Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast

Jeff Tambroni Penn State University 00:30 Fall At Penn State -Transitioning freshman -Using seniors as leaders -Penn State on the field this fall -Developing leadership and culture -Using history and alumni -Weekly leadership committee meetings 05:04 How to Maintain Culture -3 Core Values -Live the same values as coaches -Constant development -Day to day -Live a lifestyle 08:30 Coach Tambroni's Coaching Journey -Gratitude -Always wanted to coach professionally -Transformational coaches -It's about who you want to coach with -Need to be yourself -Authentic delivery -Belief tell your men what they need to hear when they need to hear it -Individual coaches impacts 19:44 Philosophy of Developing Players -Everyone develops at a different time frame -More about personal development than as a player -Develop trust -Each coach connects with somebody -Offensive philosophy -ADP (Angle, Distance, Placement) -Not worried about taking shots early in offense -Offball -Live and die by shot selection, with good dodging and off ball play -85% of the game should be free flow 28:30 Dodging Philosophy With Recruiting -Elimination skill -Angle and balance -Rob Pannell -Change of direction and change of speed 34:30 New Rules -Shot clock helps teams share ball more -More player involvement and less player involvement -Reset rules -Not as big of a fan of the dive -Will create more confusion and injury than add excitement -People won't change as much as some people think -End of possessions -Riding changes -10 man ride trend 42:50 Advice on Recruiting -Being a coach and a parent -It's not scientific -Everyone's journey is different -What are you looking for? -As kids know what you're looking for as well -Let process unfold

Andy Shay Yale University 00:30 How winning a National Championship Has Changed Things -Did it the right way, so hopefully no change at all -Was as good as you think it would be -Commitment of players 02:34 How Coach Shay Built the Culture at Yale -Captains pushing the team -Self motivated -Past players impacts -Difference in recruiting -Making a living on guys nobody knows about -Walk on roles 09:31 Emphasis on Strength and Conditioning Philosophy -Great strength coach -Conditioning takes care of itself with the culture -Recruits understand the importance -Size in athletes matter -No running over summers -Bigger and slower in the fall -A lot of leg work in the weightroom -Ben Reeves transformation -Speed and agility work 20:03 Offensive Player Development Philosophy -A lot of time spent on how to practice shooting -Develop power before placement on shots outside 12 yards and on the run -Re-wiring muscle memory -Shoot with arms away to shoot as hard as possible -Teach all different shot angles -Measuring shot speed -Mechanics of shooting -Which foot to shoot off on the run -Mechanics of shooting on the run -Shooting vs finishing -How big is your toolbox? 42:57 New Rules -Big difference is clearing -Really hard to ride -Shot clock is a great idea but 80 seconds is plenty of time -Better game to watch -Sub faster -The dive and how its changing things -Did not let players dive in the fall -Theory of not leaving your feet rule -Change in the way the dive could change defense 48:54 Transition Rules -How the rules came about for Coach Shay -Uneven and transition -1st rule: never let the ball beat you to the cage -2nd rule: if your not covered get covered -3rd rule: if you are covered move it -If you don't follow the rules you won't score -Not relying on talent -Closing window of opportunity -Defense plays "flat"

Jim Berkman Head Coach at Salisbury University 00:33 Welcome Welcome Jim Berkman and What He Does to Sharpen His Saw -Background on Jim's success -What coach Berkman reads -Starts early everyday -Watch videos -Attend D1 practices -Books to read -Assigning team readings -Podcasts 07:25 Using Basketball to Help Coach -Coach Berkman's background on offense -Using Basketball plays in offensive philosophy -Using Box -Study 2 man game -Use of deception 11:20 What is Coach Berkman's Philosophy on Player Development -Give players a plan -Do more than just going out and doing something -Edge philosophy -Outside of the Normal 3-5 Practice Time -Learn to love to lift -Other sports impact -Get used to competing 18:35 Pick Up Games -Playing there game of trashcan lacrosse -Games to 3 -Pick up games -Native Americans playing pick up and box -Learning the "special touch" -Society of youth sports machine 21:14 Shooting -Find Coach Berkman's shooting content on Youtube -Repetition and technique -Video recording shooters -High hands -Disconnect between players and coaches can be cured by film -Commitment to time -Shooting on goalies -Box shooting 32:01 Uneven Progression While Working on Dodging, Feeding, Motions Etc. -Progression drill -1v1 into undeven drill -Rules to the game to get players to work on certain thing -Realistic shots on a goalie 37:05 Coach Berkman's Defensive Philosophy -"We're guarding you as soon as you get off the bus" -Not a lot of checking -Pressure -Team help defense -Defense skills -Sticks to the inside -A lot of 4v4 -"Hub Rules" 41:38 Why it can be done better in 4v4 and 5v5 vs 6v6 -More reps -Teaches 6v6 offball movements better -Exposes defense more -Training offensive middies 44:13 Teaching Communication on Defense -Getting on players to talk to each other -Talking in drills all the time -Have to get used to it by practicing -Being accountable for Communicating 46:26 2 Man Game Philosophy -Picks and slips -Comes from basketball -Starts in shooting drills -Disguising picks -Less single invert 50:50 Culture of Creativity -Use it more in drills -Practice skills -Small sided drills -"Deception makes you appear fast" -Creativity vs being careless 54:46 Parents and Player Should be Thinking About for College Recruiting -What are you doing in the summer? -Approach the summer about getting better -Have a plan -Too many tournaments -Arriving on campus as a man -Play less practice more -Responding to adversity 1:05:05 Advice on Making a Plan -What is best in terms of academics? -Narrow down schools based on academic criteria -Strategically get in front of schools you want to go to -Love of the game 1:09:37 Prospect Days at Salisbury -December 2nd -3rd Sunday in February after Gettysburg game -Next summer in June/July -Developmental

Dylan Sheridan Head Coach of Cleveland State University 00:31 Welcome Dylan -Community work -Fall for lacrosse coaches -Fall ball -Experimenting in the fall 02:52 What Coach Sheridan is Experimenting With this Fall -Trying new things on special teams -New drills -New Ride/Clear schemes -New rules on the riding and clearing -New amendments on flag down procedure 05:53 The Dive Rules -Dived a lot in the first few weeks -Not used as much after getting hit a few times -Will cause some difficulty for referees -Grey area around the crease -Playing defense differently 09:49 Coach Sheridan's Coaching Journey -Started playing for Skip Flanagan -Played in MCLA and lessons learned to help with future coaching -Also played Division 3 Football -Started coaching in Division 2 -Coached in the women's Division 1 game -Starting a Division 3 team with Coach Haas -Assistant at Denver -Assistant as Princeton -Came back to Cleveland to start Cleveland State 17:58 Lessons Learned From Coaches -Family is key -Lacrosse is a game that is wasted on the youth -Learning from tough times -Standards matter -Humility and changing and trying new things is important -Coach Tyranny as a Father in Law -How to treat Assistants -How Jamie met Matt Brown -Coach Brown's help along coach Sheridan's path -The ambition of Matt Brown -Emphasis on Skill -Reading Defenses -New styles from Coach Bates -Days at Princeton 32:22 Building Culture in a Program -Recruiting good people -Getting to know players -Homework on knowing players -Having current players help filter the character of recruits 38:08 Coach Sheridan's Defensive Philosophy -Coach Tyranny's philosophy when he was at Princeton -Slide and recover -Rotate and recover -Having multiple ways to play things -Being great at one thing rather than average at a lot of things -Aggressive defense -Pressure with new rules -"Pressure with your feet" -Zone vs pressure at the end of a shot clock 42:43 Coach Sheridan's Offensive Philosophy -Box like offense -Motion offenses -Hybrid of everything learned -Hang up game -Identifying 2v1 scenarios -No longer having to play guys both ways -Thoughts on two way middies with new rules 47:46 Leveraging Film -Being developed in the weightroom and the film room -Big ceiling of growth in the film room from high school -Optimizing film usage -Building understanding -Applicable to everything from skill to X's and O's -Individual skill -Copycat effect 55:30 Box League and its Impacts -Mirroring league from Colorado -Based out of Cleveland and Columbus -All during the week -Level of play rose among Cleveland State guys -Tickle down to youth level

