Head Coach at Army 00:30 Welcome to Coach Alberici -2300 -Competing and working out -Playing tennis and basketball -Run has to be 3 miles -30 minute minimum on a machine -Writing down workouts 06:50 Coach Alberici's Coaching Journey -Parent lottery -Alfred University -Lacrosse can be fun to practice -Young coaching experiences -Coach Pressler 14:33 What it Like to be a Head Coach at West Point -Wanted to make sure he went to a place he stood for -Passion for the place and development -Admire players -A day in the life for players -Separating times in the day -Leaders of character 23:33 Core Values of the Program and How It Fits With the Academy -Physical gades -Embracing the culture of the Academy -Special people -Family, Toughness, and Tradition -Mental toughness 29:58 Philosophy of Player Development -Fundamentals -Pushing on the field -More competitive the more fun 33:32 How coach Alberici is Sharpening His Saw -Staying competitive -Taking time to learn -Work with other staffs -Stay reading a book all the time -Watching practice film as a staff -Nuggets of information 41:36 Translating Basketball Into Lacrosse -Drills -Pick game -Smaller pieces -Details and variations of screens -Turning your head and scan the field -Duke basketball motion offense -Learning from football -D back drills 52:00 How Coach Alberici Uses Their Teams Identity -Spend time talking to a lot of people -Going into the season 60/40 -Changing plans through out a year -Simple is better -Speed 56:32 Recruiting -Looking for athleticism -Gifted in their hands -Shooters vs scorers -Not a fine science or rating system -Smartest players play -Individuals capacity -Humility -Finding interesting players

Bryan Kelly Head Coach at Calvert Hall HS 00:30 Background As a Player and Coach -Followed brother path to lacrosse -Good youth coaches -Fundamental defense -Went to Calvert Hall -Players BK played with -U19 Team USA -Class of 91 at North Carolina -Stories with the Gates -Coaching career at Calvert Hall -Coach Torpey 09:44 Last Year and Coach Dave Huntley -Coaching Coach Kelly's kids -"Let's Hunt 18" -Coach Huntleys intro at Calvert Hall -Building things around peoples skill sets -Have a meaning for everything -Intellectual genius -Scouting stories -"My strengths are also my biggest weaknesses" -Love of lacrosse -JM3 Assessment and coach Huntley's involvement -Winning the championship 24:55 Playing in the MIAA -A lot of preparation -Like the parody of the NFL -Prepares players for the next level -Start practice in February -Not a lot of off season practice -Playing indoor in the winter -A lot of weight room work -Lacrosse in Baltimore 32:27 How to Continue "Sharpening My Saw" -Watch and study college coaches -Learning from other coaches -Watching film -Learning from womans drills -Read and react -Using basketball -Learn how to read a defense -Learning from Bobby Knight -"Punch the door open" on picks 50:00 National Championship x's and o's -2 man game -Mirror play -Double threat dodging -Ben Reeves play 55:03 Recruiting -Hit singles -Play smart and hard and let the game develop -Try to do too much -Are you a good teammate? -Looking at the parents -Play for an audience of one -You can get recruited on your worst day -Off ball play -Efficiency -Freedom to fail