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Jamie Munro
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Sep 24, 2018 • 1h 12min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 14 - Paul Day
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

Sep 17, 2018 • 1h 11min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 13 - Patrick McEwen
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

Sep 6, 2018 • 47min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 12 - High Point Head Coach Jon Torpey
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

Aug 29, 2018 • 49min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 11 - Talking Minto Cup with Jake Elliot
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

Aug 13, 2018 • 49min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 10 - Jake Elliott
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

Aug 2, 2018 • 56min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 9 - Joe Keegan
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

Jul 18, 2018 • 47min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 8 - Mike Mauboussin
Mike Mauboussin
01:25 Backround on Mike
-Grew up in Ithaca NY
-Soccer, Hockey, and Lacrosse player
-Georgetown Lacrosse Alumni
-Day job is in Finance as an analyst and strategist
-Sports by the numbers
-Technology contributions to data analysis
06:34 "The Basic Equation" and Lacrosse Analytics
-Gather all data in D1 lacrosse and aggregate them
-Average 31.7 possessions a game
-Convert 32.7 of those possessions into goals
-Average 10.3 goals per game
-How to use these numbers to help your team win
-Ground balls impact
-Teams who win the ground ball battle by 4 or more win the game 70% of the time
11:18 Face-offs Impact
-Teams who win a higher % of face-offs has low correlation to winning a game
-Streaks are consistent with one player being better than another
-Variance (difference between the best and the worst)
-Rule changes impact variance
17:53 Impact of Canadians Statistically
-Shooting percentage is higher
-Average shooting % for Canadians is 34.2%
-Average shooting % for Americans is 28%
-Efficiency is higher
-One handedness commonality of Canadians
-Practice on smaller nets and bigger goalies
24:15 Goaltending
-Communication brings out confidence in defensive players
-Clearing
-Save percentages impacts
-3/4 failed clears should result in a goal against statistically
28:16 How coaches can use analytics
-Use statistics to draw a wholistic view
-Understand what your doing fully
-Coaching vs. Teaching
-Prioritize time to do what will ultimately help a team win
-Practice what actually happens in a game
-Balance rest and engagement
-Putting players in a place where they can succeed
-Study the people who are successful
-Focus on getting better at what you need to get better at
-Lacrosse is very conservative for coaching
-Hockey pull your goalie theory through statistics
36:48 Focus on Process from the Theory of Skill and Luck
-When there is a lot of luck in your outcome, focus on the process
-Black Jack
-Highly reliable statistics in baseball
-Paradox of skill
-Difference between the best and worst players has shrunk
42:06 Mike's Advice to Players
-Have fun
-Multiple sport athletes
-Practice what works
-Learn about your strengths and weaknesses
-Use film
More on Mike Mauboussin @ WWW.http://michaelmauboussin.com

Jul 10, 2018 • 1h 5min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 7 - Mark Burnam
Mark Burnam
00:30 Intro and Background on Mark Burnam
-Background on Mark Burnam
-IMG Coach
-Iraquois National Team Head Coach
-14 Championship Rings
-New York High School Lacrosse Champion
-1983 Syracuse National Champion
-2 Minto Cup Championships
-2 Man Cup Championships
-4 President Championships
-1 Founders Championship
-Story of crosschecking John Grant SR. in the teeth
-Syracuse grad in 1985
14:38 Iroquois National Team and the World Games
-Logistics of getting all the guys together
-Roster talk
-Scarcity of some positions
-Scratches from the roster
*Zed Williams
* Zach Miller
20:14 Native American Players Impact
-6 Nations breakdown by the numbers
-Small amount of players to choose from
-750,000 U.S Players
-100,000 Canadian Players
-1,500-2,000 Iroquois Players
25:42 How is it that such a small population of players, make up so many World Class Players?
-Backyard lacrosse hasn't disappeared on the reservations
-No helmets, no gloves, wooden sticks pick up games
-Mindset difference
-Sandlot Model
-Creativity difference
-Pass it Down Model
32:56 Pass it Down Model
-Development of players
-Toughness of kids now
-Big brother theory
-Mark Burnam's Stories
-See someone do something and go try it yourself
-Always playing a different sport out in the street
43:45 The Story of When Mark Burnam Fought a Bear
-State fair in New York
-Watch other people do it first
-Punched bear in the face
-Bear went nuts
-Laster over a minute
-Won the fight!

