Phi - Lacrosse - Ophy Podcast Ep. 43 - ASU Women's Head Coach Tim McCormack - a podcast by Jamie Munro

Tim McCormack - Arizona State University Women's Head Coach

01:04 Being a New Head Coach
-Road Trip Out
-ASU as a School
-Other Things Coming With The Program

03:07 Competing in the Pac-12
-Tough Conference to Compete In
-Connection to Northwestern on the Coaching Staff
-Competing at a High Level Every Day
-Home and Home Schedule
-Location of Arizona Opening Up Schedule Possibilities

07:56 Coach McCormack's Journey
-Playing at UMass
-The Impact of Empowering Coaches at UMass In a Backup Goalie Role
-Culture Lessons Learned From 3 Years as a Starter at UMass
-Playing Along Side Some Great Players
-Getting Into Coaching Women's Lacrosse
-6 Years at Northwestern
-Coaching Selena Lasota
-Other Coaches Impact and Lessons Learned

20:20 Learning From Working With Kelly Amonte Hiller at Northwestern
-The Want to Keep Learning
-Finding the Positives In Things
-Winning a Championship Within 4 Years at Northwestern
-Pioneering New Expierences
-Always Learning

25:20 Building Culture at ASU
-Most Fun Piece of the Players Day
-Play Hard Mentality From UMass
-Creating People Ready For the Work Force
-Compete at the Highest Level Every Day Starting at Practice

28:00 The Style of Play at ASU and Philosophy
-Up Tempo Offensively
-GBO
-2 Man Game Philosophy
-Disciplined on Defense
-Playing Man First and Good Help Defense
-Elaborating on 2 Man Offensive Philosophy
-Elaborating on Angles and Discipline Defensive Philosophy
-Why Box Players Are More Effective and Emulating Their Philosophy

42:44 Player Development Philosophy
-Anyone Can Play a Good 2 Man Offense
-Using Double Threat Dodging Fundamentals
-2v0 Drill Looks
-Learning to Pick a Player
-2v1 Drill Looks
-Allowing Players Make Decisions
-The Rest of the Drill Progression

49:29 2 Man Game on the Rise in Women's Lacrosse
-Starting at Northwestern
-MLL Stats
-Those Who Don't Adapt May Fall Behind in a Few Years

52:54 Recruiting
-Recruiting Families
-Ability to Adapt to ASU Style
-Finding People Who Love This Sport
-Diversity Is Important
-Prospect Days Coming Up In September/October
-A Great Place To Be At ASU
-Recruiting Defensive Players

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