PLANT FOOT
My front foot is planted and I have a little bit of a wider base.
HIDE AND SEEK
My back has rotated as well, which helps me hide my stick. It’s tough for goalies to see that release when you’re looking at the back of your numbers. Making sure your neck is turned and your chin is on your shoulder helps you hide your stick. Your back is turned at the same time you are looking at the net.
QUICK RELEASE
A lot of people catch, bring their arms in and then extend outward and shoot, as opposed to catching, or in this one stepping down, all in one motion with your arms already high. A quick release is essential. You can rip as hard as you want, but if you have a huge windup and don’t get the ball off quick, you’re not going to get your shots past the goalie.
laxmagazine.com MY AIM
If it’s a really quick release sometimes I’m just going for spots, far side of the net, far post, or far down post. Other times, it’s an area. Wherever I kind of see net the goalies are giving up net, that’s where my eyes will gravitate toward.
WRIST SNAP
My wrists cock back pretty far. The snap of your wrist determines where that ball is releasing, high or low. Since I’m shooting overhand, technically you can only really miss high or low unless you really mess up completely. Wrist snap is one benefit of shooting overhand.
ALL IN THE HIPS
Almost all of the torque on your shot comes from your hips. That’s why getting your body turned in the beginning and exploding through with your hips is key. They turn and twist on the shot. Everything else kind of follows through. The arms, the wrist, the stick. That area of your body is where the torque gets generated and released. Obviously you start with your legs and go up to your hips, but the hips are the biggest part of that and the biggest reason why torque occurs during the shot.
OVERHAND!
I learned to shoot overhand. I always practice overhand. I’ve never really been much of a sidearm shooter. My stick is almost parallel with the ground. That’s where you can generate that power and force. My whole body is kind of torqueing up, torqueing up, then at the end, the stick is parallel and that’s exactly the point where I begin to snap my wrists, or a little bit after that. All of the power from my legs, to my hips, to my back, my torso kind of gets generated through the shot.
TOWARD THE NET » On the
follow through, make sure your body is going toward the net. Sometimes, I tend to fade away depending how my footwork is. It helps a ton if you are following through at the net.
ELBOWS OFF » On the follow
through, both of my elbows are off my body. Some kids keep their elbows in super tight even in their follow through. That’s one thing I made sure I never did. Make sure you have extension.
I
’m interning at Credit Suisse in New York this summer. There are a lot of former and current Notre Dame lacrosse players that will be in New York, too.
May 2016 » LACROSSE MAGAZINE 51
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