Paul Day 00:32 Intro of Paul Day and Box Lacrosse Calendars -Head coach and GM of NLL Philadelphia Wings -GM of the Mann Cup Champions Peterborough Lakers -Box Lacrosse calendar -Fitness routine -No breaks for players -Advantages of playing a lot -Time for coaches to learn -Recovery times -Video time and preperation -Change up of plays 07:44 Background of Paul Day -Grew up in Peterborough -Played box with against the Gait brothers -70's/80's box lacrosse -Minto Cups -Became Police Officer -Paul's NLL Career -Coach of Peterborough Lakers GM -Paul's Mentors and Influences -Preparation is hard work -Practices 14:20 Pick up Lacrosse Growing up With Paul -Play all day in an outside bowl as kids -Playerd everyday -A lot of backyard lacrosse -Every day play local pick up hockey after school -New culture in Peterborough for pick up lacrosse 16:55 Peterborough Lakers Mann Cup Champion Team -High tempo team -Young team -Defense is a strength -Known for offense -Players talk -Big Crowrds -Environment of their arena -Zach Currier -Jake Withers -Other players 23:07 What Makes Shawn Evans Game Special -Pedigree of athletes -History of Sean Evans career -Deceptive shooting -Competitor -Slickness in his play 28:50 Philadelphia Wings -Great draft for lefties -Draft talk -A lot of offense in the expansion draft 30:36 Likelihood of Offensive American Players Playing in the NLL -More Americans drafted then Canadians -Professionality in the NLL -Practice situation -Box as part of training -Things are changing in the box scene for Americans 35:32 Off Ball Movements and What Coaches are Looking for -Move to get yourself open, and get your teammates open -Will get double and tripled if all you do is go to the goal -Clears space for people -More off ball movements will happen with the shot clock -Up pick is most effective off ball movement -Box offense in girls lacrosse -Seal plays -Reading off ball play as the dodger 51:36 What Makes Canadians Such Good Shooters -Lots of shots from mid-range -Shooting from good angles -"Eyes" on the head of your stick -Shoot for hip and knee high -Low high windup shooting -Not as much teaching, a lot of backyard talk -Not a lot of technical teaching -Sandlot model -Pass it down model -Coaching model 1:00:45 Adding Technical Teaching -Practice is just organized time to practice like you normally do -Numbers game -Translating it to a game -Skill development time -Clean play -Youth box lacrosse models 1:08:12 NLL News -Halifax is trying to get a team -Rochester looks to be coming back in an expansion team -League is growing -More expansion in the west -U.S Players also expanding

Patrick McEwen 00:28 Patrick McEwen Backround -Mastermind behind Lax Film Room -Self made lacrosse expert -Jamie's thoughts on Patrick's insight 01:47 New Rules in NCAA Lacrosse - the Dive -Dive is a zone buster - better then a 2 pointer -NY Lizards zone x's and o's -Analytics for offenses against zones -Calls for diving "at the mouth of the goal" -Penalties that the dive will bring -Differentiating safe dives vs. unsafe dives with goalies 06:52 How to defend the dive and how the dive creates chances -Officiating will play a big role -Triping penalties -Defensive adjustments -Slide earlier -Offense creation -Fake inside rolls and come topside will open up -Dive legends and Dom Starsias role -Injury concerns 13:35 New Shot Clock Rules -More normal play -Face offs will survive now 15:25 Shot Clock for Defense vs Offense -New rules get allows more risks -Scoring efficiency was too high -Opens up more freedom for players -Canadians may have an advantage -Fewer bad risks -Over selling how many two way middies there will be -The subing game may be less different then people think -Less time wasting 24:09 Why Zones might not be a big deal and philosophies -Not a lot of zone teams have been seen a lot -Its already happening -Different zone offense