Dom Starsia 4-Pack

Join Coach Dom Starsia as he maps out a successful practice routine using marker-board instruction and on-field demonstration. Starsia utilizes his philosophy of "perfect practice makes perfect", which has resulted in great success for Starsia-coached teams, including four NCAA Championships and eight conference titles at Brown and Virginia! These competitive drills will upgrade the quality of your practices, and will also help define your team's performance. The video covers practice drills, repetition of skills and tactics, and developing habits that will enable any team to automatically repeat them in game situations. Included are pre-practice drills, build-up drills for offense vs. defense, full field and team play drills and 3 v. 2, 2 v. 2 drills and exchanges. In addition to these drills, Starsia creates different options and situations to be formed to fit the needs of your team; for instance, a practice environment where players are competing against each other, which simulates the atmosphere they will encounter in games. Learn more valuable stick work to help your players perform under pressure and in game situations. Live shooting on the goalies and simulations of the principles of team play are featured in this outstanding video.

56 minutes. 2006.

Great attack plays come from the players that are closest to the cage. Coach Dom Starsia utilizes marker board diagrams, on-field demonstrations and game footage to show everything you need to know about attack play. He'll help you get your players in a position to take advantage of the situation by building their strength, quickness and awareness. This video will show your players how to become more responsible and come to recognize a good decision in crucial situations. The four components of stick work, athletic ability, lacrosse IQ, and courage, combined together, will help you make an amazing defensive player. Coach Starsia goes over these four components with detailed explanation for each one. These include being able to handle any situation, being a threat to both sides of the goal, being good in tight places, being an efficient shooter and being able to change the plane of your shot. Become a more dangerous, competitive and effective attack man with these attack drills. His in-depth strategy will help your team develop into the best attacking team possible.

74 minutes. 2006.

The extra man offense is imperative to assisting your players in taking advantage of scoring opportunities. Coaches Starsia and Van Arsdale present an innovative marker-board demonstration to help you understand the different variable, approaches and formation to utilizing an effective extra man offense. Coach Starsia prepares you to handle several situations, such as a soft zone, 4 & 5 man rotations, the end of a penalty and losing a player. The different formations Starsia includes are Boston 1-3-2, Providence 1-4-1 and New York 2-3-1. Van Arsdale goes over the importance of implementing set plays, freelance plays and penalty plays. These include a 1-3-2 offense and a 3-3 formation. These drills will help you understand the importance of having a high quality feeder and decision-maker. Furthermore, see how to apply your left handed and right handed players in position to put their abilities to the best use. This offense will also make use out of your crease man. In addition, implement an effective 5-man zone with different options: overload one side or create some step-down opportunities. Be ready to handle various dilemmas if your best player is shut off, and maintain playing in a 1-3-2 situation. All in all, this video is a "must-have classic" to anyone's library that wants to enhance their extra man offense.

53 minutes. 2006.

Transition lacrosse starts with an aggressive defense, and any defensive system can be utilized with a good offensive team. Using on-field demonstration and a detailed marker-board presentation, Coach Starsia maps out the concepts of transition play. Starsia urges that the "seeds for success" be "planted" in the early days of preparation. Personnel, language, theories and organization of team as approaching the regular season are all important to the development of transition play. These drills include full-field drills, the "Hammer Cut," full-field scramble, patterns in the box and other drills in an unsettled situation. Included in this extensive video are strategies for moving the ball from the defensive end to the offensive end, managing the clock, developing speed in the midfield and having a high-level, unselfish attack mode. These drills will help you understand your priorities such as filling spaces as quickly as possible, getting the ball to the attack man at the end of the field and making the best use of speed. Starsia' s instruction in this video is essential for accomplishing a potent transition play at any level.

53 minutes. 2006.