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The key to installing a PBO is to keep the main thing the main thing. Explain to your players the most important principles of play and continuously emphasize them throughout the season. These principles will become a constraint or a guide that will get their attention and intentions. Players will self-organize with tasks (constraints) and if you allow them to complete these tasks, you will see them playing great team offense. You don’t need to explain every last detail, just get them started with the basics of shot selection, spacing, ball movement, creating advantages with matchups or 2-man game, and off-ball picking. Using constraints like an 8-9 second shot clock on a side will get them to flip the field. Or, if you’re not picking off-ball it’s a turnover. Or if you hang out on the crease it’s a turnover. These are simple ways to get your team to play incredible and unpredictable team offense. Obviously, installing a PBO in one minute isn’t going to be a time constraint for your average coach, but the point of this reel is you would be amazed at how well your team will play when you take off the reigns and focus on the principles. Throughout the season there will be glaring strengths and weaknesses that you will have to address, but again, use constraints to do the teaching and keep the focus on the Principles.
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If you’re not making your attackman whine to the refs you’re probably not being physical enough! The best defenders are mean and nasty. You need to inflict punishment on your match-up without fouling. I’m not talking about being dirty, but beating your guy up within the scope of the rules is key! So say you can’t coach that. Coaches definitely recruit it! You need to be the guy people don’t really want to go against!
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In 1994 I wrote Bobby Knight a letter asking permission to observe an Indiana basketball practice. Coach Knight wrote back and said a visit was fine, but he wouldn’t meet with outside coaches during the season. I went to Bloomington for three days and hung out with the head manager, watched film, watched practice, and learned a ton about Bobby Knight's motion offense. The biggest takeaway that applies directly to lacrosse is in a patterned or set play offense, “the action finds the ball” whereas in a Principles-Based Offense, “the ball finds the action.” This simply means run actions to get open based on how the defense plays you and let the natural movement of the ball find the open player. Trying to get open at a specific time is predictable and much easier to guard.
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This reel is by Danny Schaechter, a QB coach from Libertyville HS outside of Chicago and an expert in rotational mechanics in throwing. I sought him out to learn the truth about shooting mechanics. I had never felt comfortable teaching shooting mechanics for power myself because I know I’m not an expert on that. I’m more of an expert in teaching deceptive shooting. I also had my doubts that what was generally being taught by lacrosse coaches around the nation about shooting mechanics was on point either. So I did a podcast with Danny and asked him to do a reel for JM3. ”Cracking the whip is the key to a powerful lacrosse shot & scoring more goals! Keep your head still for focus, let your hips drive the rotation, plant a solid foot for stability, and avoid pushing your hands back to maintain the whip effect.”
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The “Jab Start” is an advantage 1v1 and a great way to work multiple facets of your one-on-ones! A jab shifts your defender’s weight in the direction of the jab and then by pausing or hesitating and leaning back, you can shift their weight back to the center which allows you to catch them flat-footed. The Jab Hesitation move will get you a huge step. This “Jab” start also allows players to work on how to capitalize on an advantage. If you get a bigger step you can learn to hesi or on the run hitch to buy time or draw checks. If you get a smaller step, it’s the perfect time to practice initiating contact and bouncing into space.
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Without a doubt, most ball-dominant kids aren’t great finishers. The reason is they really don’t get that many reps in practice and when they train on their own they tend to shoot on the run or time and room shots. It’s boring and not even useful to practice finishing without a goalie. And even if you have a goalie, finishing on a 6x6 net with a goalie is just too easy. If you want to be a big-time finisher, you can practice in your backyard “Shooting on dad!” We started doing this during the COVID lockdown with my family and not only was it a blast, my kids all got better at finishing. Your dad will definitely be harder to finish on than any goalie in a 6x6 net! Use a 3’6’’ x 3’6’’ JM3 net. This goal size is perfect because it’s a little smaller than a box net, which is designed for the goalie to have goalie pads. Your dad will love it and I guarantee you’ll get way better at finishing fast!
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If you want to learn how to break ankles, you have to learn how to shift the weight of your defender, and usually, you have to shift it twice! You’re going to have to make your moves at the right distance and use double jabs! If you make your move too close you’ll get jammed, if you make it too far away, your guy will recover. When you jab one way and go, it can work, but most good defenders can recover from one jab. However, when you double jab, defenders bite hard on the second move and can’t recover from their recovery! Learning to jab with your stutters, skips, your head and shoulders, and even your stick will allow you to shift your defender’s weight! Last, change your angle of approach! The hardest way to beat your guy is straight at him, if you angle left or right then attack you’ll get a natural shade advantage that will open up an opportunity!
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Graeme Hossack is the best player you don’t know much about! The Whitby, ON native grew up playing 90% box lacrosse (as most Canadians do) and his box training has made him into one of the best players in the world. The 3x NLL Defensive Player of the Year and 1x PLL Defenseman of the year just won another PLL Championship and is the epitome of what a great defender does! He’s incredible off the ground, in transition and the clearing game. As a cover guy he’s surgical with his stick in terms of gaining leverage through his holds and he can take it away. He’s fearless in soaking shots, which is something he’s learned from box as well! Off ball he not only plays great team defense, he has a knack for bone crushing hits. If you’re a you defender, play as much box lacrosse or small net games and it will be the best thing for your game! Playing defense is as much about have a great stick as playing offense!
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Stick protection is obviously an important part of being a good lacrosse player, but too often, stick protection is a focal point of teaching when learning to protect your stick situationally is more realistic. Furthermore, so often when players get trail checked, stick protection becomes the theme for improvement when really the solution lies in the realm of deception. Players often get steps on defenders and get checked on their shot; they get pushed, checked on their hands, trail checked, etc. Offensive players would score more goals if they didn’t get checked as they were shooting. The key to not getting checked is to use deception to draw checks before you want to shoot using various hitches. A defender can’t check twice in a row, so if you draw a check early, your hands will be free to shoot. This will also eliminate the ability for defenders to trail-check you.