philosophies -Teams will be better at zone offense with short time -Switches will be more prominent -Exploit people who can't dodge -Pressure defense is still key -End of shot clock philosophy -How to take advantage of peoples weakesses 34:22 Other Strategies with the Shot Clock -More close defender involvement with clearing -Will change how defensemen are recruited -End of Denver Chesapeake game sub game -Riding vs transition -Clearing clock is still there 41:54 Will there be More Riding or Less Riding or More of the Same? -Teams are going to clear differenty -Push it more then before -More time on offense if you clear quickly -Ride philosophies -More riding/clearing opportunities in a game -Differences between a good riding and bad riding team is marginal -Defense will now be able to make up for a sub par face off guy -Offensive efficiency 47:44 80 Second Resets -Only less than 10% of possessions resulted in a reset -Majority of possessions already happened inside of 60 seconds -End of game situations -Hard to get a reset -Score and try to win a faceoff is the best end of game move -Teams electing to just roll the ball in the corner -May change how and where shooters shoot 51:32 Value of time with the shot/efficiency as a function of time left on the shot clock -How valuable are the little things? -Value of zone rides -Differences in time left in the shot clock -How do offenses respond when there is 50 seconds left vs 25, 20, 15, 5, etc. 55:52 Gathering Data from College Coaches -Anonymous data exchange -Give a baseline to teams -Will give major contribution of the big picture -Will tell you when chances are most worth taking 57:33 Ground Balls from Over Rated to Under Rated Stat -20/30 years ago "ground balls win games" was a big idea -Context matters with ground balls -Stat can be skewed with simple drops and a recollection of the ball -Ground balls impacts more than just efficiency -Face off ground balls vs other ground balls -Most impactful ground ball is on defense 1:04:40 Last Points -Not good stats for possessions and changes of possessions -Turnover stats -Subjectivity of some stats -Defining a turn over -Add to the box score stats

Jon Torpey - High Point Head Coach 00:31 Background on Coach Torpey -Calvert Hall Alum -Went to Ohio State -First coaching an Denison -Moved on to Goucher College with Kyle Hannon -University at Denver with Jamie himself -Dartmouth -Started up High Point Lacrosse program -What it's like at High Point University 02:47 Mentors for Coach Torpey -Parents and family -All of the coaches he played for and coached with -How to find mentors and leverage their knowledge -Learning from the rest of the coaching staff -Using technology -The learning part of being a coach 10:51 Pressure Defense and the Shot Clock -Playing with the new rules -Could the rules change? -Figuring out a style for each team to use 14:05 New Rules and the Transition Game -Unsure exactly how it will change the transition game for teams -Unsure how they will affect things until teams get a chance to start playing -20 second clearing clock will help the ride -2 way middies or will the substitution game stay similar -Far less riding in the MLL -Riding works better earlier in the season and against lower level teams -Sub games while reading transition 22:03 The Dive -High Point guys are fired up -Opens up a lot of real estate underneath -Defense will have to get their hands on their man sooner -Goalies don't know yet how to play it 23:29 Building a Culture -Finding an identity -Buy in from the parents -Finding players who won't waiver from the culture -Bought in group of people -The whole program from players to staff to even janitors are bought in -Turned an 0-6 start to a season to a regular season conference championship -Main goal is to make good people, then hopefully help you professionally, then lacrosse 31:43 Player Development -Addiction to helping people get better and seeing that -Keep the game simple -Technique work -Getting to the middle of the field on offense -Protect the middle of the field on defense 33:55 Advice to High School Players and Parents on Being Skilled enough -Use video -Great club programs -Find goof high school coaches -College prospect camps -Surround yourself with elite level people 35:42 How important