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CLASS AT THE CONVENTION
Sport’s premier educational event set for Baltimore Jan. 23-25
BY PAUL KROME Tim Davies started coaching youth lacrosse when he was
a junior in high school. He had played some recreation-level lacrosse as a kid, before switching to football. Davies, now a lacrosse father, coach and administrator,
has gone back to school to learn how to coach lacrosse. He will attend his third consecutive US Lacrosse Convention Jan. 23-25 at the Baltimore Convention Center, where he also will continue on his path toward certification through Level 3 of the US Lacrosse Coaching Education Program. “I can’t recommend it enough to coaches
trying to increase their knowledge of the game or reinforce what they’ve got,” Davies said. The convention is the sport’s premier professional development event and trade show. The event moves to Baltimore for the next three years after averaging more than 7,000 attendees the last three years in Philadelphia. Allison Bailey, a women’s lacrosse official in
Boulder, Colo., has already registered and will make her fourth consecutive trip east for the convention. “It has provided ample information to jump-start the
season and get your mind wrapped around lacrosse,” she said. “For me, the most beneficial sessions were the play-by-plays, where we’d sit in a room and watch video, going over scenarios and calls and talking it through as group. That forces you to look at the game differently, out of your head and into someone else’s head.” Tim Puls, the longtime defensive coordinator for the Stevenson men’s team, will host a clinic on the Mustangs’ defense at the convention. But he’ll also make it a point — as he has during each of his estimated 30 trips to the convention — to sit in on as many sessions as he can. “I hate missing it,” said Puls, whose defense has produced
13 All-Americans and helped Stevenson win the 2013 NCAA Division III championship. “Over the years, I’ve learned a ton from the different coaches there. I’ve loved it.” Some speakers will dive into schemes. Puls, for example,
won’t hold back when teaching the techniques and positioning of how the Mustangs play defense. “I’m not a big secret guy,” he said. “You’ve still got to come play us.” Others will focus on philosophy and leadership. Davies
said he benefitted from hearing how Johns Hopkins’ Dave Pietramala and Duke’s John Danowski run their programs. Registration includes access to video, audio and PowerPoint files from all sessions via
ProLibraries.com for one year. LM
20 LACROSSE MAGAZINE » November 2014
#LAXCON LOWDOWN
WHAT: US Lacrosse Convention WHO: Coaches, officials, administrators, players, industry
WHY: 150 educational clinics, networking, trade show
WHERE: Baltimore, Md. WHEN: Jan. 23-25, 2015 WEB:
uslacrosse.org/convention REGISTRATION: $90 through Nov. 30, $120 Dec. 1-Jan. 9, $160 walkup BEFORE YOU REGISTER: Make sure your US Lacrosse membership is active through Jan. 31 or beyond
LODGING: Discounts at Hilton Baltimore for reservations made before Dec. 23 A Publication of US Lacrosse
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