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My high school head coach said something that's always stuck with me: "You'll never be able to outrun good ball movement."
I try to coach by this philosophy now, and
@jcrawley44
@jhumenslacrosse
are one of the best examples you'll see of it.
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@kirawontmiss
To everyone saying this would be good (or the world would reset) you don’t understand how much of our MAJOR systems rely on internet connectivity. It’s not just social media lol
Things that would crash without internet: Autonomous Vehicles and Toll ways, Banking systems,
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Lacrosse has the highest overall % HS to NCAA of any Men’s sport.
Thoughts on that?
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If you’re ever asked to play crease, this is what it should look like (
@NDlacrosse
)
This camera angle is 💰🤌 because you can see how active both Irish players are on the inside.
Defense gets SIGNIFICANTLY harder when you move. Stand still, and you’re making their day easier.
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Please don’t compare scoring 100 points in MCLA Div2 to scoring 100 points in Top-25 Division 1 lacrosse. They aren’t playing the same sport
It only took Mark “Marky Moo” Tang 14🤷♂️
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3-2-1 WOLVERINE
@UMichLacrosse
You can’t scheme up much better than this.
M1: Dodger. I’d argue it’s a designed sweep. One note on a designed run, make sure to read the alley dodge before you sweep. Puts the adjacent slide package in a tough decision
M2: Ball-Side Mid. Swing
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Why the
@UVAMensLax
2-2-2 WORKS:
Spacing creates 5 THREATS in one look
The two clips below demonstrate how this unfolds. I’ve included a board draw up for better visualization.
The offense is broken into groups:
-2 at X: this creates opportunities for 2 man games. Hunting
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@LakersLead
I forgot the Lakers won this series because of Rui… what answer could the Nuggets have?
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OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS:
If you aren’t running a version of the 2-2-2, you’re not maximizing your potential from X.
When I was younger single inverts were all the rage. In 2023-24, 2-2-2’s are the innovation your inverts NEED.
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Defensive MASTERCLASS from
@UMichLacrosse
. If you like defense, this’ll get the juice goin’
The Wolverine’s ability to match feet on the dodge, double appropriately/not allow roll backs, and contest passes was on full display. Poetry in motion 👌
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@Broncos
All of you ‘fans’ saying we should tank and try to lose every game don’t know football and should choose a different team.
We suck, but there’s so many needs this team has, and QB is one of the lowest. Russ has been playing well and Caleb Williams hasn’t played a down in the NFL
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Creative Use of 222’s on Out of Bounds Plays
@UVAMensLax
(1)
#10
Xander Dickson starts with the possession, which is intentional. Rather than starting with Shellenberger with the ball in his stick, this disguises your set. Additionally, it allows incredible opportunities for
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CHRIS KAVANAGH IS BUILT DIFFERENT
@NDlacrosse
(1) Almost nets a highlight diving quick stick
(2) CHASES THE CLEAR DOWN
(3) Beautiful wrap check to dislodge the ball
Does anyone impact the game like the Kavanagh's?
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🤮
I need Everyone on the Lacrosse side of Twitter to drop a GIF or Video of the Filthiest Goal, Save or Takeaway that you’ve ever seen in a Lacrosse Game
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Razor Picks are incredibly hard to defend because of the pick location on the field. 2-5 yards below GLE and about where the hashes lie is the sweet spot.
I love the Razor because it creates LATE slide opportunities that are easy to exploit. Because of the picks proximity to the
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Only have a few strong dodgers on your club team? Try installing a 141
It allows your dodgers to probe where they feel comfortable. Wings, top-down, X can all be attacked and redodged to create easy draw and dump opportunities while highlighting your dodgers
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Defensive principles in action:
@jhumenslacrosse
(1) Pressing adjacent’s
(2) Helping cover the slip off the slide
(3) Recovering to the correct man
(4) Defenders initiating contact rather than allowing their man to control their movement
(5) V-holds + Cross checks. Active
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Tight 1v1s are a fantastic way to develop your athletes shooting/dodging ability within the ‘island’
One of my favorite pieces of the drill (as seen in the clip below) is it helps develop fakes and manipulating your defender. Watch the player here use a shot fake on his Q-mark
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141's are considered a 'power-dodging' set. Why?
By setting up 4 dodgers on the exterior and running a pass-pass-dodge system you not only attack the top and X, but you bring wing-dodges which are the most efficient dodge in lacrosse.
