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How Do You Break The Huddle?

How do you break the huddle? At FLG, we break the huddle with three words, “Be The Best.” Those three words sum up our definition of success. We don’t break the huddle with 1, 2, 3… “Win the Game!” Winning a game isn’t our definition of success. As club lacrosse coaches, we should help studletes become

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What Did You Learn?

After all our clinics and practices, we get our players into a huddle near their parents and ask, “What Did You Learn?” If you get a bunch of blank stares and confused faces, than you as coaches didn’t do your job! Not only do we ask several player’s within the huddle what they learned, we ask

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Alphabet Training

Spell out your full name (first, middle, and last) and complete this workout. Tell us how brutal it is… #WhiteboardWednesday #Develop #GetStrong #FLG #FLGLAX

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Red Flags in Club Lacrosse

In the club lacrosse world, there are rumors surrounding each and every club lacrosse organization. I’m sure we’ve all heard the, “I heard so-and-so walks around handing out business cards at 4th grade games” or “I heard so-and-so has 4 teams in each age group!” Whether these rumors surrounding these club teams are true or

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Rising Freshman & Showcases

Rising Freshman, Below are 4 reasons why attending a individual showcase could be a nice idea for you! 1. Experience – it’s a great opportunity to get your feet wet and get comfortable playing in front of college coaches 2. Film – showcases are usually filmed in High-Definition. Use that footage to build your first Highlight tape. 3.

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Learning To Stay

Picture yourself getting a haircut at your local barber. You’re relaxed, sitting back, and enjoying the moment. All of a sudden you start to feel an itch on your forehead. You immediately take your hand from under the barber’s cape and scratch that itch. You feel the immediate relief from scratching that itch. However, the

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Building A Lacrosse Program

Last night was the FLG Girls Organizational Meeting. These types of meetings are great for groups looking to build lacrosse programs. There is a big difference between putting together lacrosse teams and building a lacrosse program. The first key word is build. When you build, you need a plan. When you build, you need good

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Why Coach Dunne Has No Voice

He coaches every play, of every game. He doesn’t let the same mistake happen twice. He doesn’t let you get away with selfish play. He cares. He’s an equal opportunity yeller. He coaches both sides of the ball. He doesn’t settle for the team taking steps backwards. His team played 4 games in 1 day.

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Importance of Practice Plans

Having a practice plan is essential to running a successful practice. At every FLG Select Team practice, our coaches have a typed plan to help guide their team through a productive practice. The format of each and every FLG practice is the same. With that said, the overall goals, expectations, and drills at each practice change.

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Why Keep Score?

Why do we keep score during youth sporting events? Keeping score in youth sporting events shouldn’t be to determine who is the best team. Keeping score in youth sports isn’t so the coach of the winning team can now brag about how their team went 54-o last summer. Keeping score isn’t so youth coaches can coach

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