Jon Torpey - High Point Head Coach

00:31 Background on Coach Torpey

-Calvert Hall Alum

-Went to Ohio State

-First coaching an Denison

-Moved on to Goucher College with Kyle Hannon

-University at Denver with Jamie himself

-Dartmouth

-Started up High Point Lacrosse program

-What it's like at High Point University

02:47 Mentors for Coach Torpey

-Parents and family

-All of the coaches he played for and coached with

-How to find mentors and leverage their knowledge

-Learning from the rest of the coaching staff

-Using technology

-The learning part of being a coach

10:51 Pressure Defense and the Shot Clock

-Playing with the new rules

-Could the rules change?

-Figuring out a style for each team to use

14:05 New Rules and the Transition Game

-Unsure exactly how it will change the transition game for teams

-Unsure how they will affect things until teams get a chance to start playing

-20 second clearing clock will help the ride

-2 way middies or will the substitution game stay similar

-Far less riding in the MLL

-Riding works better earlier in the season and against lower level teams

-Sub games while reading transition

22:03 The Dive

-High Point guys are fired up

-Opens up a lot of real estate underneath

-Defense will have to get their hands on their man sooner

-Goalies don't know yet how to play it

23:29 Building a Culture

-Finding an identity

-Buy in from the parents

-Finding players who won't waiver from the culture

-Bought in group of people

-The whole program from players to staff to even janitors are bought in

-Turned an 0-6 start to a season to a regular season conference championship

-Main goal is to make good people, then hopefully help you professionally, then lacrosse

31:43 Player Development

-Addiction to helping people get better and seeing that

-Keep the game simple

-Technique work

-Getting to the middle of the field on offense

-Protect the middle of the field on defense

33:55 Advice to High School Players and Parents on Being Skilled enough

-Use video

-Great club programs

-Find goof high school coaches

-College prospect camps

-Surround yourself with elite level people

35:42 How important is video to developing players and how to leverage it?

-Filming practice and studying it

-Absolutely need it

-You might think one thing when it is really another thing

-Different perspectives

-One on one filming and then use it for instantaneous feedback

-Use video as a way to lead

-Great to use on an individual basis

-Breaks down things to be crystal clear

-Get someone who can break things down at a high level

42:06 The Year Ahead for High Point and Players

-Asher Nolting, Tewaaraton Nominee as a freshman last year

-Holes to fill from last year

-Could have one of the best goalies in the country this year

-Face off game is getting better

-Midfield has a lot of depth

-Hard riding attackman

-Defensive midfield is deep and tested

-Defensively will be interesting to see