Shelby Osborne is a high schooler with a big dream that just came true: She has been tapped as the first-ever female defensive back in college football history. The Lafayette, Indiana, girl has played just about every sport there is, but she found that football is her real passion. “It has to do with the […]

Today I want to cover how to defend a common defensive scenario: the 4 on 3 fast break. By now you should understand that a lacrosse goalie is the field general on defense. Therefore, every lax goalie must understand how his/her defense should defend a fast break so he/she can direct them accordingly. The fast break […]

Today I’m going to talk about an extremely important part of playing goalie – clearing. Clearing is just as important as saving the ball and it should be a favorite of all goalies because it means either you’ve just made a save or your defense has forced a turnover. Is there a better feeling than […]

Joseph LaBate remains close with his high school buddies as he works to stick with the Vancouver Canucks .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Former Academy of Holy Angels standout […]

Many youth teams struggle to find someone who wants to play goalie. One of the main reasons is simply that youth goalies feel that practices are no fun. For the youth coaches out there who are wondering how to make practices more fun for youth lacrosse goalies when it seems like for most drills the […]

As the regular season starts to wind down and playoffs enter the horizon, team benched have an uncanny way of getting a little shorter this time of year. Yet, running a short bench often has the opposite of its intended effect, especially over the long term. Here are five reasons why equal playing time is […]

Much confusion still swirls around eligibility and athletes when it comes to The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s stance on crowdfunding — even after the NCAA clarified its rules in 2015, giving the method of personal fundraising explicit approval under student-athlete eligibility guidelines. The NCAA’s clarification came nearly a year after it published an educational column that attempted to […]

If you're a brand new lacrosse goalie wondering what you need to know to make saves, this is for you. All the basics of making a save in lacrosse!

Morris/Benson senior goaltender Tony Bruns is so accustomed to facing insanely high numbers of shots each game that he brushes aside mass amounts of flying pucks as effortlessly as a northwoods outdoorsman swats mosquitoes. In his four seasons as a starter for the Storm, Bruns routinely has made 40, 50, 60 and even 70-plus stops […]

Yet, one of the keys to helping every player reach his or her potential is delaying the focus on a single position. “With USA Hockey’s push towards long term athlete development, we’re trying to build hockey players as opposed to building a center or right wing or a defenseman,” said Josh Hicks, Coach-in-Chief for Minnesota’s […]