For anyone who missed or simply wants to go back and watch again, the first Duke men’s lacrosse coaching clinic is now archived at GoDuke.com free of charge. Here is the breakdown of what the staff discussed over the course of two hours.

 

1. Intro  and talking about the importance of practice

 

2. Practice organization

 

3.  How Duke organizes September and its preseason

 

4.  Duke 2013 season highlight video

 

5.   What did we learn from last season? Each coach talks about what he garnered from 2013.

         a. Joe Cinosky

         b. Matt Danowski

         c. Ron Caputo

 

6.      Taking a look at the 2013 season in reverse. Film review of the first two quarters of the NCAA Championship game.

 

         a. In depth look at highlights and low-lights and Duke’s standards of play

 

7.   Building standards by level

         a. Youth

         b. Middle School

         c. High School

 

8.  Tough decisions you have to make as a coach

        a. Standards vs. Rules – which one works for us and why

        b. To cut or to encourage

        c. Communication with parents

        d. Equal playing time vs. winning