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Running a Successful Tryout
When running a tryout, our goal is simple: pick the best studletes.
Studletes:
Play hard.
Play selfless.
Are Coachable.
Listen.
Have a High Lacrosse IQ.
Are Athletic.
Are Tough.
Communicate.
Have Intangibles.
Show potential.
Show they want to get better.
How to Pick the Best Studletes:
Run drills that:
Expose player’s weaknesses.
Make Players think.
Make Players talk.
Make players fight.
Make players tired.
Make players develop.
Make player’s compete.
Our tryouts are more than just a tryout, it’s an experience. An experience that shows how FLG runs it’s program.
Our tryouts expose players to the drills we run, the coaches that coach, and the way we play.
We talk to the player’s at the end of the tryout to discuss one of the most important topics of all, commitment.
Commitment to getting better, commitment to the lifestyle of becoming a collegiate studlete, and a commitment to your team.
Below is the tryout curriculum for tonight’s FLG High School Tryout.
Goalie’s come first from 6:30pm to 7:30pm
| Time | Drill | Time Span |
| 6:30 PM | Visualization | 10 Minutes |
| 6:40 PM | 3v2 Tight Spaces | 20 Minutes |
| 2 Groups | ||
| 7:00 PM | Water & Coaches Talk | 10 Minutes |
| 7:05 PM | Havoc Drill | 20 Minutes |
| 3 Cages | ||
| 7:35 PM | Ball Hunt & Huddle | 5 Minutes |
All Positions (Including Goalies) come from 8:00pm to 10:00pm
| Time | Drill | Time Span |
| 8:00 PM | Build-up 1v1s | 20 minutes |
| (A/D) on 1 end | ||
| (Mids) on 1 end | ||
| 8:20 PM | Fusion | 20 minutes |
| Butler (A/D) Quads (Mids) | ||
| Butler (Mids) Quads (A/D) | ||
| 8:40 PM | 4 By 3 – Blue & White Split (2 games) | 20 Minutes |
| 2 man top, 2 behind | ||
| 2 man top, 1 crease, 1 behind | ||
| 2 man top, Big little behind | ||
| 9:00 PM | Water & Coaches Talk | 10 Minutes |
| 9:10 PM | EMO vs MDD – Blue & White Split (2 games) | 20 Minutes |
| 4-man vs. 1-3-2 | ||
| 4-man vs. 3-3 | ||
| 9:30 PM | Maryland Box Drill – Blue vs. White | 20 Minutes |
| Build up 4v3, 4v4, 5v4, 5v5, 6v5, 6v6 | ||
| 9:50 PM | Ball Hunt & Talk as a group | 10 Minutes |
| 10:00 PM | Dismiss |
Coaches, preparing your team for a showcase
In the world of lacrosse, there are now two big seasons for high school studletes to get recruited in person, in the fall and in the summer. The weekend before Thanksgiving is typically the last big weekend to get recruited in the fall. As a club director and coach, there are several important to do’s that should go into preparing your player’s for a team recruiting showcase.
- Organization – make sure the player’s attending the recruiting showcases get a couple of practices with the coaches that will be working with them at the recruiting events. This allows players to familiarize themselves with the coaches and their style. Most importantly, it’s an opportunity for coaches institute or reinforce team concepts that will help player’s shine on the field. At the fall FLG High School Team practices, we focus on fundamentals, clearing and riding game, transition, and having fun.
- Confidence – coaches need to understand that their NOT going to convert specific player’s into all-americans over the course of a fall recruiting tournament. Therefore, if a player makes a mistake because he/she isn’t capable, try not to bring that player’s confidence level down. Instead, pick it up. If you have a team of player’s who are confident and having fun, they will always showcase better than a team that’s timid and afraid to make mistakes. At FLG, we try not to point out player’s flaws while they are on the field. Instead, we wait until they get to the sideline and quietly discuss what they could have done differently or wha they need to improve upon.
- Rosters – double check that the players on your team are wearing the correct numbered jersey. Meaning, if a you have a lefty attacker with the number 2 and the roster the coaches get shows his/her number as 10, that’s a problem! Make sure to communicate which number player’s should wear before the tournament and confirm it at the tournament. Before the start of the first game, we always go through the roster in the college coaches book with our teams.
