Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 14 - Paul Day - a podcast by Jamie Munro

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

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