Sidewinder
The sidearm shot is really effective when you’re being closely marked or when you’re far out in the 8 meter because the goalie isn’t expecting it.
Maryland redshirt junior Brooke Griffi n shows how and why to shoot sidearm
>> WHAT I DO BE
CREATIVE
FEED THE BEASTS
Luckily our coach, Cathy Reese, gives us the freedom to be creative which enables us to play to our strengths and allows me to be creative and play like I know how to play.
It was great playing with so much senior leadership last season. Our senior class had a dominating presence both on and off the fi eld, so there was never a dull moment. [Tewaaraton Award winner] Katie Schwarzmann and [fi nalist] Alex Aust are exceptional players and it was great playing alongside them. I will miss them a lot. We had such a dominant attack that everyone was a threat and could score, but I found myself behind a lot helping feed.
KEEP
When you shoot from longer distance, you need more
power, so you use the rotation of your body.
COMING BACK
It was really diffi cult coming back from my ACL injury freshman year because there’s always that fear that you won’t recover 100 percent. My body has been plagued with injury for the past three years so I think slowly but surely I’m getting back to myself. Rehab is a long and frustrating process, but one that I’ve mastered well. The proudest moment of my career has been fi nally getting back playing with my body being healthy again from all my injuries: ACL, bone bruise, and a stress fracture in my foot.
MY EUROPEAN
VACATION This summer I traveled to Europe for a month. I visited my friend, Karri Ellen Johnson, a former Terp, and traveled abroad with her to London, Ireland and the south of France to surf. The trip ended with a Mediterranean cruise going to Spain, France and Italy.
MY FAVORITE DRILL
My favorite drill at Maryland is the 3-on-2 from the side with a ground ball coming in, because our team gets overly competitive and way too into it.
>> MY PRE-GAME RITUAL
I have a few: We go to the same bagel place with the team and I drink chai tea, wear my lucky sports bra and underwear and my leg band with my mom’s initials (“J.G.” for Jodi Griffi n, who died of cancer in 2008). — compiled by Corey McLaughlin
A Publication of US Lacrosse September 2013 >> LACROSSE MAGAZINE 55
©JOHN STROHSACKER (CR); ©PEYTON WILLIAMS
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