Getting the most out of travel ball
The regular season is over, the sun is blazing, grass is growing, calf sock tan lines coming in nicely and for many players that means...
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Kate Leavell
May 26, 20154 min read
A Coaches Top 10 Lessons learned from the Team
As a coach we find ourselves immersed in teaching our athletes, guiding them and very often becoming more of an influence on that time we...
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Kate Leavell
May 21, 20153 min read
Creating an Internally Motivated Team Culture
Internal motivation is hard to find these days, I’ve heard a lot of coaches with the same issue – trouble motivating players to want to...
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Kate Leavell
May 15, 20153 min read
To High School Coaches
A letter to high school coaches: As this sport grows, we find ourselves somehow saying yes to things far outside of our comfort zone...
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Kate Leavell
May 13, 20151 min read
Fundamentals = win
5 reasons coaching fundamentals over all else at youth practice is always WIN!! Don’t have time to work on another stick work drill? Have...
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Kate Leavell
May 9, 20154 min read
Celebrations: mental recovery training
Only one team ends their season with a win, only one. Why then, is it so hard to lose at that last game when the odds are so high that...
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Kate Leavell
May 8, 20152 min read
H.K takes on NCAA
Hannah and Meredith It was 2007 when I really got back into coaching lacrosse after moving across the country and being introduced to the...
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Kate Leavell
May 3, 20153 min read
All for Lax, Lax for All!
One of the reasons I love lacrosse so much, why Im so incredibly loyal to this sport, is because it truly is for everyone. In a society...
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Kate Leavell
Apr 26, 20154 min read
Building an effective Code of Conduct
With travel ball you have a choice between what program you want to be a part of, but with rec it’s often whatever is in your town....
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Kate Leavell
Apr 18, 20152 min read
Save the Game!
Our choice is either to preserve this game or abuse it for wins as we train rapidly growing numbers of referees, our newly joining...
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Kate Leavell
Apr 12, 20156 min read
Player Development 101
Player Development 101 I’ve been all over the place with coaching, anywhere from preschool intro to sports through college NCAA lacrosse,...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 22, 20153 min read
Play ON!
I’ve heard some terrible reasons for athletes dropping out of sports when they move onto college. There’s a lot of talk about recruiting...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 19, 20155 min read
Put me in, Coach!!
Put me in Coach!! I worked hard in the off season to prepare for tryouts this year, and when that test to perform and get on the team...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 11, 20154 min read
Team Building- Bringing up Performance and Confidence
4 Team Building activities that can help shift a culture and bring teammates together while raising the performance of the team and...
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Kate Leavell
Mar 7, 20154 min read
Build not Break
Imagine being 10 years old, you just ran up and down a field for close to an hour with only a few breaks. You’re in front of a small...
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Kate Leavell
Feb 28, 20155 min read
Get Off My Lawn!
Get off my Lawn! Ever since I picked up a women’s lacrosse stick as a freshman in high school, I can recall conversations about how this...
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Kate Leavell
Feb 23, 20152 min read
16 Life Lessons I learned from Lacrosse
16 Life Lessons I Learned from Lacrosse: Life really is just one big lacrosse game, and if you grow up playing this sport and learning...
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Kate Leavell
Feb 13, 20155 min read
What kind of Captain would you be?
Captains – Student Athletes guiding team culture Wow – 3 year captain of the lacrosse team: Sounds great on a resume and college...
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Kate Leavell
Feb 12, 20153 min read
How long does culture take to change?
Culture doesn’t change overnight, but a shift in belief, focus and attitude can be seen in a team as soon as they decide to commit to...
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Kate Leavell
Feb 8, 20155 min read
Get used to dissapoinment
the princess bride clip 😄 What will your epitaph say? How about, “she finished everything.” Doesn’t quite have that accomplished ring to...
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