The most key part of any lacrosse game is the face off. It starts the field battle and limits the number of involved players. A lot of dirty tricks are easily snuck past officials, and the task calls for dynamic low-to-the-ground mobility. On my high school team, my coach would always seek wrestlers for face offs because of their training with body and space manipulation under tight circumstances. Many coaches…
As colleges kick back into spring sessions, lacrosse practices are starting up. Along with those practices are scrimmages, because no team can hope to be successful without two things: knowing their competition and properly preparing. Provided by laxpower.com, here are a list of preseason scrimmages as of January 10: Date Time Home Away Location Jan. 18 1:00 pm Delaware Mercyhurst Newark, DE 12:00 pm Ohio State Hill Academy Columbus,…
The Chesapeake Bayhawks just acquired Stephen Peyser and the Ohio Machine will receive the second round draft pick of the 2015 collegiate draft and the first round pick in the Supplemental Draft. Who really won here? Bayhawks. Peyser is a standout midfielder from John Hopkins and six-year veteran of the MLL. He has accumulated playing time in 70 games, and completed 103 goals and 18 assists. Last season, he averaged…
Statistics Tracking, Comparing and Game Improvement Living in a world of constant connection and communication, social networking sites and applications have taken over the internet trends. Countless studies are performed annually to show just how much time is wasted on Facebook and Twitter instead of being used productively at work, school or face-to-face social events. Back in January of 2013, an application was introduced called RipNet. They are attempting to…
The USLacrosse National Convention kicked off fully on Friday. The day was packed with key speakers, sport education and certificate opportunities, and the Fan Fest that is always well-attended. Friday night was the MLL Collegiate Draft that brought together MLL coaches, teams, new players and media personnel. More exciting were the Saturday and Sunday events. The convention center was utilizing three main “halls”: Hall A, B and C. When one…
It all seemed like a Cinderella story in the making at the WellsFargo Center in Philadelphia last night. Ending with a sudden death overtime score of 12-11, the Bandits were able to shoot down the Wings in their comeback attempts. The 4:30pm game started off in Philadelphia’s favor. They led the first half of Period 1 in shots taken over Buffalo and seemed to come out strong. At the end…
NLL lacrosse is fully underway in the 2013-2014 season. This weekend has its share of excitement. Here are the game predictions from yours truly, the ILWT staff: (Numbers indicate staff, not final scores) Friday, January 10 Toronto Rock (10) @ Buffalo Bandits (0) Colorado Mammoth (5) @ Calgary Roughnecks (5) Saturday, January 11 Philadelphia Wings (2) @ Rochester Knighthawks (8) Colorado Mammoth (5) @ Edmonton Rush (5) Minnesota Swarm (4) @…
Reasons to attend the USLacrosse National Convention: It takes place in the city of brotherly love: Philadelphia, PA There are activities, conferences, and speeches for all ages and levels 7,000 nation-wide residents will be in attendance: coaches, players, officials, manufacturers and vendors, etc. It’s cheap and all-encompassing Many fans and spectators will arrive in Philadelphia starting Friday afternoon in hopes of learning about the sport, how to be more competitive,…
Hockey, soccer, lacrosse, and water polo have the most consistent action with the fewest breaks. They are also the least exposed via ESPN. When was the last time anyone watched lacrosse on ESPN? (NCAA Final Four doesn’t count!) Field lacrosse is a difficult style to cover, due to the ball being so tiny in comparison to bodies, speed of the game, and the distances between cameramen and the action. Indoor…
Following a destructive loss in the season opener to the Philadelphia Wings, the Buffalo Bandits have tons of work ahead. Luckily, time is on their side and they have close to a week and a half to prepare for the Toronto Rock at home on January 10th. The repeated word after the game in Buffalo was ‘outworked’ in some form. “They taught us a lesson. We were outworked, outplayed, outwilled……