Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 22 - Joe Spallina Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast

Joe Spallina

00:32 Intro to Joe Spallina and His Philosophy on Skill
-Coach Spallina backround
-College coaching
-Youth coaching
-Team USA
-Stoney Brook Women's lacrosse
-Love the game
-Skill work in practice
-Play fast
-Mechanics
-Avoiding self inflicted wounds
-Possession drills

10:32 Shooting
-Teaching proper shooting
-Step down shooting drills
-Mental side of shooting
-Practicing where you shoot from in games
-Learning how to swing hard
-Form and mechanics
-Form shooting vs deceptive shooting and its evolution
-Low high wind up
-Behind the back feeding

23:31 Physicality in Dodging
-More of it in a high level offense
-Contact shooting drills
-Pass first
-Girls playing box lacrosse
-The benefits of box lacrosse

31:50 Being Different By Learning From Everything
-Professional Development
-Watching press conferences
-Quest to being better

33:55 Theory of Girls Playing With a Boys Stick
-Low success rate with a bad stick
-Boys use girls sticks so why not the other way around?
-Helps with learning curve
-Jamie using a girls stick

38:57 Two Man Game
-MLL stats
-Progression in the women's game
-Big/big vs big/little
-2 man from box translating into the women's game
-Pass down pick down vs up picks both boys and girls
-Teaches IQ
-Opens the play up
-Picking your own man

48:51 How Much Youth Players are Playing for Coach Spallina?
-Younger = more time
-Month of August is a dead period
-September is individual
-2 days a week in October and a few weekends
-November - few tournaments
-Season starts with box in the winter
-Summer practice schedule
-MLL style rosters
-October-June: 3 days a week
-Multi sport athletes

1:03:02 Development Models
-Summer tradition of Box Lacrosse in Canada
-Play a lot of lacrosse
-High quality environment
-Shooting goalies
-Backyard lacrosse
-Pick up games in practice
-Development from pick up games
-Solution to not being able to play for a great team
-Different IQ's