Can I just say, to all the students, parents, coaches, officials, referees and organizers -- GREAT FRIGGIN’ JOB! Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures, an unprecedented positive attitude toward working our way back as a community toward normalcy. At RPM, we've increasingly shifted away … [Read more...]
Get Reps: 3-2-1 … contact! How to get your body ready
Well, we’re back to work! Fall is looming, the turf is open and nobody should be taking this time for granted. This was a spring of lost seasons, isolated workouts, and being glad to have virtual meetings, healthy teammates and coaches, plus plenty of time to work on stick skills. Now, as we return … [Read more...]
Get Reps: Switch your focus to the next 100 yards
Last issue, we talked about focusing on the next 100 yards of the COVID-19 marathon as a way to cope with losing our seasons. Since then, we’ve all figured out how to work out at home and use Zoom (probably too well) while also attending a lot of meetings without actually connecting. Now, as we look … [Read more...]
Get Reps: Stay high-performing during stay-at-home
Hey, readers. I hope this article finds you all healthy and as happy as possible connecting with family at home, and the rest of the newly-virtual world. With seemingly endless random workouts posted online and available free through social media, it’s time we take the randomness out of your … [Read more...]
Top 5: Tips to take your game to another level this summer
So your school season is over and summer tournaments are rapidly approaching. You want the conditioning and the many lessons learned over the course of the season to translate. You also want to look that much better than you did last year at what may be some of the same tournaments. Here are some … [Read more...]
What really matters when choosing a lacrosse camp to attend
Most of us in youth and high school lacrosse should be right smack in the middle of our seasons by the time you are reading this. Our players are in better physical shape, and stick skills should be much more dialed in, now than in the preseason, and our teams hopefully are building chemistry. As … [Read more...]
Technique, strategies for winning the groundball battle this season
Groundballs win games. We as coaches know that winning in this statistical category, more often than not, translates to winning the game. We remind our players many times over the course of a season of the importance of performing well in the groundball battle. But how many of us are committed to … [Read more...]
Customize plans to keep your players engaged
High school lacrosse season is coming. Soon. Many coaches are turning to their state organizing body and/or US Lacrosse for drills and guidance as to how to structure practices over the course of a season. I think this is a good place to start and am grateful that our sport has programs like this in … [Read more...]
Get Reps: Power through adverse conditions and situations to improve
Take care of yourself and reap the benefits
Fall ball is here, and we want to be our best on the recruiting tournament trail. Too often we grind ourselves to the bone with training and fail to consider the importance of rest, recovery and regeneration to our overall performance. Here are some tips to staying energized and gameready at fall … [Read more...]
Expand your horizons
This column is a call to action for all of our readers to extend themselves beyond their immediate community or club, and connect with someone in another town, state or country to see if there is something you can learn from and teach to another lacrosse player with a completely different background … [Read more...]
Double Dodging
With some athleticism and solid coaching, young offensive players find success early on by making one hard dodge and running full speed toward the goal. As players mature both in skill and lacrosse IQ, defenders become more proficient at defending single dodges and/or team defenses learn to thwart … [Read more...]
