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Andrew Towers, a former All-America selection, begins his second season as the head coach for Dartmouth Big Green men's lacrosse team. and it will be his sixth year with the program.
Towers has enjoyed a 14-year career as a collegiate lacrosse coach. Prior to his seasons with the Big Green, Towers spent the 2004 season as the head coach at the University of Hartford preceded by two years at Fairfield University as the assistant head coach as he helped guide the Stags to their first Great Western Lacrosse League Championship and first appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Towers also had experience coaching in the Ivy League before arriving in Hanover, having served as an assistant for three years at Yale (1999-2001) as well as two seasons at his alma mater, Brown (1994 and '96). In his first season on staff at Brown, the Bears won the Ivy League Championship and made its first and only appearance in the NCAA Lacrosse Final Four. He still holds the Brown records for goals scored in a season and a career.
In this passionate interview, Coach Towers coves a Dartmouth Practice Plan format, beginning with a fast paced, competitive set of drills he describes as 'Pressure Cooker Drills.' Following stickwork they move into some type of 'Toughness Drill', and then move into an hour of different, competitive but mostly 'even' drills. I loved the terminology, and it is kind of an overall metaphor for their practice philosophy.
He offered some unique twists on a full field midfield ground ball drill, up and back and I loved his Swing Drill that he and Coach Torpey run in a number of different schemes. You can click the Preview Sample to hear him describe this fun variation on 2V1 or 3V2 in his own words, then take a look at our article on the 'Swing Drill' in the article section. Click here to listen to him describe the drill...
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Dartmouth Swing Drill for 2V1, 3V2
In our recent interview with Dartmouth Head Lacrosse Coach, Andy Towers, he shared some really great insights on lacrosse practice plans and some great lacrosse drills. I loved his 'Swing Drill' which he suggested came from Coach Torpey, and may originally have been a 'Box' Lacrosse Drill. Not only is it a popular lacrosse drill at Dartmouth, but I recommend it as a great lacrosse drill for youth and younger teams as well.
Clearly, this drill meets all of our criteria, emulates game scenarios, fast paced and fun for the lacrosse players. I love the way the lacrosse drill gives lacrosse coaches options to keep the basics in place, yet offers so much flexibility that we can stay with this drill a couple of times a week, yet make it different every day, another one of our key criteria for a great drill. I will describe the drill in its base form, then we can discuss options and competitiveness as we move forward.
Coach described the drill in a basic 2V1 format. We begin the lacrosse drill by breaking the team into two groups, in this case, white jerseys and green jerseys. One of the things I liked about the drill is that at Dartmouth, both, the poles play in the offensive lines and the 'shorties' play in the defensive lines. And we have a Goalie in the cage. Both teams have Attack, Poles, and Middies on each team. We have two offensive players, in this case, on one side of the Box if you will. On the other side of the field we have a line of defense players. In some proximity to the offensive players, we place a cone by each offensive player. They then will then need to circle that cone to begin ... Click here to read the rest of the article on this great drill...
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