Are Elite Athletes Born, or Made? Isn’t it funny how once you graduate from your schooling, all of the sudden things you once hated, you all of the sudden enjoy? I found this particularly to be true for myself and reading. Growing up, I absolutely hated reading. In High School, I had an English teacher who taught me to […]
We had a great question from @annaballer22858 on Instagram yesterday. She asked, we listened! No, but seriously. Who doesn’t want to be Mr. Miyagi? If we could all catch flies with chopsticks, we’d all be better goalies… and have a great conversation starter! But how do we come Mr. Miyagi- we all want to have fast hands and amazing […]
I get a lot of questions about how I string my stick or what kind of mesh I use. So much so that I’ll be creating another E-Book shortly with exactly how to string your stick to your game, but I couldn’t wait until then to share with you some of my preferences! Many […]
The question of this week is a good one! Question: What is your favorite drill? http://media.syracuse.com/orangelacrosse/photo/10818492-large.jpeg Answer: One of my all time favorite drills I learned from Maggie Koch when I was a freshman at Syracuse. I’ve never been bad at clearing, having transitioned from softball I felt like I had a good grasp on the mechanics behind a basic throw, […]
Coming from our Instagram account, @2lacrosse (follow if you haven’t already!), we had a great question from Robb about his daughter: Question: How can I get my daughter who plays goalie to stop taking such a large step? It slows her down and lowers her height. Answer: This is a solid question and one that a lot of goalies tend to overthink. For […]
Courtesy of UNCTarHeelsAthletics So we had a GREAT question posed by someone on our instagram the other day about when to come out of the net. It referred to this play above when Syracuse (go ‘Cuse!) was down by 1 with an 8m shot. As you can see from the clip, there was a pass from 8m and a chaos […]
So the last two Question Bin responses have been about communicating, but regardless of what we say, if we are not heard it does not matter! Below are 5 essentials to make sure that what you are saying doesn’t fall among deaf ears. 1. Constant Conversation I preach this to ALL players on the field. Why? Because it is just […]
The questions keep coming in, going off of our last post, Annabel had a great question about what to say before a goal is scored: Question: While the attack is attempting to score/ setting up a play/ settling, what should the goalie be saying? Answer: This answer can really be broken down into two parts: The Essentials (what every goalie should be […]
We had a great question submitted by Nicole the other day for another Question Bin response! Question: What [do you] say to instruct your defense? Answer: This is an awesome question, because often times there is a lot of pressure on the goalie to communicate to the defense about what went wrong, but it is something rarely taught in terms of how to […]
Now that you’ve nailed down how you want to stand in goal, the next topic we want to talk about is where to stand in goal. It is extremely important to be “on angle” or in other words, in a position relative to the shooter such that you take away their vision to the back of the net as much as possible. The […]