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In my other life I was a Horse

October 8, 2002

I have always been proud of the fact that I am honest, sometimes brutally, and that I am not afraid to say anything to a person that I would ever say about them. It’s all that, “Know the truth and the truth shall set you free” stuff that I preach. Occasionally the [...]

The Diesel

October 4, 2002

I think I will always have one player on any team who is like a John Riggins. John Riggins was a great fullback/freight train for the Redskins back when they were winning championships in Washington two decades ago. This guy would basically spend the week in therapy or traction until Sunday, at [...]

Trains of Thought About Winning and Losing

September 28, 2002

Losing is painful. Only on the rare occasion has losing felt good, and then because perhaps we had accomplished something great as a team, or gone farther than we had ever been. Even so, losing is, by nature, tormenting to some degree. I always blame me. Generally speaking, I will do far [...]

Together we are One

September 18, 2002

For the past few years I have started by teaching team defensive concepts based on preparing us to defend against the one-on-one style of offensive lacrosse. I have always wanted to keep individuals on other teams we play from really hurting us or worse, taking over a game by themselves, as Steve [...]

Fun is a Big Part of Fundamentals

September 10, 2002

Working on basic fundamentals must build skills and teach as well. It must do both. If a lacrosse “fundamental” doesn’t teach you how to do something fundamentally better in a game, then this particular fundamental is, to me, fundamentally useless. I feel confident right now that with this team I will be [...]

Practice with Pace from Day One

Coach Flip Naumburg’s Journal

Saturday, September 7, 2002

We have had 3 pre-season scrimmages so far. I even threw in a drill or two before they played. They have been about as demanding as “non-practices” could be in my program. There were probably 40 playing out there yesterday on an awesome pre-fall kind of [...]