Jul 6, 2018 • 52min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 6 - Notre Dame Head Coach Kevin Corrigan
Kevin Corrigan
00:27 Intro
-Coach Corrigan's coaching journey
-Coach Corrigan's biggest influences
-Notre Dame defense philosophy
-Riding and clearing and mentality of riding
-Use of video in developing players
-Recruiting
03:26 Coach Corrigan's Coaching Journey
-30 years expierence
-High school coach in Charlottesville
-Assistant coach at Notre Dame
-Randolph Macon College
-Assistant Coach at Virginia
-Back to Notre Dame
-Always learning
-Starting programs then vs. now
-Growth of the game
07:59 Coach Corrigan's Biggest Influences
-Coach Corrigan's Father
-Watch any and all college sports practices
-Coach Corrigan's son Will
-Jim Addams
-Bruce Arena
-Egoless Clarity
-End of the year tactics
-Constant learning
-Reading is key
-Good to great
-The Captain Class by Sam Walker
25:40 Notre Dame Defense Philosophy
-Do no harm to yourself
-Be fundamental
-Defense can be controlled better from year to year
-Evolution of Notre Dame Defense
-Keep it simple
-On the field decisions
-Don't have to outsmart, but have to out execute
-V hold philosophy
34:59 Riding and Clearing
-It is a mindset
-Work really hard at it
-Ball pressure is single biggest key to riding
37:47 Using Film for Individual Player Development
-Team film almost everyday for 15-25 minutes
-Watching other teams
-Use more film study for individual players
-Only way to really know what happened
41:48 Recruiting
-New rules
-Kids can go out and play instead of having to perform
-Opportunity to get better for longer
-More development focus
-Sandlot model is key
-Multi sport athletes
-Pickup game mentality needs to come back
-You have until Sophomore year now to just get better
-Advocates are needed but not everything
-Development is the biggest thing

Jun 29, 2018 • 44min
Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 5 - 2019 National Champion Virginia Head Coach Lars Tiffany
Lars Tiffany
00:57 Coach Tiffany's path to where he is now
-Native American ties
-Lafayette School System
-Played at Brown University under Dom Starsia
-Love for the game
-4 Years teaching/coaching in California
-Wanted to be Veterinarian
-College Lacrosse Coaching path
-Jim Stagnita's and other fellow coaches impact
07: 46 Element of Playing Using Defensive Pressure
-Mentality
-Risk vs. Reward
-10 man ride
09:58 Coach Tiffany's Biggest Influences as a Coach
-Jim Stagnita - Lacrosse IQ
-Dom Starsia - Leadership and Manhood
11:35 How to "Sharpen the Saw" (Continue Learning)
-Attack team development
-How to play fast
-Team dynamic and bonding
-Joe Amplo from Marquette
-The want to be heard and understood
-Study Film
-Share information with other coaches
-Always be listening
20:29 Defensive Philosophy
-Team defense comes full circle
-Man to man "own your matchup" idea vs. good help defense
-Sliding unconventionally
-Reading slides vs. hard fast rules
-Give the players the tools to make their own decisions on the field
27:33 Value of Video
-Power of being able to see things you wouldn't see
-Assessment of what is really happening
-Continues film study and breakdown
-Group film AND individual film study
32:56 Recruiting
-New rules are "liberating"
-Takes pressure of families and players
-Don't have to be a "finished product" as early
-More appropriate timing
-Emphasize training
37:44 Box Lacrosse and Small Sided Games
-Canada keeps beating USA with far less players and far less money spent
-Boys and Girls
-Resurrect the Sandlot
-Accomplish World Class skill using small sided games