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Fusion Town Championships
FLG Lacrosse is evolving the youth team tournament experience by introducing Fusion to Town teams this March. FLG Fusion is a hybrid training system that incorporates multi-sport concepts, rules, and techniques. Fusion teaches lacrosse players through fast-paced play, unique rules, multiple repetitions, and playing in tight spaces. At the Fusion Town Championships, the emphasis is on
2016, A Year of Change and Lacrosse
As 2016 draws to a close, I have been reflecting on this past year, which for me was a year of change to say the least. And most of that, “change”, has centered on lacrosse. This time last year, I was finishing my 24th year in the same job and looking forward to a winter
What Makes a Great Highlight Video?
Building a quality highlight video these days is absolutely crucial. College coaches bring notes from recruiting tournaments back to their office to discuss with the rest of the staff. The next step is googling promising players and looking for a highlight video. A good video can get an athlete from having 1 coach from a specific program interested,
Giving Back
Building More Than Just Athletes – this is the ultimate goal for FLG Lacrosse, a mission statement. What does this mean? We try to take a comprehensive approach to helping our student athletes as they strive to become not only the best lacrosse players they can be, but more importantly, the best people they
Introvert or Extrovert?
I’m reading an interesting book called The Introvert Advantage: How to Survive in an Extrovert World, by Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D. In the book, Marti discusses how introverts can thrive in a world filled with extroverts, she discusses where introverts and extroverts get their energy sources, and she uncovers the personality characteristics of introverts vs.
Free to Fail
In the lacrosse industry, as in many other industries, success if publicized frequently. Visit a club lacrosse programs web-page and see the players from their program and where they’ve committed to play college lacrosse. Follow the twitter feeds of collegiate lacrosse teams and see a time-line of their successful seasons. Read the biography for any
How Do You Define Success?
I am currently reading “Flow –The Psychology of Optimal Performance” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. In my continuing pursuit of knowledge that might help me improve as a coach (and person), I began this book with the hope that it would provide some valuable insights, into how to help my student athletes improve their own performance. I
Are Power Conferences Good for HS Sports?
A debate worth mentioning. Power conferences are coming into discussion and into fruition throughout Long Island. The girls, well ahead of the guys game, have had a power conference for years in Nassau County with teams being split up based on ability. Nassau Boys B & C Leagues are broken up by ability as well. Counties across
Scout Mindset
Julia Galef examines the motivation behind two different mindsets. On the one side, you have the soldier mindset – defending ones viewpoint at all costs. The other side, the scout mindset – the drive to see what’s really there. She explains how scouts are motivated to find the truth, they are curious, and thinks it’s
