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Lacrosse Coach Bob Shriver from Boys Latin, has been at the helm of the heralded lacrosse program for well over 30 years. That in itself is quite a feat in today’s world. He is truly one of the most recognized high school coaches in the country. Just for starters, his record as the coach, 430-115, in addition 5 MIAA Championship and 13 Championship game appearances. Continuing with the achievements of this great program, “#1 ranked High School Lacrosse Team in the USA”, in 1997 and 2006. In addition his resume includes, Assistant Coach-US U19World Championship Teams of 1988 and 1999, Head Coach-US U19 World Championship Team 2003, Member of the United States Lacrosse Coaches’ Association (USLCA) Executive Committee, United States Lacrosse Coaches’ Association (USLCA) “Man of the Year” is 2006 and inducted into the Baltimore Chapter of US Lacrosse’s Hall of Fame in 1998.
In this great interview, Coach walks us through a sample practice at Boys Latin, and their lacrosse drills, for lacrosse players, we cover the warm ups, dynamic stretching, Small Groups, Unsettled and Full Field Lacrosse Drill scenarios, as well as the ‘Effort Honor Roll’. As we talked about the progression of defense and ‘checks’ I loved his comment (he got it from somewhere) “No good checks get rewarded anymore, so why do it?” and thus the dialog on man-to-man position work, ‘lifts,’ and attack position, and stick position for defenders. And his awesome comments on why drills need to be changed up day to day. We also cover different sets, moving the ball to the strong side, face offs, and small field play. The total podcast with all the lacrosse drills for lacrosse practice is a ‘must listen’ for all coaches.
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I wanted you to hear his interesting comments on checks, followed by Coach describing his full field ‘Add One’ Lacrosse Drills and then his ‘Small Field’ 3V2. The goals are at the restraining line or 70 yards apart. Most coaches run variations of this drill and one is not better than another… but when lacrosse coaches consider the many options/variations to keep practice different every day, using variations can be very cool. So we take Lacrosse Coach Shriver’s version of the drill, and his recommendation to keep it varied, and put it in the article section. Some great stuff there…
