Doug Shanahan: Building The St. Brendan Program – 1/26/15
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
FLN has asked new Head Coach Doug Shanahan of St. Brendan High School in Miami to share his thoughts on how he is building his new program through their inaugural season. Here is his second submission! We thank Doug for taking the time to do this and letting our readers experience this unique insight.
St Brendan Lacrosse Practice #6
250 – Prepactice Drills – Break outs with goalie, overs, Faceoffs and Box Shooting
310 – Review O “13” and D “Green”
330 – Stretch
340 – Conditioning 17’s 2x 80secs
345 – water-
350 – 2 down the field shuffle quick stick, cross over run-outside hand passing
400 – Half field 43, 54 (Review Bust on 54)
425 – water
430 – Build Up Ground ball Odds vs Evens 21-65
450 – Star drill 5 lines 4 balls -Rt to Rt, Rt to Lt (split/roll) Lt to Lt, Lt to Rt (split/roll)
510 – ball hunt
St Brendan Week #2
With Week number One in the books here at St Brendan, I look forward to the beginning of Week Two and then our tournament, which will take place on February 6th and 7th at Pope John Paul. This week is a big week in our program’s history as we are having our St Brendan Family Day on Saturday and our “Green and White” scrimmage.
The most challenging aspect of building this particular start up program (as I would venture to say is the case in many other new programs) is transcending the idea of commitment to the program and team. Communicating with the team about what it means to be a student athlete and the balance of the two ideas has been a priority on a daily basis at practice. Building a program is a multi front coordination of administration, teachers, coaches, parents and the team. Trying to get each element on the same page is the challenge, although it is a given that academics is always first.
St Brendan’s varsity program is a blessing to have and working with eager, hungry kids has been a joy. I look forward to the challenges and victories ahead.
