Lacrosse goalie training on your terms.
We like to bring you noting but the best and today is no exception. Drew Adams is the starting goalie for the Long Island Lizards. He is a two time MLL Goalie of the Year in 2011 and 2012. He was also named to Lacrosse.com All-MLL Team.
Drew is a tough and composed player between the pipes who hates loosing. In our interview he shares his favorite drill.
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Please welcome Pat Groschan to the MTC blog community. Pat is entering his junior year at Eastern University where he starts in goal for the Eagles.
Making a one on one save is every goalie’s dream. All the cards are stacked against you, and you still come out on top. It is one of the greatest feelings in the world, but it can be a challenge to make this dream a reality.
Surprisingly, making a one on one save is a lot like making other saves. Check out these five tips and learn how to slam the door in the face of attackmen on the crease.
Stick to ordinary stance
When a shooter is bearing down on you, think like you would always think. Stay in your stance with your eyes locked on the ball. If you break ranks and lunge at the shooter too early, he will simply shoot around you. The idea of laying a big hit can be tempting, but it is better to play the odds and stay home.
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Lacrosse gets little press outside of the small contingent of players who follow the latest news and notes, and even within this community it does not seem that goalies get the respect we deserve. It came as a shock to me then when my mother handed me an article from the Wall Street Journal that was about lacrosse. The WSJ recently ran an article about Boston Cannons goalie, and Brown University alum, Jordan Burke.
As is typical for MLL articles, the piece highlighted that Burke has a normal 9-5 job. Burke he works for Eze Castle Software, a technology firm in Boston and then goes and plays for the Cannons on the weekends.
As normal as this is in the MLL, I do love hearing about the “other life” that these professional athletes have. Burke really loves being able to do both jobs, and he also has a supportive wife to cheer him on. Props to him.
Continue reading...Unless you live under a rock when it comes to lacrosse news, you probably heard about the recent proposed NCCA rule changes. We here at MTC have been steeped in thought about the proposed changes, a final decision on which will be made during a conference call in September, and we now offer our reaction to it. Of course we are all about goalies here, so we are keeping our thoughts to the two changes which specifically involved keepers. If you want to read about outrage to the face-off rules check it out elsewhere.
One note before moving on. These are NCAA proposed changes so if implemented they would only affect the college game, however history has shown us that the college rules trickle down to younger ages eventually. So depending on if these rules get passed or not they could be made universal at some point in the future.
I like to think of myself as a man’s man. Take the bull by the horns- if you fall down get back up, put me in goal when we’re man-down in overtime kind of guy. So I figured if I’m going to master driving a stick-shift thing I should just take it on a road trip.
Things were going ok until about half way through our journey. I had only stalled out a few times and was actually beginning to get into my groove.
Then it happened. I could see my fate awaiting me ahead. My newly found confidence melted into fear almost in an instant.
There was a traffic light at the top of a slight hill. I knew I would have to stop and then make a hill start to get going again. Up to this point I had never performed a hill start.
A cocktail of fear, dread, and panic mixed itself in my mind as I began to verbalize my worry to my wife.
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Just the other day I was talking with my uncle about my cousin who is a beginning goalie. He was sharing just how difficult low shots are for her to save.
It is a problem area for many goalies, especially beginners.
First off, just like any other shot. Your stance and where you position yourself in the goal are some of the biggest keys to increasing your save percentage.
Many times you can help yourself to get low shots simply by moving your entire stance forward by a half step. In other words, set up like you normally do in the cage then move directly forward (towards the crown of the crease) a half step.
Then just play from here, keeping your same arc that you always use. Keep in mind that just because you moved your stance forward it is still important to step into the ball with both feet when a shot comes.
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