@DukeMLAX
THRIVES on wing looks as you'll
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@NFLonFOX
Uhhh… two elite qb’s squaring up for their new teams? Can’t tell me this wasn’t the best TNF game of the season. Top tier offenses
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Legitimate question:
If Puerto Rico can have an Olympics team, why can’t the
@HAU_Nationals
?
If the argument is a countries sovereignty: territory and tribal nation designations seem similar to me, and should be allowed to participate as their own entity.
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3v2 Drill to work on ✂️ cuts
(1) Cones to the restrainer & about 8-10 yards wide to create a box. Helps with our spacing and not clogging skip lanes w/ guys that would be up top
(2) Ball starting at X simulating a must slide decision
(3) Cuts:Ball-side: 1st, back-side: 2nd
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On-Ball Defense Study
(1) Matches feet
(2) DICTATES Mackesy’s dodge by initiating contact and not allowing space
(3) NO wind-shield wiper action. Patient stick and relies on his cross-check hold to push the dodge low on an attempted belly-out
Michael Alexander of
@YaleLacrosse
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A post worth revisiting:
3-2-1 schemed with a double pick down opposite dodge
3-2-1 WOLVERINE
@UMichLacrosse
You can’t scheme up much better than this.
M1: Dodger. I’d argue it’s a designed sweep. One note on a designed run, make sure to read the alley dodge before you sweep. Puts the adjacent slide package in a tough decision
M2: Ball-Side Mid. Swing
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Offensive Principles in Action
Offense gets easier the better your spacing is. Notice the shallow cut by
#20
here. He fades his cut vertically to be in great shooting position.
A lot of guys struggle with shallow cutting to favorable space. Show them this for a teaching tool 👇
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Pairs Offense
@PennStateMLAX
1) Dodge the high wing 🧹
2) Mirror the dodge or set a pick 🪞
3) Exchange backside 🔁
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2-3-1 HOYA EMO
@HoyasMLacrosse
Start with a pass rotation around the exterior. Once the ball hits X, the party starts.
M1: (McDermott
#1
) X. Slight drag on the D from X before you pass to the wing, makes the low man play you rather than allowing him to play 2. Engages the top
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This is SICK defense from
@DukeMLAX
SSD Jack Gray
(1) Initiates contact ON THE DODGE. Even if you get beat, can't make it easy
(2) Runs to where HE WILL BE, not where he is. Allows him to catch up
(3) JACKS HIM UP w/ a little wrap that also serves as a check. RUTHLESS
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Pairs Offense
@jhumenslacrosse
1) Dodge the high wing 🧹
2) Mirror the dodge or set a pick 🪞
3) Exchange backside 🔁
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141 Set
@DukeMLAX
Dodge: Wing/High Wing
Near side interior: Fill/Mirror
Top mid: Create space
Far side interior + Opposite wing: Exchange on the backside
X: Stays as an outlet option
I LOVE this look with strong dodging middies. Not asking them to do much but draw a slide
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Offensive Principles in action:
@BrownU_MLAX
(1) Adjacent fade to clear the dodgers path
(2) Pushing the backside
(3) Active movement from the interior crease player
(4) Confusing recoveries (X cutting to crease)
The separation Mateo Corsi got on his dodge is absolutely absurd
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My favorite play from the weekend & an epitome of
@NDlacrosse
in 2024. ☘️Manipulating slide packages for multiple looks:
Seal+Slip (Taylor-
#13
)✅
Cut the Middle+Clear Through (Finley-
#6
)✅
Dodge Topside+Push it Forward (Seymour-
#26
)✅
Fade the Dodge+Push it Inside (Walker-
#5
) ✅
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One thing I’ve learned coaching non-D1 college lacrosse is stat keepers (typically a Sports Information Director) are un-trained and stats are typically wrong.
What’s the take away? Using statistics on D2/D3 end of season rewards voting doesn’t always award the best players.
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The Trip Dodge is an important tool to utilize with guys that are able to match feet on your dodges and might be playing you too tight.