is video to developing players and how to leverage it? -Filming practice and studying it -Absolutely need it -You might think one thing when it is really another thing -Different perspectives -One on one filming and then use it for instantaneous feedback -Use video as a way to lead -Great to use on an individual basis -Breaks down things to be crystal clear -Get someone who can break things down at a high level 42:06 The Year Ahead for High Point and Players -Asher Nolting, Tewaaraton Nominee as a freshman last year -Holes to fill from last year -Could have one of the best goalies in the country this year -Face off game is getting better -Midfield has a lot of depth -Hard riding attackman -Defensive midfield is deep and tested -Defensively will be interesting to see

Minto Cup With Jake Elliot 01:17 Recap on Minto Cup -Two Blowouts early -Jeff Teat 14 point performance -Scoring records in the Minto Cup -Midget Level championships -Brampton Power Play got hot while Coquitlam got 49 penalty minutes in round robin -Okotoks vs Coquitlam in the play in game -Okotoks missing key players -Coquitlam makes the finals vs Brampton 08:06 The Finals Coquitlam Adanacs vs Brampton Excelsiors -Game 1 *40 minutes Brampton Controlled the game *Scored 4 straight goals to start the 3rd period to ride into win *Coquitlam scores with 2.7 seconds left in the game into an empty net -Sparks a lot of shoving and words -Jeff Teat gets escorted off the floor -Game called because only 2.7 seconds in a 2 goal game with constant shoving, crosschecking, etc. -Emotions got the best of many -Match penalty had been issued to both Jeff and Dan Teat with 3 game suspension -Teams agreed before Minto Cup Started that they would not appeal match penalties -Every person has the right to appeal -Did not appeal Dan Teats Suspension -Appealed how it was handled to grant an appeal process -Referees statements -Jeff Teat had a clean record in terms of penalties and the Referees where not there to defend their statements -Jeff Teat showed up to the game -Referees refused to ref the game so it was cancelled -CLA and all other referee committees say they back their refs to not partake 20:45 Day 2 of Controversy, Game 2, and Game 3 -Threat of litigation to 4 officials for not honoring their contract to ref the games -Everyone got back together -Came up with new refs if the current refs threat of litigation would be dropped -New refs -Game 2 Coquitlam won 9-6, Jeff Teat played for Brampton -Brampton won Game 3 11-9 -End of the game controversy again -Brampton goalie set pick and got hit -More pushing and shoving and tempers flaring -Ref getting knocked down ended everything 26:07 Game 4 -Coquitlam takes early lead with 7-3 lead after 1st period -Brampton made the come back -Coquitlam did not play Chase Scanlan, leading scorer based on coaches decision -Teams go to overtime tied 8-8 -Coquitlam scores twice in overtime -Coquitlam wins 10-8 in overtime -Awards given 29:25 Christian Del Bianco's Ordeal -Had to have emergency 3 hour root canal surgery night before semi final game -Played through Brampton game through infection -Had to get root canal surgery again -Got hit in the face mask -In and out of the hospital between games -Christian's girlfriend looked after him 35:49 Conflicting Documents -Only reason appeal even happened was because of way suspension was handled -Appeals committee didn't use refs statements because they didn't want to go into that room -Appeals committee said refs didn't want to talk while CLA said they did under certain circumstances -Impasse between Brampton and Referees -Brampton threatened to leave the Minto Cup if Jeff Teats suspension was upheld -Money's impact in the decisions -Rampant problem of verbal abuse to referees -Laughing stock of sports because of this Check out the Jake Elliot's podcast: The Lacrosse Classified Podcast on Itunes

