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Tuesday Tips- Know Your Rules

Since the fall, the NCAA and USL have made some MAJOR changes to the rules. One of the biggest rules, that affects pretty much every player of every skill level, is the change to how sticks can be strung. While it’s been an exciting time, there is a lot to know and a lot of [...]

Tuesday Tips- Beginning Goalie

So we had an excellent question submitted to us by Phil, from the UK: I have been training with a lacrosse club in England which has four goalies between four teams. I have to train as defender/attacker etc but I feel like I would be a good goalie. I’ve always played in goal as a footballer [...]

Tuesday Tips- Evaluating a Goalie

This one is for all of the coaches out there. All too often when it gets to this time of the year, I see coaches just throw anyone into the goal. Let me be upfront by saying, I understand that not everyone has the luxury of even having a choice for who they want in [...]

F4F- 5 Reasons To Coach

After my freshman year at Syracuse I was asked to help out with a local club team from my home city. As your typical college student, I saw it as a paycheck and opportunity to have an easy job that involved my favorite sport. I’d never imagine it would teach me so many lessons along [...]

The Art of Being Cut

Michael Jordan 1978, Isiah Thomas 1992, Kurt Warner 1994, Carmelo Anthony 1998, Lionel Messi 1998, Wes Welker 2004, Landon Donovan 2014 You might think by these legendary names listed that the dates beside them were the year that they won a championship. Whether it was in high school, at the professional level or from the US [...]

F4F- Anything But the Lax Stick

Sometimes, it’s good to put the lacrosse stick down and just use your hands. Not to mention, there are so many other sports out there that use a ball as well, that you can get creative in your training with them! Below are 5 different ways to use 5 different balls in your lacrosse training! [...]

ESPNW: Let Your Kid Take The Lead

I’m UTaken from espnW.com: http://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/article/18400274/sports-parents-let-your-kid-take-lead-2017 Sports parents, let your kid take the lead this year By Dan Shanoff | Jan 4, 2017 Special to espnW.com Last year’s sports-parenting resolution was a happy one: Have more fun. This year, I want to take it a step further: Back off. A year ago, I was [...]

Tuesday Tips- How to Take Care of Yourself

Welcome to goalie world… home of the biggest and bruises. As goalies, we see them as battle wounds, we show them off to our friends and take pride in the black and blue. Just because we get them often though, doesn’t mean we should ignore our bruises. Here are some tips to take care of [...]

Tuesday Tips- Writing The Perfect Recruiting E-Mail

So you’ve narrowed down your list of schools you want to attend, and now you want to get in touch with those coaches. What next? Writing an email! Below our 5 awesome tips to get you started on your recruiting adventure. Locate the Coaches Email- Almost all coaches will have their email listed on [...]

F4F- Step Your Wall Ball Game Up

Check out our latest Five For Friday- Step up your wall ball game! Have a question you want answered? Submit it here and we may feature it on our next post! -2Lacrosse