Your edge // player tips
TIME IS MONEY
Trilogy Lacrosse rep and MLL lifer Matt Striebel explains how to get your shot off quickly
AS TOLD TO COREY MCLAUGHLIN It’s called a time-and-room shot, but you better get it done
quickly, says Trilogy Lacrosse instructor and 14-year MLL vet Matt Striebel. Don’t waste precious seconds ogling over the pretty pass and allowing a defender to invade the space you thought you had. Find space and make the most of it. Trust Striebel. The 35-year-old midfielder has played
in every season of MLL’s existence. After switching from attack to midfield during his senior year at Princeton to accommodate a hotshot reshman named Ryan Boyle, Striebel has scored more than 200 goals in his MLL career — mostly of the get-it and gun-it variety. “My career has been the first 14 years of the MLL,” he says. “It’s gone through the transition of going from a glorified club league where you get a paycheck at the end of every two weeks, to now with media coverage, the presence
BALL
Prepare to shoot as the ball is in the air. Eliminate unnecessary motion.
STICK
Youth players focus on first catching the ball, then bringing the hands back. We’re trying to eliminate those steps. Leave your stick where we established the target to receive the pass, and begin the forward motion of your shot.
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of the game and the number of guys who are making lacrosse a full-time endeavor. The biggest lesson I preach is preparedness and professionalism.” He’s Sensei Striebel, Bruce Lee quote included in the tips that follow, as part of a combination shooting drill with a coach feeding a shooter up top.
HANDS
Get to the open spot early and get set up. Your hands are free. As the ball is in the air, step away from your hands. Begin the shooting motion — getting the hands out and using the body to step away from the location of the feed.
ARMS
A righty cutter cuts with his stick right on his ear. That’s how you’re trained. That pass is thrown to where my stick is. Now, what we want to eliminate is catching it at our ear, then extending our arms, and shooting.
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