Lacrosse Film Review Videos
Informational and instructive lacrosse videos using game footage to break down a wide variety lacrosse topics.
Lacrosse Offensive Strategy/Plays: Triangles Part 1, Dodging From Out Top (In A 1-3-2 or 2-3-1 Set)
In PART #1 of this Triangles Offense walk through (part of a larger offensive strategy series we're doing), I'm going to talk about dodging from out top in a 2-3-1 set (or 1-3-2 depending on where you're from). In this video, we'll cover having a midfielder dodge down...
Lacrosse Offensive Strategy/Plays: Triangles Part 1, Dodging From Out Top (In A 1-3-2 or 2-3-1 Set)
In PART #1 of this Triangles Offense walk through (part of a larger offensive strategy series we're doing), I'm going to talk about dodging from out top in a 2-3-1 set (or 1-3-2 depending on where you're from). In this video, we'll cover having a midfielder dodge down...
Lacrosse Dodging Tips #3: Quick / Two Step Dodging, Know When & How You Should Dodge & Shoot
Quick Dodging or Two Step Dodging, including hitching" and face dodges and the like take advantage of a moving or shifting defense seeing an off-ball player receiving a pass, immediately dodging into open space with the goal being to get their hands free and get a...
Lacrosse Dodging Tips: Dodging Off Picks From Out Top (Bryan Costabile Deadly Dodge)
Bryan Costabile is one of the best dodging midfielders in the country, especially when shooting on the run. One of the ways Notre Dame gets him open while being such a known quantity is they run him off picks at times out top to allow him time to get his hands free...
Lacrosse Offensive Tips: X-Dodge With A Crease Mirror (Dodge, To Feed, To Goal)
There is perhaps no more pure play in the sport of lacrosse than the dodge from X where another attacker is mirroring the dodger on the crease, and then fading to the backside crease looking to get open for an easy cross-crease feed to a goal. This only works if the...
Lacrosse Dodging Tips: Inside Rolls From X (Know How To Spot Chances To Inside Roll Your Defender)
The inside roll is a dodge that just about every attackman must have in his wheelhouse. It's important to be able to spot the scenarios where an inside roll is a good idea, which means you must learn "what to look for" in terms of whether or not an inside roll is a...
Mac O’Keefe Player Profile: Best Off-Ball Player & Shooter In College Lacrosse
Mac O'Keefe won me over last year as a lacrosse player by putting up an incredible 78 goals in 2019's college lacrosse season. O'Keefe knows how to get open on the lacrosse field better than everyone else that does it. He finds seams between defenders, he finds open...
Lacrosse Film Review: Duke’s Pairs/Weave Offense Part 2, Attacking the Cage From X/Behind
In PART 2 of this Lacrosse Film Review, we will continue looking at Duke's offense, but this time we'll peek at how they dodge from behind the cage, otherwise known as X in the sport of lacrosse. IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED PART 1 YET, CLICK HERE TO WATCH THAT ONE...
Lacrosse Film Review: Duke’s Pairs/Weave Offense Part 1, Attacking the Cage From Out Top
In PART 1 of this Lacrosse Film Review, we take a look at the Duke lacrosse teams offensive scheme/sets and break down how they attack the cage from out top, corners, anything above goal line extended. With midfielders like Brad Smith, Nakeie Montgomery, Kevin...
Lacrosse Film Review: Shooting With Time & Room, Spot Shooting, Step Down Shooting & More
In this LaxFactor Lacrosse Film Review, we'll sit down and take a look at shooting with time and room, spot shooting, step down shooting, whatever you want to call it, we're about to look at it. In lacrosse, shooting with your "hands free" is an art. Finding open...
Lacrosse Film Review: Cornell’s Defense Shuts Down Yale In Ivy League Final
In this LaxFactor Lacrosse Film Review, we'll take a look at Cornell's defensive slide packages & strategies for slowing down Yale's offense.... The Cornell men's lacrosse team (more specifically, their defense) came into the Ivy League finals knowing that stopping...
Lacrosse Film Review: Face-Off Transition, Scoring Goals Off Face-Offs
This Lacrosse Film Review covers transition off of face-off's, one of the most exciting parts about the sport of lacrosse. FOGO's have changed the game, and if you have a top 10 face-off guy, you can greatly increase both your possessions over a game, as well as...
Lacrosse Film Review: Alley Dodging & Shooting On The Run
In this lacrosse film review, we look at alley dodging and shooting on the run. Guys like Dox Aitken, Bryan Costabile and Jamie Trimboli are snipers while on the move making it very difficult for goalies to track their shots. In lacrosse, alley dodging is now a staple...
Lacrosse Film Review: Long Pole Goal (Takeaway, Fast Break, Goal)
In this quick Lacrosse Film Review, we'll look at a double-team resulting in a turnover and quick out to a streaking long pole who takes the ball up field, into the box and lights one up. Everyone loves seeing takeaways, and long poles scoring, so here's both, with a...
Lacrosse Film Review: Dodging From X, Beating Your Man High
Today we go over dodging from X with an emphasis on beating your man on the high side. We'll use examples featuring Ryder Garnsey, Michael Krauss and Michael Sowers, three of the best attackmen in the country. All three of these lacrosse players excel at dodging from...
Lacrosse Film Review: Spencer vs Reeves, Loyola vs Yale, A Look At Their Scoring Impact
In this 6th episode of LaxFactor's Lacrosse Film Review, we're going to look at a Pat Spencer vs. Ben Reeves matchup from the 2018 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament Quarterfinals. Reeves went for 3 goals and 3 assists in the matchup, having a hand in 6 of Yale's 8 goals, while...
Lacrosse Film Review: Shack Stanwick Hangs Up His Defenders & Marr Scores
In this clip, we'll watch Johns Hopkins attacker Shack Stanwick run a 2-man scam on his defender with his teammate, causing both defenders to stupidly leave Stanwick at X by himself, aka, the hung defender. Shack will then step to the left further drawing the defense...
Lacrosse Film Review: Connor Fields Sticks Game Winner For Albany Over Maryland
In our first lacrosse film room review, we'll look at Syracuse Lacrosse's Tucker Dordevic stick the game-winner against Virginia in Charlottesville. It was a perfectly executed alley dodge, and actually very well played by the UVA defender. But alas, Dordevic was able...
Lacrosse Film Review: Connor Kelly’s Vision & Playing Off Ball In Space
Maryland's Connor Kelly was one of the best players in the country in 2018, hands down. He attracted a lot of attention whenever he touched the ball and in this video, we'll look at how he uses it to create a 3-on-2 situation between himself and his teammates out top,...
Lacrosse Film Review: Yale Defense vs. Duke In NCAA Lacrosse National Championship
Yale faced Duke in the NCAA Lacrosse National Title Game last Memorial Day (2018) and it was a heck of a game. We're going to take a look at Duke's first possession of the game as the Blue Devils poke and prod Yale defenders with dodges from the wing to the middle of...
Tucker Dordevic’s Game-Winner Lifts Syracuse Over Virginia
In our first lacrosse film room review, we'll look at Syracuse Lacrosse's Tucker Dordevic stick the game-winner against Virginia in Charlottesville. It was a perfectly executed alley dodge, and actually very well played by the UVA defender. But alas, Dordevic was able...