Jake Elliot 00:29 Background on Jake Elliot -Voice of Jr. and Sr. A Thunder -Voice of WLA -Voice of Vancouver Stealth/ Lacrosse Club -Called more lacrosse games than anyone -Close to 3,000 games called 03:56 How does Jamie's son Colin (an American) find his way up to Coquitlam to play Box Lacrosse? -Jamie played for Boston Blazers while coaching at Yale -Started recruiting Canadians while coaching Denver -Email from Matt Brown started a lot -Started developing players like how Canadians play -Colin went up to St. Katherines to play Pee Wee -Went back West to play Intermediate at 17 -Culture, passion, love of the game around box lacrosse 10:17 Box Lacrosse and Field Lacrosse and their Differences -Two different sports -Different environment, rules, space, net size, etc. -Box players playing field vs field players playing box -Field is a 1v1 game -Box has more 2 man, passing and feeding, and picking game -Off ball game vs isolation game -2 handedness vs playing with one dominant hand -Future of the NLL with American born players -Jamie's tryout with the Colorado Mammoth -Garry Gait and the Victoria look back -Gait brothers revolutionizing sticks 23:04 Lacrosse in Canada in August -Minto Cup -Story from one of the best games in Minto Cup history -Goalie had open net shot at the end of regulation of game 5/5 and missed -How the Minto Cup works -Recap on last two Minto Cups -Tehoka Nanticoke and Six Nations 29:55 Teams in the Minto Cup this year -Calgary Mountaineers, Okotoks Raiders - 2 Alberta Teams -Brampton Excelsiors -Coquitlam Adanacs -The road for each team to the Minto -Coquitlam is the team to beat -Rules with Alberta to be more competitive in the Minto Cup -These teams paths in the last few years -Jeff Teat as the Wayne Gretzky of Jr. A Lacrosse -Starpower coming in the Minto this year Where to watch the Minto Cup? albertalacrossetv.com

Joe Keegan 00:58 Run Down on Money Ball Lacrosse -Wrote the Boston Cannons post game press release -Wanted to bring a new voice -Basketball conversations regarding statistics -Find inefficiencies and efficiencies 03:21 Stats and Video -Trends -Use statistics to identify what to look at in the video 06:41 Lizards vs Rattlers Game and Conclusions on Rob Pannell -How does Pannell shoot in pick and roll vs in the dodge? -Shots taken off two man game showed higher percentages -Stats can highlight the nuances of a players game 10:32 Two Man Game vs Isolation -Two best actions in the MLL are 2 man games on righty wing and lefty wing -2 man game on righty wing is 33.2% -2 man game on lefty wing is 32.7% -Only other actions above 30% are 2 man at x, dodges on left wing, and 2 man up top -Most common actions are actually the worst -Over 3 years 4200 shots from up top -2700 dodges from x -Nothing else has made up more than 1000 looks -Short-stick communication on 2 man game is so critical 17:07 Rochester Rattlers and What they Do by the Numbers -Uses man at x a lot -Over 3 years McIntosh has led the league in assisted pick and roll goals -Shooting over 50% from 2 man game from x -How to play Jordan Wolf -Percentages for big little vs 2 poles behind vs 2 shorties 22:13 Alley Shots Stick to the Inside vs Sticks to the Outside -Percentages sky rocket with stick to the inside -Natural side vs Wrong side -Most people would be more productive if they got to low wings -Teaching players to play on their natural side -How box lacrosse relates to this -Ohio States philosophy to get shots to the inside -Bring back the dive -Rule changes -Stick to the inside causes a defense to collapse more on dumps to x 34:35 How Money Ball Lacrosse uses what NBA does with 2 man games and how that relates to the NLL -The shooter and passer each had a roll -Nations concept: *When fed by the pick and roll operator roll man shot 13.5% *When fed by anyone else on floor man shot 25.8% -Nations gets everyone out of position -Why Nations works 41:23 Why isn't Nations Ran as Much in Field Lacrosse? -Not as easy to find 2v1's -Harder to roll to the net -Feeding the picker in field works better in field than box -Reverse to the follow look -Not many people work on it 44:18 Assisted Goals vs Unassisted Goals by the Stats -Passing is good for shooting % -Unassisted shot is at 26-27 -Assisted shot is up to 32% -Need balance between guys who can score on and off assist -Box concept 49:44 Effectiveness of Twister Shooting -Brings stick back to the middle -Gives a whole new angle -Allows to throw a curveball if farther out 51:49 Using Analytics and Video for Player Development -Able to see and use different techniques -Allows you to learn from other people -Identifies strengths -More college teams are or will soon be using analytics and more video analysis