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recruit’s name into Google and find professional-quality mix tapes set to techno music. Search enough of those videos, and it won’t take long to find a kid today imitating Jalbert, blowing past a defender using the Matrix-style move he made famous: the swim dodge. Jalbert said he couldn’t think of anyone doing the move before him, and, of course, there’s video proof that he was doing it way back in eighth grade. Back then it didn’t have a name. It was just a trick he used to get by defenders. The name came during Jalbert’s freshman year at Virginia, when a Cavaliers coach, either Chris Colbeck or Mike Murphy, teased him about it.
“He was half making fun of me,” Jalbert said. “‘You know that little swim move you do?’” There are two versions of the swim dodge, which allows a midfielder to get as close to a long stick as possible before pulling the ball over the defender’s stick or head: one that occurs in the middle of a dodge, and another, more deceptive version, which Jalbert likes best. “You make it look like you don’t see the guy coming,” Jalbert said. ”And as soon as they go to hit you, you just kind of olé them and let them pass underneath.” It’s a move made for replay, and it helped Jalbert eventually become the best midfielder in the game. He left Charlottesville a three-time All-American, three-time ACC champ and NCAA champ in 1999. Jalbert’s exploits continued in the pro and international ranks. He was a four-time MLL All-Star and three-time NLL All-Star and played for Team USA as the Most Oustanding Midfielder at the 2006 world championship. Jalbert retired in 2006, but has remained involved in the sport with video production. He co-founded Maverik Lacrosse
JALBERT’S POST-
LACROSSE LIFE INCLUDES BRINGING THE SPORT TO LIFE AS VP OF JALBERT PRODUCTIONS.
54 LACROSSE MAGAZINE » october 2014 A Publication of US Lacrosse
From swim dodge to super slowmo, Jay Jalbert’s electrifying talent made lacrosse cool on both sides of the camera BY MARK MACYK
Jay Jalbert was lacrosse’s first
YouTube celebrity. A decade before the video-sharing service even existed, his father, Emmy-winning action sports filmographer Joe Jay Jalbert, would send professional cameramen to his high school games. This was the mid-90s, before you could type any lacrosse
with U.S. teammate John Gagliardi and has been an integral part of their cutting- edge marketing videos. As the VP of Production Services and Creative Director of Jalbert Films, he has produced a slew of NFL Films-style pieces, including the “Band of Brothers” videos ESPN aired during this year’s NCAA championship. Jalbert’s interest in video production
started in 2003 with “Exposure,” a film he created with fellow Hall of Famer and presenter Jesse Hubbard. It had highlights and insights into the life of MLL players, all captured with a high-speed, 16mm camera.
Jalbert’s father was a ski expert and stunt double for Jay Jalbert Virginia/Lizards/ Mammoth/Team USA
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