A Day In the Life of the Alderson Broaddus Men's Lacrosse Team For the Alderson Broaddus men's lacrosse team, the week begins at seven o'clock A.M. on Monday morning. As the players stream in one by one into the dimly lit weight room and the loud hip hop/rap music is turned on, blaring through the large speakers built into the ceiling, the listless expressions begin to melt away. They are replaced by expressions of focus and determination, their faces stern and unemotional as they gaze at the workout laid before them on the white board. A gauntlet consisting of weighted squats, overhead presses, sits ups, and various other exercises must be performed in a certain amount of time before they will be allowed to leave the session. …show more content…
The players all take a direct path from their cars to the team locker room located beneath the away team bleachers inside the stadium. A sense of urgency grips them as the first whistle of practice at precisely four o'clock is drawing near. The players all put on their protective equipment and practice apparel methodically, as motions that have been performed hundreds, if not thousands of times in these players lifetimes. The sound of tearing Velcro and the tightening of laces fills the air, along with the same hip hop/rap mix they had listened to in the weight room that morning. The players walk awkwardly across the hard locker room floor in their cleats designed for running on grass or the artificial turf that AB's field is made of. Each player is careful not to slip and fall as the plastic cleat studs are slick against the hard floor and provide almost none of the traction as a typical sneaker would. The sun is just beginning to lower as they step out onto the soft green practice field and begin to stretch and warm their muscles for the hours long practice ahead. As the head coach, Chris Lukas, blows the whistle, the players form into two straight lines and begin to jog around the perimeter of the field for their warm up lap. Upon …show more content…
Practice ends with a full field scrimmage, something that is difficult to execute due to the teams lack of sufficient players to field two opposing teams. Some players are forced to play out of their normal positions, for the sake of helping the scrimmage run smoothly. As the final goal of the day is scored, Coach Lukas blows the final whistle, which signals for the entire team to locate all of the stray lacrosse balls which lay scattered across the field and on the side of the grassy hill at the far end of the stadium. The players retreat back to the locker room and begin to take off all of their gear from practice. There is a sense of joy and relief in the air as the players are satisfied with the completed practice. They are glad to be done and to be yet another day closer to their first game of the season against rival Seton Hill University. They all pile back into the cars from which they originally came and proceed back up the hill to eat dinner. Following team dinner, the players retreat back to their dorm rooms for some more free hours. Some of them finish up classwork
It took a disciplined mind, strategic, and vision to pull a team with this composition, these ego’s, to put aside their self-interest and egocentric tendencies to play as one, play for a nation. The term miracle on ice is one that will forever be linked to Her Brooks’ legacy, the fabled 1980 U.S. Olympic team which won the gold medal at Lake Placid, NY. According to Coach Brook’s, the team was mentally tough and goal-oriented. They came from all different walks of life, many having competed against one another, but they came together and grew to be a real close team. He pushed this team really hard. But they had the ability to answer the bell. (Herb Brooks Foundation, N.d.) Here Coach refers to the team or they, as the team they came together for a common goal. For anyone who has watched the movie or read the book it was obvious that it was his leadership was the cause of the team coming together to play as one. He addresses the team in a positive light and himself as the catalyst.
so good that they don’t need to practice and they can take months off and not practice at
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Lacrosse is a fast-growing American high school sport and becoming very successful within the past few decades, so it’s important to analyze how lacrosse has gotten to where it is today and what impacted the spread. The research question is: How has lacrosse changed over the years, and what impacted the spread? Research shows that lacrosse is becoming more popular every year, and many more people are becoming aware of this sport so the history behind what is known as ‘America’s first sport’ should be known. According to the National Federation of State High School, between 2009 and 2013, participation between high school boys and girls has increased for a total of 34%. Today, over 1400 high schools in the US include
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BANG! THUD! FLOP! The usually sound of an athlete when they hit the ground after they received and unexpected injury during the middle of a big game. While reading The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls went through adversity in her life so too must athletes who get injured in sports. It happens in sports everywhere: professional, college, high school, middle school, and even in younger age groups. Injuries aren’t fun, but that’s just how the dice roll. Those who don’t go through injuries are blessed with knowing that they don’t have to go through the hardships; however, they are also cursed because they don’t know the feeling of breaking your ankles in a soccer game, receiving a concussion during a football game, or even breaking your arm during
As more of my teammates began to show up, I recognized most of them. However, I learned later that if I went on to play in the Spring, this would not be the same exact team I would play with. With only twenty minutes until we began,I put on all of my gear and my dad gave me a thorough warm up. Time seemed to fly by, and before I knew it, everyone was gathered together as positions were being assigned. I was originally overwhelmed with excitement, but as the game drew closer, the joy I had felt was replaced with anxiety. The lacrosse game taking place before ours ended and we entered and took our place on our bench. I recognized the opposing team’s jerseys quickly and identified them as a travel team from our area. Taking one final breath, I rushed into the lacrosse net enjoying my bird’s eye view, unsure of what was to
Lacrosse has progressed over the years from when it started as a religious practice by the Native Americans to the Canadians to the east coast to all around the world. The equipment, shoes, rules, and fields have changed in many different ways. The different ways that people can set up their defense and their offense is so broad that it is hard to describe. The original team set up was when the Indians played over expanses of 500 yard up to a mile. Then William George Beers created a club called the Montreal Lacrosse Club in eighteen fifty-six. Then about a decade later William George Beers produced a whole set of rules that included reducing the number of players to ten adding hitting penalties while also introducing a rubber ball and a new innovative plastic design for the lacrosse stick.
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Lacrosse is one of the oldest organized sports in North America. While at one time it was a field game or ritual played by First Nations, it became popular among non-Aboriginal peoples in the mid-1800s. When the National Lacrosse Association of Canada was formed in 1867, it was the Dominion of Canada’s first governing body of sport. Lacrosse was confirmed as Canada’s official summer sport in 1994. The Canadian national lacrosse teams (men and women) rank highly in the world standings, both in field and box lacrosse. Lacrosse is a team sport in which players pass, catch, and carry a rubber ball, using sticks with a netted pouch at one end. The object of lacrosse is to gather points by shooting the ball into the opposing team's
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Having good traction on shoes are related to physics because good traction that the coefficient or friction between shoes and the floor must be high. A player uses static friction when placing their foot. Static friction allows a player not to slide but to stop and turn.
During practice optimal motivation and excitement need to be given to players to not only insure they progress in their skill aptitude, but also to make the environment fun, creative, and innovative for all athletes involved. Martens specifically describes the “flow experience” as an “optimal” time where players aren’t too anxious or under motivated to perform (Martens, 108). Coaches can heed this advice by planning light, medium, and intense exercise drills, changing the modes of exercise, changing the environment, or through utilizing the teaching principle called the “games approach” (Martens, 154). If the “games approach” is used then the monotony of training will decrease because fun tactical activities based around in game situations will be used instead of repetitive technique drills that often bore players and inspire them to quit a sport early in season. Shaping of play with different teammates or rules, focusing of play through freeze play drills, and enhancing play through different techniques are all effective ways to utilize the games approach to improve tactical sport awareness (Martens, 156). For instance, instead of practicing soccer free kicks repeatedly, the players could do 3 on 3 games utilizing half of the field, they could limit the game to midfield and freeze at times to see whoever gets the most
The team was ready, we had been working extremely hard for the past seven months for this. We were all in great shape and very rested. A few of the returning players were meeting me at my house to carpool to the final game of the state championship tournament. Everyone knew that the hard work had paid off when we won the semi-final game the preceding day.
In game play, players make an effort to create goal scoring occasions through individual control of the ball, such as dribbling, passing the ba...