JD Lacrosse Developing Lacrosse IQ High Tempo Game

JD Lacrosse Developing Lacrosse IQ High Tempo Game

My Background • • • Played at Nottingham High School Syracuse City School Two Time All-American at Syracuse University Two Time National Champion and four Final Four appearances After college played for Reebok lacrosse club and professional indoor box league for a couple years, Syracuse Smash Started coaching right out of college at my old high school Nottingham 1995 -96 coached Nottingham’s JV team 1996 took over the program from my former coach Stu Volan Assisted my former coach in coaching Central Team ESG 1997 -2001 coached at Nottingham My first year of coaching varsity we went 2 -16 tough transition for me as player to coach, also tough going from winning all the time to losing, Finish final three seasons making sectionals and a win over West Genesee in final year at Nottingham, A division Big Schools

2001 was hired as teacher in Jamesville Dewitt District 2002 coached Jamesville Dewitt JV team 2003 was asked to be assistant to Jim Pistello varsity Assistant coach at JD 2003 -2005 As an assistant team went to State Championship game twice Took over program in 2006 Since taking over have been able to win 3 State Championships, been a part of four • Had a 46 game win streak in there • Compiled a record of 156 -18 at JD, over all record 194 -70 • •

Youth Programs What we do at JD • JDYAA and Bulldog East • • • Programs start from the bottom up Fortunate to have strong lacrosse history at JD Educate your youth coaching staff Have good people with your beliefs and philosophies Don’t encourage winning at these levels, encourage skill development Youth camps Stay involved but also keep your distance let them know you are available Coach the mass not the just the best players pays off in the end Modified program multiple teams split evenly

Philosophy-Play Fast-Smart Lots of broken situational drills 2 v 1, 3 v 2, 4 v 3, 5 v 4, build up drill Full field fast breaks with a jumper Full field build up drill 5 v 4’s Numbers drill Allow them to make mistakes without repercussions This will build confidence where kids will play free without worrying about making mistakes • We feel this builds IQ • Evaluate offensive spacing and going to ball, defensive spacing and communication • •

Developing our players • 1 v 1’s, realistic development, game like situation • The more threats you have the more mismatches you can exploit (starts at youth, don’t go through best players all the time encourage ball movement) • 2 v 2’s, and ultimately 4 v 4’s • Game like 6 v 6 with face-offs 12 minute quarters • Keep everything competitive • Whether that means keeping score or just competitive between the players • We run formations not a lot of plays but also have a couple of go to plays in a pinch to go to (get good at them) • Create mismatches

Learning the Game • • • Creating double teams Off ball responsibilities Creating straight line with defender Always creating 2 on 1’s, once the Defense is rotating everyone has a 2 on 1, learn to find it See a couple of passes ahead Create space so you don’t lose your 2 on 1 Know your strengths and contribute that part to the game Constant movement, if you are in a spot for more than a couple seconds make defense always worry about you not ball carrier Outlet all GB’s, this is number 1 offense