Coaches Insider https://coachesinsider.com Helping coaches learn, prepare, and excel Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:35:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://coachesinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ci-logo-small.png Coaches Insider https://coachesinsider.com 32 32 149920228 Offensive Communication: A Key Fundamental Driving High Performing Units with Justin Turri – St. John’s Univ. https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/offensive-communication-a-key-fundamental-driving-high-performing-units-with-justin-turri-univ-of-michigan/ https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/offensive-communication-a-key-fundamental-driving-high-performing-units-with-justin-turri-univ-of-michigan/#respond Fri, 02 Oct 2020 03:31:26 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=48658 Watch as Coach Justin Turri discusses the importance of on-field communication and why your offense will run faster and faster the more you practice it with your team. Coach Turri also shares Michigan's field numbering system and explains why communication is so important to their offensive system.

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]]> https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/2-drills-to-develop-defensive-fundamentals-with-kyle-hartzell-pll-and-atlas-lacrosse-club/feed/ 0 48651 Goalie Drills and Techniques with Brian Phipps and Ravi Sitlani – Archbishop Spalding HS (MD) and Lacrosse the Pond https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/goalie-drills-and-techniques-with-brian-phipps-and-ravi-sitlani-chesapeake-bayhawks-and-lacrosse-the-pond/ https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/goalie-drills-and-techniques-with-brian-phipps-and-ravi-sitlani-chesapeake-bayhawks-and-lacrosse-the-pond/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:13:36 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=48680 Watch as current MLL goalie Brian Phipps and Coach Ravi Sitlani demonstrate a variety of drills and techniques related to the development of goalie play. Brian spends a large portion of the time discussing the fundamentals of the ready position and emphasizes the importance of good footwork and posture.

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Bobby Benson was previously the Coach at Johns Hopkins University.

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  1. Culture
  2. Organizational Beliefs
  3. Adversity
  4. People
  5. Anchors
  6. Purpose
  7. Mentors
  8. Gratitude
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]]> https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/the-art-of-losing-a-faceoff-with-steve-vaikness-loyola-univ-maryland/feed/ 0 48669 Small Group Drills to Help Build the Complete Defender with Dan Cocchi – Cocchi Lacrosse Consulting https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/small-group-drills-to-help-build-the-complete-defender-with-dan-cocchi-rutgers-univ/ https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/small-group-drills-to-help-build-the-complete-defender-with-dan-cocchi-rutgers-univ/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2019 18:57:10 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=49287 Watch as Coach Dan Cocchi breaks down four small group drills that you can adjust depending on which defensive fundamentals you would like to isolate and develop with your team. Coach Cocchi emphasizes changing up your approach from time to time to give your athletes a different perspective and help develop their lacrosse IQ

Coach Dan Cocchi was formerly at Rutgers University.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/small-group-drills-to-help-build-the-complete-defender-with-dan-cocchi-rutgers-univ/feed/ 0 49287 Man-Down Defense with Mark Foeder – Victor HS (NY) https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/man-down-defense-with-mark-foeder-victor-hs-ny/ https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/man-down-defense-with-mark-foeder-victor-hs-ny/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2019 18:56:15 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=48662 Watch as Coach Mark Foeder breaks down several of his man-down defensive packages and explains the advantages and disadvantages of running each one. Coach Foeder begins by sharing four questions that help him determine which package to use:

  1. What do I have? (Strengths/Weaknesses)
  2. What do they have? (Strengths/Weaknesses)
  3. What are they trying to do? (Formations/Plays/Shot Locations)
  4. What can we do against them?
]]> https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/man-down-defense-with-mark-foeder-victor-hs-ny/feed/ 0 48662 Defensive Footwork Around GLE with Matthew Dunn – PLL Whipsnakes and NLL Georgia Swarm https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/defensive-footwork-around-gle-with-matthew-dunn-pll-whipsnakes-and-nll-georgia-swarm/ https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/defensive-footwork-around-gle-with-matthew-dunn-pll-whipsnakes-and-nll-georgia-swarm/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2019 18:36:56 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=48655 Watch as Matthew Dunn discusses, and players demonstrate a GLE footwork series for defensemen that focuses on angle play, where/how to create contact with your man, and how to use the crease to your advantage.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/defensive-footwork-around-gle-with-matthew-dunn-pll-whipsnakes-and-nll-georgia-swarm/feed/ 0 48655 The Little Things That Destroy a Defense with Dave Pietramala – Univ. of North Carolina https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/the-little-things-that-destroy-a-defense-with-dave-pietramala-johns-hopkins-univ/ https://coachesinsider.com/lacrosse/the-little-things-that-destroy-a-defense-with-dave-pietramala-johns-hopkins-univ/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2019 18:23:16 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=48647 Watch as Coach Dave Pietramala discusses why you should never assume your athletes know something and the benefits of developing a culture where everything matters, down to the smallest detail.

Dave Pietramala was previously a coach at Syracuse University.

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