Coaching Philosophy

Parent Meeting Information

• Please regularly update your availability on the shutterfly calendar
• We play like we practice, kids should come with a good attitude and ready to give 100%
• Kids need to be dressed and ready by the start of practice
• Goal is to get kids knowing the concepts as second nature so they can run the concepts themselves
• We need a positive sideline, reinforce to your child that talking negative to teammates accomplishes nothing
• Parents should enforce that lacrosse is a team sport. Cheer kids on when they make ground balls, good passes, get assists. Teamwork and taking the right shot at the right time are way more important then scoring
• Parents should not criticize their kids from the sideline. It gets in their heads and will make them perform worse
• Encourage your kid to find the role they excel at, is it ground balls, communication, sliding, passing, setting picks, etc
  • Ground balls and possessions are the single most important thing a kid can excel at
• At all times parents should show respect to the refs and players
• If you are upset about something practice the 24 hour rule before talking to the person you are upset with
• Individualism and selfishness can kill a teams unity - Dudeism: A threat to teamwork
• Playing time will be as close to equal as we can make it
  • Goalie will obviously play more time, its the most important position
  • Middies will play close to 1/3 of the game, its the lifeblood position of our team
  • Attack we need strong finishers and kids that will draw 2 and dump
  • More than 7 goals is our key to winning, stress the importance of possessions, winning GB's, and unselfish play

General Coaching Philosophy

• No Selfish Play, Pass to the open man
• Winning matters in high school, not at U9 or U11, getting better is what matters
• Goal is for the kid to love the sport of lacrosse while getting better and having fun with their friends
• Hard work is a must, we take practice serious and earn having fun
• With hard work and dedication wins will come
• Goal is to have the kids evolve into loving the sport
• A team of average players working together will beat a team of superstars
• Wins and losses don't matter at this age, we want kids to remember this time as when they learned the most and developed the passion for the sport
• Have fun while competing
• Kids get a lot of touches with the ball at practice
• If the Team is lacking in Mental Toughness (Is the capacity of an athlete to do their job - i.e. to do the things they've trained to do no matter what's happening to them or around them.)
  • We will have competitive practices
  • Lineup rotations will be changed after each game based on how mentally tough the midfield lines and individual attack/defense does together.