What is it? Sticking your inside leg (closest to your defender) in the path of the defenders feet. You can also use it to set up your BOUNCE,
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I love this coaching tweak from
@SJUHawks_MLax
staff. Off the violation, runs the mid to crease, and has an attackmen basically sprint to the middle of the field while his defender chases. Don’t even know if it was on purpose, but I worked wonders
@LaxFilmStudy
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Not having goalies for Men’s league will forever be the crux of this sport having continued adult participation
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I DESPISE how bad basketball rhetoric is starting to leak into lacrosse
Bad take: best player should demand the ball and command their team to victory
This is EXACTLY what Duke tried to do on Monday, and how’d that work for them? This is what the Suns tried to do with
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The impact of Payton Cormier at
@UVAMensLax
can’t be understated
Having a player that can play crease (and he can do plenty from elsewhere too) and be AUTOMATIC provides your offense simple draw and dump opportunities that demoralize a defense
The issue is getting your guys
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Principles Based Offense
@TigerLacrosse
Use two-man to create an advantage✅
Force the defense to slide/rotate from crease/adjacent ✅
Hit the slide man to take advantage ✅
Force the 2-slide to make a business decision (help ball side and leave your man backside, or stay) ✅
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@shes_rADIAnt
As a teacher, this is not an anti-black language list… kids of all color use these same terms.
I don’t agree with policing vocab, but to say this list is an egregious display of anti-blackness is an absurd reach and a clear example of engagement bait
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Creating a diamond/box🔶 in your 3-3 is an easy way to exploit 5-man rotation defenses.
-Make 3 defenders play high so the two below need to pinch and protect the crease pass/finishes from the players at or below GLE
-Have your crease player slowly creep up to fill the gap
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I love this offense from ☘️
@NDlacrosse
because it keeps beautiful spacing AND flows 🌊
What is it?-PAIRS 2️⃣
What happens?- X1 Sweep, X2 Mirror, X3 Fade the sweep, X4 SWITCH SIDES, X5/6 X & CreasePair
I usually see teams exchange the backside, but rarely see a cut/seal from X4
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@NDlacrosse
has some DAWGS
Bad day to be an opposing player when there's 3 Irish jerseys surrounding you
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Manipulating your 3-3 EMO to exploit the most common Man-Down D packages:
📦Box+1/Crease Lock 4-man roto 🆚 House/5-man roto 🏠
Box+1: I teach my teams that a Box+1 is the easiest package to exploit due to the defense having to stretch significantly. You can see this in clip 1,
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Xander Dickson (
@UVAMensLax
) is a master in the scissor cut game.
He cuts like he's dodging: using changes of direction, bounces, hesitation moves, etc. Doing this makes him a constant threat, while also manipulating the crease slide options available to the defense.
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Offensive Principles in Action
-Mirror the dodge
-Pull pass
-Identify defensive rotation off adjacent slide and MOVE IT
-Stepping into a screen shot on the defensive approach
You’ll score a lot of goals when you learn to HUNT screens and take advantage of rotating defenses
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Okay, as I rewatch this, I honestly think
@NDlacrosse
schemed this EXACT look for Tevlin
Have him sweep: watch Dobson (decoy) + Simmons. Dobson's man won't slide because he has a few goals, they know that and create space. Simmons seals his man on the interior, Taylor mirrors
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Scheme by Design: Clear Throughs & Vacancies
@DU_MLAX
One of the best ways to free your dodgers is to vacate the previous crease slide and introduce a clear through man. Forces teams to choose between helping the dodge, preventing a back door sneak, or allowing a crease dump
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PARENTS:
Don’t fall for the veil of benevolence presented by Club lax programs. They are businesses, understand that before paying to play.
Here’s a note of what to watch out for when it comes to predatory club lacrosse from someone that’s been around it for over a decade 🧵
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OT GameWinner: “Pairs”
@NDlacrosse
☘️🫡
The Irish managed to get to OT and earn their Memorial Day spot on this look, and you can scheme it up for similar success.
No exchange happens on either side; but spacing is a crucial part of the goal. Let’s dive in 🧵👇
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You ‘unlock’ your 222 when your team starts to hit the third level for skips.
First level: 2-man game behind
Second: Scissor cuts inside
Third: hunt skip lanes
When we can find skip lanes (both as the feeder and cutter) we prevent the defense from being able to sit on crease
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Notre Dame and UVA are able to run 2-2-2’s to perfection because of their ability to stretch and collapse the D, starting with their crease weapons.
Taylor/Cormier have the ability to create separation & bury a shot w/o it feeling forced because of their elite skill inside.
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Elite goalie/faceoff play is the most important thing to a teams success.
If you’re short on scholarship money, these guys should be your targets.
Change my mind.
