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Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 14 - Paul Day Sep 24, 2018

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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

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 13 - Patrick McEwen Sep 17, 2018

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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

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 12 - High Point Head Coach Jon Torpey Sep 06, 2018

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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

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

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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

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

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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

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 9 - Joe Keegan Aug 02, 2018

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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

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 8 - Mike Mauboussin Jul 18, 2018

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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

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 7 - Mark Burnam Jul 10, 2018

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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!

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 6 - Notre Dame Head Coach Kevin Corrigan Jul 06, 2018

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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

Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 5 - 2019 National Champion Virginia Head Coach Lars Tiffany Jun 29, 2018

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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

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