Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis!

Get Back On Your Line!

Below is a great clip from a Coaches Training Program webinar featuring Manhattan Head Coach, Drew Kelleher. He is discussing the importance of getting physical as a dodger as soon as you get even half a step on your man. A successful dodger is someone who consistently either creates scoring opportunities for himself or creates double teams and moves the ball. The best way to do this is by initiating contact and "getting back on your line." Check it out!

Mindset Skill of the Week | Confidence

When asked where confidence comes from, most people would give one of the following responses: Confidence comes from past success. It comes...

Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis!

 The Easiest CTO in the game! 

Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis!

Reading The Defense

I've written a lot about the incredible benefits of the Principles Based Offense with none more important than the opportunity for coaches to prioritize and focus on arguably the most important part of any offense: Reading the Defense.  In traditional offenses, coaches must spend time, installing, teaching and repping, all of the different sets, motions or plays in the playbook.  Once the players know the offenses, the coaches can begin teaching the various "Reads" of how opposing teams will defend against each set/motion/play.   The advantage of the Principles Based Offense is a coach can invest more time in teaching how...

Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis!  

Podcasts This Week

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast with Holy Cross Head coach JL Reppert

JL is one of the brightest most interesting coaches in all of Division I lacrosse.  With a late start in coaching due to his 11 years in the USMC after graduating from The United States Naval Academy, Coach Reppert has risen through the ranks to become a Head Coach at the age of 42.  With a wealth of experience in the military combined with incredible coaching experiences along the way, JL is primed to make Holy Cross a contender.  I think you will love this podcast!  Click here to listen!

Inside The 8 Podcast with Drexel Head Coach Jill Batcheller

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Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis!  

Putting Your Big-Little Invert On Steroids

Rolling a 3rd player behind the net on Big-Little Inverts  is a simple and incredibly effective way to create a very challenging situation for the defense.  In this 3man action behind, the law of "Addition by Subtraction" is in full effect, opening up the middle and leaving a 3v3 in front of the net.  

• Single invert, a slide leaves 4 to cover 5
• Big-Little invert, slide leaves 3 to cover 4
• 3man Action, a slide leaves 2 to cover 3

3man actions create complexity of communication and decision making for the defense yet are surprisingly easy for the offense.  Think about this, you're on...

Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis!  

 
Podcast With ASU Head Coach Tim McCormack

In this podcast, Colleen and Tim discuss the culture at ASU and
how he tries to make practice the best part of everyone's day, what he learned from working with Kelly Amonte Hiller & Scott Hiller at Northwestern, the ASU Offense and how they are scoring so many goals, his favorite drills, how he gets players to move off-ball, the
ASU defense, goalie and midfield units, their riding style and draw unit. He also shares his recruiting advice for high school players. Enjoy!

Click here to listen!

54 Tight Drill 

Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis!  

Inside The 8 Podcast with UNC Head Coach, Jenny Levy

Spain Look

I love doing 3v3's on a side.  I think this...

Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis!  

 Colleen's Corner: The Penn Charter Motion Offense

Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis! 

Podcasts This Week

The Inside the 8 Podcast with Colleen Magarity this week we focus on college lacrosse recruiting and the topic is "Reclassing."   This phenomenon occurs all the time in men's lacrosse and has been happening in women's lacrosse as well, but now with the NCAA Dead Period having effected so many kids' recruitment combined with the NCAA granting an extra year of eligibility to four years of college athletes , we will likely see more of it.  Colleen and I go into depth on how it works, how college coaches view Reclassing, and we cover frequently asked questions.  Click Here to listen to this podcast!

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Welcome to "A Lacrosse Weekend" my weekly compilation of thoughts, ideas, stories, myths, truths, about the great game of lacrosse. I hope you enjoy it!   

If you are a men's or women's lacrosse player, coach, or parent, I think you will love the weekly content, videos, and analysis! 

Podcasts This Week

In Season Podcast with PLL Chaos Coach Andy Towers is a must listen if you're into college lacrosse and want unfettered analysis and tomfoolery!  AT thinks Carolina is the best team in the land, followed by Duke, Maryland and Georgetown.  We do this podcast with no script or plan, our preparation is watching games as we can between us, reading box scores, and our general knowledge of the coaches, players and match ups.  This unscripted model allows pure authenticity and humor to result.   Click Here to check it out!

Inside The 8 Podcast with University Colorado Assistant Coach Nicole Levy, is one of my all time favorite...