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Introducing the “Get” action in basketball to lacrosse! The “Get” is a 2man action where a player passes the ball to another player and sprints to go “Get” it back on a handoff. This action has similar concepts and reads to pick and roll, but the picker is actually the ball handler! In lacrosse, we have been experimenting with Gets because it creates so many interesting situations and reads for the players. The way we teach it in small sided games is to have one offensive player declare “I’m shut” and the defense has to face-guard him. From there we pick for the shut off player trying to spring them free for the Get. The ball handler has to engage and control their defender, anticipating the shut player trying to get open. The shut player can backdoor if being overplayed towards the get (rejecting the get), receive a flip, or continue curling around the ball getting open for a late pass. The ball handler can feed the reject, flip the ball, or fake the flip to attack the goal or make a late pass to the shut payer curling to the goal. I’ve seen examples of this run in men’s and women’s DI lacrosse at Ohio State and Northwestern, respectively and I’ve run this myself when I was coaching HS girls lacrosse. You will also see on this reel a sick application for Gets vs. a common big-little invert coverage where the short stick doesn’t go behind with his man and plays “Safety” in front of the net. Gets are fun for the players, are incredible for teaching your players 2man game on and off ball, dealing with double teams, and creativity with passing, and can be used to score goals. I hope you enjoy it! Can you think of other applications for Gets?
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If you make this one tweak to your offense I think you’ll score more goals! The vast majority of offenses have a crease guy mirroring the dodge, popping behind the dodger when he takes the alley, and cycling under when he dodges topside. I love mirrors, they’re a great action, but the problem with mirrors is that the slider can oftentimes hedge and crowd the dodger, and recover back to their guy. This problem is magnified when the on-ball defender picks up soft, there’s even less space for the dodger. Also mirroring every time is predictable! Why would you want the defense to know exactly where your crease guy is going? A simple adjustment that every offense should have in the mix is to have your crease guy change it up and “Float” out to the back side, leaving his hedging crease sliding defender guarding nobody and making the recovery much more difficult. And when you float the crease out, you can have another midfielder “Follow” across the top to be the outlet behind the ball and get into a shooting spot. As the coach, you don’t have to call out these looks from the sideline, simply let your crease guy mix it up on his own, sometimes he can mirror the dodge, and other times he can float out the back. Then have the crease guy communicate to the other mid to follow or float. The recovery for these two looks is very different and this variability will make your offense much harder to guard! Furthermore, because the recovery is so much more challenging, re-dodge spacing when the crease floats out is better. I guarantee you will love this look!
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One of the biggest keys to a great offense is being able to capitalize on advantages. Some teams have great dodging, but can’t convert once they draw a slide, or have great transition opportunities but aren’t cashing in. Usually, this is because players have poor spacing, allowing one defender to guard two offensive players or players make slow decisions allowing the defense to recover back to neutral by the time they move the ball. This “Sub Game” constraint is one of the best and most fun ways to train your team to use “Scanning” to have great spacing and zero-second decisions to capitalize on advantages. You and your players will LOVE this small-sided game!
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To be a great defensive player you have to be great at double teams. Communication is one of the biggest keys to great double teams and using the “Stay left” “Stay right” communication has been the best way I’ve learned to ensure direct and actionable communication to guarantee effective double teams.
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You are going to love the Backpedal Pick concept. Instead of running towards the ball carrier to set your pick, do the opposite, backpedal and give ground, as the dodger approaches the pick. Backpedaling and keeping a cushion of space makes it much harder for the on-ball defender and the picker’s man to play their coverage. The Backpedal technique basically enables you to set a legal moving pick, meaning it’s a moving target, that the defense has trouble navigating. Then at the last moment, you can set your feet and can be stationary. If the on-ball defender wants to get under the pick, they can’t find an angle to get under. Also, the picker’s man struggles because they can’t easily get “outside the pick” position as the picker keeps retreating and giving ground. It’s almost like a legal moving seal! The backpedal pick technique is deadly around the goal line, making it impossible to get under and much harder for the picker’s guy to switch or jump it! One of the biggest keys to 2-man game is great pick setting and universally, kids don’t know how to set and adjust picks. I think you’ll find this pick technique will make a difference in your offense!
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Most people think of rollbacks all wrong! They think the point of a rollback is to be quicker on your rollback than your opponent. The fact is, at the higher levels athleticism is pretty equal and you can’t rely on this! The way you should think of your rollback is by making your guy overrun you! Using the deception of hesitation moves, you can get a step and make your guy late. When he’s late, now he has to really accelerate to catch up. One key is using deception in your rollback posture to sell go while you’re rolling back. It doesn’t even matter if he’s faster than you, you’re still going to destroy him on your rollback if you can get him to overrun you! There are lots of different kinds of hesitations you can use, but this is more of a concept! Tell me if you know how to do this.
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The Face Dodge Finish is an incredibly easy and effective way to learn how to finish more like a box lacrosse player. Field lacrosse players traditionally fake high to shoot low and vice versa. This type of fake is effective and especially important when you don’t have much angle or time. Box players tend to fake near and far, and I’ve noticed they often achieve this by face-dodging over and back at different distances and cadences. On your natural side, if you face dodge over, it holds the goalie on the near pipe allowing you to bring your stick back across and beat the goalie with a reach. Goalies then have to jump off the pipe to save the reach which opens up a twister nearside. Furthermore, face dodging over and back is quicker than pumping and reloading. I think you will love this finish!
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