Author Archives: Bob Schmitt
Giving Back
Building More Than Just Athletes – this is the ultimate goal for FLG Lacrosse, a mission statement. What does this mean? We try to take a comprehensive approach to helping our student athletes as they strive to become not only the best lacrosse players they can be, but more importantly, the best people they
How Do You Define Success?
I am currently reading “Flow –The Psychology of Optimal Performance” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. In my continuing pursuit of knowledge that might help me improve as a coach (and person), I began this book with the hope that it would provide some valuable insights, into how to help my student athletes improve their own performance. I
A Tale of Two Lacrosse Clubs
I spent this past weekend at Diamond Nation in Flemington, NJ, coaching two different FLG Girls Teams at The Opener, a tournament run by the T3 Lacrosse Club. I have been coaching at T3 events at Diamond Nation for at least five years now, and am never disappointed. The venue is not too far from
Helmets for Girls?
The New York Times Sports Sunday (October 30) section featured an article titled “New Headgear for Girls Comes on the Market and Reignites an Old Debate”, by Bill Pennington. I read this piece with great interest, as I have been coaching Girl’s Lacrosse for many years now and am familiar with the ongoing debate. With
Work Hard at Your Craft
That was some of the advice given to me by my High School Lacrosse (and Football) Coach, Bob Macaluso, when I told him I had been hired as the Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach at SUNY Old Westbury, last winter. Those words have stayed with me, and resonate now more than ever, as am also working
Pursuit of Perfection
For the first time in a month, I did not spend make a long car trip to watch my daughter and the Mercyhurst Lady Lakers Lacrosse Team at a Fall Ball Event. We had two very good FLG Select Team Practices on Saturday, and I thought it might be nice to have a little less
One Crazy Busy Lacrosse Weekend
This past weekend was a crazy busy lacrosse weekend, even for me. I recently promised myself that I would do my best to say “yes” and travel to as many of my daughter’s lacrosse events. So, after three separate FLG Girls Lacrosse Practices at Long Island Lutheran High School, I began my third long car
The Alumni Game
Last Friday, my wife and I headed northwest to Mercyhurst University, in Erie, PA (between 7 and 8 hours driving, from Long Island). This was the second long car ride I had made in five days. We arrived early enough to have dinner with our daughter before she left for the Bonfire, which was part
Fall Ball Road Trip
In May, the Mercyhurst Women’s Lacrosse Team won their first PSAC Championship and were selected to participate in the NCAA Division II Playoffs. As the parent of a Freshman on the team, this sounded great, right? The host school was Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. How could I go? At first I was not
