Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 14 - Paul Day

Paul Day 00:32 Intro of Paul Day and Box Lacrosse Calendars -Head coach and GM of NLL Philadelphia Wings -GM of the Mann Cup Champions Peterborough Lakers -Box Lacrosse calendar -Fitness routine -No breaks for players -Advantages of playing a lot -Time for coaches to learn -Recovery times -Video time and preperation -Change up of plays 07:44 Background of Paul Day -Grew up in Peterborough -Played box with against the Gait brothers -70's/80's box lacrosse -Minto Cups -Became Police Officer -Paul's NLL Career -Coach of Peterborough Lakers GM -Paul's Mentors and Influences -Preparation is hard work -Practices 14:20 Pick up Lacrosse Growing up With Paul -Play all day in an outside bowl as kids -Playerd everyday -A lot of backyard lacrosse -Every day play local pick up hockey after school -New culture in Peterborough for pick up lacrosse 16:55 Peterborough Lakers Mann Cup Champion Team -High tempo team -Young team -Defense is a strength -Known for offense -Players talk -Big Crowrds -Environment of their arena -Zach Currier -Jake Withers -Other players 23:07 What Makes Shawn Evans Game Special -Pedigree of athletes -History of Sean Evans career -Deceptive shooting -Competitor -Slickness in his play 28:50 Philadelphia Wings -Great draft for lefties -Draft talk -A lot of offense in the expansion draft 30:36 Likelihood of Offensive American Players Playing in the NLL -More Americans drafted then Canadians -Professionality in the NLL -Practice situation -Box as part of training -Things are changing in the box scene for Americans 35:32 Off Ball Movements and What Coaches are Looking for -Move to get yourself open, and get your teammates open -Will get double and tripled if all you do is go to the goal -Clears space for people -More off ball movements will happen with the shot clock -Up pick is most effective off ball movement -Box offense in girls lacrosse -Seal plays -Reading off ball play as the dodger 51:36 What Makes Canadians Such Good Shooters -Lots of shots from mid-range -Shooting from good angles -"Eyes" on the head of your stick -Shoot for hip and knee high -Low high windup shooting -Not as much teaching, a lot of backyard talk -Not a lot of technical teaching -Sandlot model -Pass it down model -Coaching model 1:00:45 Adding Technical Teaching -Practice is just organized time to practice like you normally do -Numbers game -Translating it to a game -Skill development time -Clean play -Youth box lacrosse models 1:08:12 NLL News -Halifax is trying to get a team -Rochester looks to be coming back in an expansion team -League is growing -More expansion in the west -U.S Players also expanding