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Offensive Principles in Action:
Dodging vertically ⬆️ ⬇️, instead of horizontally ⬅️➡️
Young players often struggle ATTACKING the net, but Jack Simmons of
@NDlacrosse
demonstrates proper technique.
Watch how he initiates from the high wing, but after coming off the pick
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Small Lacrosse World
Today I coach a college game vs:
-2 kids I coached with my first team (6th graders)-Fort Collins
-2 brothers of former high school teammates-Denver
-1 kid from the first club team I coached-Colorado Springs
Lacrosse fosters community
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I’m assuming Cuse being the highest budget means they must be really good with lots of recent success, right?
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Pairs Offense
@NDlacrosse
☘️
Group 1: Dobson + Taylor (bottom of your screen)- Up-pick alley dodge, picker fills space
Group 2: Seymour + C. Kavanagh (top of your screen)- Exchange backside. Notice how patient Seymour’s cut is
Group 3: P. Kavanagh + Simmons (X&Crease)-Sitting
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141's are considered a 'power-dodging' set. Why?
By setting up 4 dodgers on the exterior and running a pass-pass-dodge system you not only attack the top and X, but you bring wing-dodges which are the most efficient dodge in lacrosse.
@DukeMLAX
THRIVES on wing looks as you'll
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This was our field situation Thursday. Got a freak snow storm, campus field plow broke down. Ref’s said we had 2 hours to clear the field or we’d have to cancel the matchup.
Both teams’ parents, players, coaches, and students helped to clear the field. The other team and parents
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Matt Brandau
@YaleLacrosse
is one of the best players to study for dodging. There's a reason he won
@IvyLeague
Player of the Year.
Watch how he uses hesitations to get top-side. By using his left foot to stutter (almost a rocker), he slowly gets the defender in his back pocket.
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@TheNBACentral
@nuggets
@Avalanche
@AltitudeTV
@DenverSportsCom
What a novel idea…
The fact I can’t even watch a damn PLAYOFF game because of Altitude is just garbage
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Dyson Williams is one of the key cogs of this Duke offense, and one of the most underrated players in college lacrosse. Check out this subtle btb fake he throws before he turns and finishes
@DukeMLAX
@dwilliams_51
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Saw a lot of posts about this yesterday and had this clip pop up in my files this morning
@UMichLacrosse
@CoachScottBieda
Dodge-pick-float the backside
@CoachJRuggeri
@22classy
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I LOVE this camera angle and how many nuggets you can grab from this one clip. Great broadcast
@IvyLeague
-Manipulating slide packages (two floats w/ a clear through)✅
-Behind the back passing✅
-Up the hash from Kirst w/ a hitch ✅
-Beautiful goalie save off the bouncer✅
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Using deception to beat the goalie
@jhumenslacrosse
#34
Hunter Chauvette with a slick upgrade on the leaner
Notice how reading low and looking at his defenders feet handcuffs the goalie low. Nice addition when you want to land your low-to-highs 🫡
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Every young defender should watch this clip 100x and study how
@YaleLacrosse
#36
Michael Alexander STANDS UP Coulter Mackesy
(1) No windshield wiping (crucial)
(2) Aggressive cross checks as Mackesy tries to get leverage
(3) Fantastic job matching feet and staying patient
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Offensive Principles:
-Pick action ball-side, exchange backside
-Initiating contact on dodge PRIOR to a rollback/bounce, get hands free
-Slow cutting… back of D’s head IS A GO
-Spacing from adjacents to force a slide from interior
-Overhand bouncers, hardest read for a goalie
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3-2-1 Offense:
EXPOSE THE TWO SLIDE📢🗣️
@UtahLacrosse
showing some beautiful decision making
@QKessenich
called this play like Tony Romo highlighting an NFL offens!
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141 Spacing w/ Drexel
Spacing is one of the hardest things to teach a team, but when they learn it, beautiful things can happen. The goal is to teach your guys to read + react to the defense while keeping pressure on the crease and not clogging dodging lanes down the alley or
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The fade is one of the best finishes players can add to their up-the-hash repertoire.
It sets up a perfect goalie screen and lends itself to deceptive finishing.
Lean in✅
Bounce✅
Use your defenders positioning against him✅
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Question Mark Shooting
Problem I see with a lot of players: staying w/ back turned & allowing doubles.
Kavanagh shows here how to feel out pressure. Piseno doesn’t lunge or engage body when Pat leans in, which is what tells Pat he has room to roll and fire.
