UNC Lacrosse Project: Film and Practice
The team began practice with a film session before heading out to the field. Assistant coach Paradine manned a Mac Book Pro (Mac snob alert! — I was happy to see a Windows computer was eschewed in lieu of the better computer. Alert over) and showed some clips of UVA to the team while coaches Haus and Lattimore made commentary as necessary. Afterwards, we headed out to practice on what was a beautiful North Carolina day. There is not much that I can say about practice, but I did learn some new things about the nuances of lacrosse:
- Chris Cortina taught me how extra-man offense, and man-down defense team members are picked. It was something I’ve always wondered.
- I learned from Jamie Locke and Andrew Moss that goal keepers are susceptible to getting their thumbs jammed, and it is common for goal keepers to have messed-up thumbs.
- I learned that Nina Walker reads my blogs! Huzzah!
Jamie Locke's thumb is tended to.
April 3rd, 2008 08:32
I think that alot more people than just Nina Walker read your blogs as well. Would you care to tell us how the extra man and man down line ups get picked?
April 4th, 2008 00:00
Ha, well, Chris could answer this way better than I could, but for EMO, it is about placing guys who fit well into what is needed. That is, you need a couple guys who can shoot well from up top. Then you have guys who shoot well near the crease; one who shoots well from the left and one who shoots well from the right. There is way more to it, but that is the gist. I can’t remember everything Chris told me.
As for man down defense, you want guys who are fast (obviously) and having height has it’s advantages. UNC is lucky to have some tall guys (Jarvis, Flanagan, etc.)
I probably didn’t do Chris justice, but that is the basics.
April 9th, 2008 22:40
[...] be overkill to post that many posts in a short time span. • April 2nd, 2008: Film and Practice [LINK] • April 3rd, 2008: Rainy Practice [LINK] • April 4th, 2008: Practice before UVA [...]
April 10th, 2008 11:53
Peyton, Love your blog. Thanks for posting Jamie Locke.