Volume:
1 Edition (7)
Posted:
Monday, July 23rd, 2012
“Players
should expect the best - We can deliver”
News: “Be
Heard! The Future of Lacrosse in Nova Scotia”
On
Sunday, July 22nd, the LNSS board and key stake holders held the
first Strategic Planning session to help guide lacrosse in Nova Scotia for the
next 3-5 years. All key stake holders will have a chance to give their input
and that should include the province`s coaches. If you`d like more information
or would like to have your ideas heard, please forward written comments to lacrossetechdirector@sportnovascotia.ca .
News: “Field
Coaching Clinic”
LNSS
will run a Men’s Field Competitive Intro Clinic August 24th and 25th.
The course is open to all coaches who have completed Comm Dev. For those
coaches who have a strong background in field and box lacrosse as a player,
instructor or coaching experience, find out how to take the Comp Intro clinic
by emailing lacrossetechdirector@sportnovascotia.ca . Coaches
must register for the clinic through LNSS’s website under the “Camps” menu tab
and invites coaches from across Atlantic Canada. Updates on locations and times
are posted on LNSS newslider and calendar.
News: “Coaching
Summer Camps”
New
coaching opportunities are being made available through summer camp programs
within the HRM at Dalhousie and Saint Mary`s Universities: A great opportunity
for certified coaches to share their lacrosse passion and experience with new
players.
News: “Games
Online”
WWW.SportSteam.ca has begun to
provide online game footage in real time for lacrosse enthusiasts. The first
broadcast occurred during the Lobster Trap championship game, but ran into a
few technical difficulties from an errant baseball at an earlier event. Not to
be discouraged, the ECJLL Junior A games are going to be streamed for this year`s
championship best-of-five games at Spryfield starting July 17th.
News: “Coaching
Staff Registration Form”
Congratulations
to Martin Hickey for being the first to submit his form and to Tim Muise for
following up with all of the St. Margaret`s Bay Storm`s coaches. With the box
season almost complete, please send in your Coaching Staff Registration Form as
soon as possible. The forms (Word and PDF) are available at www.lacrossens.ca on the “Coaches” menu pull-down and should be sent to LNSS’s
Technical Director.
News: “Coaching
Achievements”
Pleased
to announce that Ian Squires is now a Certified Community Development Coach.
With the end of the box season, coaches can now complete their workbooks.
Congratulations also go out to those coaches and managers from the Garnet
Knight and Lobster Trap tournaments, as well as those in MMLL Club and Select
playoffs.
Column: “Tips
from the Crease”
“Tips form
Technology”
A
Google search for ``sport video analysis`` tools can quickly produce an array
of software companies promoting their wares for PC and Mac laptops. These
systems can run from $50 to thousands of dollars depending on the complexity
and archiving abilities of the system. What a nice surprise to find a couple
free Apps for the iPhone. For the Apps listed below, see http://thevideoanalyst.com/iphone-sports-analysis-apps/ for details.
Over
the years, Dartfish has been a leader in video analysis software to analyse
athlete footage for skill development and analyse game footage, but the cost of
the software can be significant. Now Dartfish is offering ``Dartfish Easytag``
for free as an iPhone App. This is a great tool for producing game stats that
you can set. Not sure that this tool can be used by a coach during a game, but
certainly a parent of player sitting out the game could make the analysis.
``Golf
Swing Analysis`` looks like a useful free App for analysing video footage but
requires iOS 5 and could not be tested on this author`s iPhone. This is the
case with a number of Apps found in that they needed iOS 5.
If
you have any tips you’d like to share, email them to lacrossetechdirector@sportnovascotia.ca
Column: “Alumni
News”
Congratulations
to this year`s graduating Junior A and B players. For those drafted to Senior
box teams, best of luck for the season. It is also Lacrosse Nova Scotia`s hope
that you will now return to your clubs and help pass on your knowledge and
passion in the upcoming seasons.
News: “Next
Month”
Keep
track of up-coming events on LNSS’s website newslider and calendar.
- Field Try Lacrosse, Wanderers Grounds, July 29th
- Men’s Field Competitive Intro Clinic, August 24th & 25th, see LNSS website
- Box Nationals, August, see LNSS website calendar
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