- Lines – going into game-day, coaches should have his lines written down or printed out on paper. Being organized before the tournament, allows the transition and substation game during play to go smoother. Also, it’s important for player’s with chemistry to run together during games. It allows the team and those individuals to showcase better. If we have a midfield group that has played together for two years, then we’ll keep those players together. Or, if we have two attack men that do a great job working the two-man game, we’ll allow those players to run together.
- Early Arrival – get your team to the fields at least 1 hour before the start of their first game. Even though most high school aged player’s have been going these tournaments for year and years, it doesn’t mean they should get to a game 10 mixtures before the start now. Get your player’s in the right mind-set, right away. Get a good stretch, Talk x’s and o’s. Talk strategy. Get ready. Be ready.
I hope these simple suggestions help you as a club coach when you approach game-day of a fall/summer recruiting tournament.
Studlete Alert – Catherine McAuliffe
It’s great to see our FLG Select player’s excel on and off the field!
Congrats to Catherine McAuliffe for earning the Ed Miranda CYO Award for basketball – demonstrating the values of the CYO! (Catholic Youth Organization)
#Studlete #FLG
FLG 2019, Catherin McAuliffe, earned the Ed Miranda CYO Award for basketball!
Who is Tehoka Nanticoke?
Who is Tehoka Nanticoke?
A studlete.
An example of why box lacrosse pays off.
Creative.
Slick.
Selfless.
Skilled.
Impressive.
Explosive.
Crafty.
Eye-opening.
Does it all.
Learn more – Tahoka Nanticoke Highlight Video
Easy Way vs. Right Way
It’s not always easy making the right decision.
Work to protect what’s right.
Do what’s in the best interest of the studletes…
Every day.
Follow FLG on Instagram to learn more about the FLG Program.
Jumbos
What makes the Tufts lacrosse program great?
Photo credit: John Strohsack
Toughness.
Culture.
Work ethic.
Lives for the next play.
Appreciation. For life. For opportunities. For one another.
Loves the game.
Experience.
Freedom.
Talent and skill.
Talent and skill can make a team great, but talent and skill is part of the reason a Program is great.
FLG in 3d Fall Shootout
Two of the country’s premier lacrosse clubs, 3d Lacrosse (CO) and For the Love of the Game (NY), have joined forces to present the FLG in 3d Fall Shootout. With the top club programs throughout the country in attendance and over 100 college coaches from Divisions I, II and III, the FLG in 3d Fall Shootout is shaping up to be the most highly touted team recruiting showcase of the fall. Club teams will have the chance to play three games per day. All the action starts tomorrow morning at 8am and the last game will be Sunday at 3:30pm. For updates on this weekends FLG in 3d Fall Shootout, follow @3drising @flglax @3dlacrosse @flglax
Think Inside The Box
10 reasons why you should think inside the box with FLG Lacrosse this winter.
1. Get Sharpe – Helps you sharpen the axe before the start of your spring season
2. Location – our box program is ran out of Sportime in Bethpage, located in the heart of Long Island
3. Inexpensive – sign up by Thanksgiving using the coupon code s16thanksgiving and pay $40 a session (boys) and $30 a session (girls)
4. Saturday’s – our Box Lacrosse Programs are on Saturday’s during the day. Prime time to get better and come from a far (or from close by!)
5. Think inside the box – FLG Club Directors and Coaches have thought on the edge of box, creating a unique, creative, and fun box program for players inside the box rink
6. Develop – our box program incorporates authentic box lacrosse training. Coaches run box drills and small area games to ensure players are developing like the player’s north of the border.
7. Competitive – our Box lacrosse Program incorporates league style games. This creates a competitive, fun environment for players involved in our Box Training Programs.
8. Touches – our Box Program is played inside an authentic box lacrosse rink. The boards allow the ball to constantly stay in play and allows for players to battle against the walls of the rink. Enhancing the number of touches players get exponentially.
9. Friendships – players come from all over Long Island to play in our Box Programs. It’s a great opportunity to meet, play with, and against some of the best youth/high school lacrosse players on the island.
10. Girls Box – we have one of the only Girl’s Box Lacrosse training Programs in Long Island
