AT X, RIGHTY » I’m working
more on my right hand, trying to wrap around the goal. I videotaped my left hand with my coach, and we looked at the differences. We just kept doing it until they looked the same. Once they looked the same, you can feel how comfortable it is in each hand.
MY CHALLENGE » My feet
were really different, and I kept my hands in way too tight when I went to shoot with my right hand. The defender was able to put his stick in there more often.
FOOTWORK » When I have UP TOP, LEFTY
A lot of times I’ll end up up top after a dodge or go up there for a different look. I’m not as comfortable up there, but neither is the guy guarding me. Sometimes you end up with a step-down opportunity or an open shot.
ALWAYS CARRY
I try to carry a ball with me at all times in practice, in tight to the body and changing hands and carrying in different spots — even in a warm-up lap.
ONE HAND, THEN TWO
Have one hand on your stick, and use the other hand to protect you and use your body to protect your stick. If you have two hands on your stick, the defenseman can lift your bottom hand or get your stick between your hands. We always say to keep it one hand as long as you can, until you’re about to pass or shoot it.
I
came from a smaller school, not really known for its lacrosse program (Palmyra Macedon, N.Y., where he finished with 585 career points, second in New York high school history). I ended up in a good place. I played for the Blaze Lacrosse club and I did the Under Armour tournament my junior year summer. That’s where [Yale] Coach [Andy] Shay saw me.
laxmagazine.com DR. REEVES?
I’m majoring in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. I want to be a doctor. I’m not sure what kind yet, but something to do with surgery. I’m working with a neurosurgeon at the University of Rochester this summer, near where I’m from, in the lab and shadowing him. We’ll see if I like it.
the stick in my left, I plant with my right foot and pivot around it. When I went right-handed, I saw on the video the plant with my left foot was never really there. I just kind of kept running and shot all arms. I try to get that plant foot down and make it one smooth motion.
MY READ » We do a variety
of sets. What we do depends on what we’re in or what the defense is in. A lot of teams, when you have the ball behind, snap into a zone look up top where they won’t move and have a designated slide guy. I try to look and see if they are in that or not. Really look at what the defense is doing.
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