@NDlacrosse
☘️
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Offensive Principles
@PennStateMLAX
@jhumenslacrosse
1) Dodge the high wing 🧹
2) Mirror the dodge or set a pick 🪞
3) Exchange backside 🔁
4) Create an advantage, exploit the advantage 🎯
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Sorry for the long clip, but this is MUST WATCH TV from
@UMichLacrosse
30 seconds of some of the best TEAM defense I've seen all year. Manage to stop Kirst, Kelleher, and Wirtheim
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Shellenberger/Dickson 2-man game
@UVAMensLax
The chemistry these two have developed is something we're lucky to see. They recognize instantly what the other wants to do and both possess uncanny creative abilities
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2-3-1 Exploit the Fish 🐟
@CornellLacrosse
When teams get an SSD matchup on their best attackmen, they typically choose to invert. Cornell decides to keep Kirst on the wing, and something beautiful develops.
Dartmouth’s (along with any teams) Scouting Report for Cornell would
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312 set from
@UMichLacrosse
Midfield: Dodger has options, sweeps here. Shallow cut adjacent mid. Backside mid sets a pick on the wing.
Att: Crease stays on crease, floats/mirrors if his man slides. Backside attack sets pick for X. X uses 1st pick AND mid pick to fill the wing
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Overhand/3-Quarter Shooting
Should players only shoot overhand/3-quarters and switch planes?
There's no 'right' solution: whatever gets in the back of the net is 'right'. However, overhand shots that go off-hip are some of the highest efficiency finishes
@TigerLacrosse
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Hey
@NCAALAX
we need to chat...
I haven't seen nearly enough MORE than 1-minute penalties this year, I'm confused why we even have the rules if we don't use them.
High hit, cross check (hands open), defenseless player, looseball, and straight to the head.
Protect the fellas
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How do you defend the invert?
This method from
@RMUMLacrosse
of stacking a pole on crease to prevent the SS from getting exposed above GLE is an interesting look, but gives up the pass back to X that can quarterback the invert for a step-down.
For me, I think you could do this
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I don't think you can give ENOUGH credit to Danowski and the
@DukeMLAX
staff for putting Aidan Maguire at SSD
Out of HS, every mid wants to play offense. SSD isn't glorious, and a lot of players won't fill that role. Aidan Maguire has set a standard and it's beautiful to watch
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@DNVR_Broncos
I’m actually happy the Dolphins haven’t stopped pushing it. More reason to get rid of Vance
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Learning to manipulate slides will free you and your teammates up for easier looks.
Notice how Colsey of
@UVAMensLax
uses a pass fake to his mirroring pair to freeze the Cuse help defender and earn his way to the cage🥶
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Players with this ability allow your offense to play ‘inside-out’. You want to have guys that can wall-pass out of the interior so they can collapse the defense and take advantage of it shrinking.
What becomes even more advantageous is when your guys have the ability to catch
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I believe Duke lost to Notre Dame partially because they schemed up looks like this:
It scores, but I'm in the camp this is a TERRIBLE look. Alley dodging with your off-hand is an ever-decreasing angle, which makes the G's job easier. Toss Entenmann in, and this is a save
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The game has evolved to place guys behind the net and let them read UPFIELD.
But why is it so effective? Heres my thoughts:
(1) Decrease adjacent defender help on dodges. More space at X to manipulate team defenses.
(2) Increased movement required from goalies on skips.
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I believe BTBs are a necessity if you want to be a good lacrosse player.
Its natural to switch hands when a defender has his stick in your gloves. However, a BTB allows you to keep his stick out of a passing lane while also reducing the time needed to switch hands.
@UAlbanyMLax
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Got a lot of replies yesterday about my belief that Duke lost to ND based on scheme, with a O'Neill clip showing them setting up alley dodges as their main form of offense
Here's another example of Duke setting this up vs. Penn State. Again, they score. Duke scores a lot of
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That little goalie cover drill at 4-5seconds is interesting
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Sometimes offense is as simple as putting your dodgers in spots to be successful
Love this look from
@CornellLacrosse
. Dodge HIGH to extend the defense, receive the ball low at x to capitalize on the d being extended. The defensive spacing created allows an easy up the hash
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🔊SOUND ON🔊
Nothing coaching wise from this clip, but what
@QKessenich
said here NEEDS to be reiterated to ALL youth and HS athletes that have college aspirations:
"Well no one got to this game
@AnishESPN
by surfing TikTok/Instragram all day"--ITS A GRIND
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