CoachingRyan Flansbury

Personal Relevance I have always admired my father since I was a

little child. Before I can remember he was coaching me to become the athlete that I have become. I want to follow in his foot steps but bring it to a whole new level by becoming a college lacrosse coach. I love the game of lacrosse so I think if I can learn the different strategies that other coaches use from all sports I can become a fantastic coach.

What is Coaching?What exactly is coaching?

We have all had coaches before, but what do they do besides just go to practices and games?

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Styles of CoachingThere are multiple styles of coaching from being

a friendly coach who doesn’t really yell, a coach who is all about yelling, or a coach who is in between.

Shelly Field talks about a fine line between a friend and a coach in her award winning books, and her motivational speaking engagements she is a good example of someone who is a friendly coach.

http://www.simplylacrosse.com/lacrosse-coaching.html

Coaches View PointsShelly Field talks about Dom Starsia the head

coach of Virginia's lacrosse team, and how he uses a strange method of coaching.

http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17800&ATCLID=1133557

Jim BeardmoreJim Beardmore was an outstanding goalie who

won tons of awards and is now a head coach of an MLL lacrosse team.

Coach Beardmore talks about how important it is to create a winning atmosphere while coaching any lacrosse team.

http://www.examiner.com/a-833721~Controversial_Beardmore_important_atmosphere.html

Proper Nutrition Its not all about skills when it comes to being

the best.

People have to take the right steps by eating correctly and by working out everyday to become the best.

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Hitting the Weight RoomAlvin Roy was the first coach to bring his players

into the weight room and everyone laughed at his foolishness.

Lifting weights is essential to becoming stronger and faster making you a better player.

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Young AthletesWhen you were little how were you thought to

play a sport?

Did the coach use something that you could relate to at a young age?

7/8 Grade LacrosseIn order for someone to coach 7th and 8th grade

boys lacrosse you have to understand the concept of having fun in order to keep the kids interested in the sport so that they may pursue it longer.

The different techniques of coaching young adults.

Upper Merion Lacrosse ClubTOGETHER!

Together is what the Upper Merion Lacrosse Club yells at the beginning of a game and at the end of every practice

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Teaching Joe the basics Two butts down

The box method

Cradling with the lacrosse ball

Motivation techniques

Having funImportance of having fun

Brings kids back again

Excites

Winning Our world thrives upon being the best. Why do you ask?

Examples:

Olympics

War

Power/ Money

(Flansbury)

Township In our township we give kids so many different

programs to do.UMBABIDDY basketball Prussian’s soccer teamSummer camps Upper Merion Lacrosse Club (UMLC)

High SchoolWhat it takes to be a high school lacrosse player

Dedication

Motivation

Inspiration

Role ModelsCoaches have to live up to many things, and one

thing that is huge is being a role model. Kids of all ages look up to coaches as inspiration.

This means coaches have to act their best on and off the field, or court.

http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17800&ATCLID=1133557

Thesis StatementLacrosse has been such a huge part in my life

and without it I don’t know how I would have gotten into college. I want to be able to figure out the best way to coach lacrosse so even if I don’t make it to be the best college lacrosse coach, that I can hopefully help make young athletes become better players, and better people off the field. If I can help one young athlete become a outstanding person in life because of the game of lacrosse, than all the time and effort I put into it has been well worth it.

3 Activities Go down to the lacrosse nets and shoot on

them.

Go to the gym and spilt them into groups and have them play a sport.

Instruct them on how to pick up ground balls.

Why? Everyone has a reason

why they chose their topic

My reason is because of my coach, Brady McCormick

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The Real ReasonNot just a game

Taught me a life lesson

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Carl Runk Carl Runk wrote the book

Coaching Lacrosse

Talks about the best ways of coaching from youth lacrosse to college lacrosse and what you have to do

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High School/CollegeCarl Runk then

talks about high school and college lacrosse and the difference from youth lacrosse

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Parents Carl Runk explains how to

deal with problem with parents in one of his chapters

What to do and what not to do

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Ground Balls!

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Lefty and Righty

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Layout of a Field

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Different Strategies In the game of lacrosse there have many

different strategies

How to sub faster

What’s the other teams weakness

Lock down on someone

Who should run on what lines

David UrickDavid Urick can go down as one of the best

division 3 lacrosse coach ever.

Head coach of the 1986 world champion USA lacrosse squad.

Award as Division III Lacrosse Coach of the Year in 1980 and 1981.

The Fundamentals of Lacrosse

The Fundamentals of Lacrosse by David Urick

David Urick, one of the most successful and respected coaches in the game today wrote the best book I have ever read about coaching

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What’s in the book?