Dom Starsia

00:32 Update on Coach Starsia

-Executive board of Harlem Lacrosse

-Chair of US Lacrosse HOF

-Coaches Organization

-In between coaching situations

-Writing a lot

-Talking to a lot of coaches both men and women teams

-Compelling to write

-Inside Lacrosse and or Lacrosse Magazine

05:01 First Lacrosse Game Experience

-First game coach Starsia ever saw was the one he played in freshman year at Brown University

-First time picking up a stick

-Athletic fit

-Native American roots to the game

-Sense of community in lacrosse

-Rhode Island kids growing up

-Fall of 82' at Brown

13:40 Memories from 91' Brown Hall of Fake Team

-Players from the team

-Unique talent team

-Comeback game against Loyola

-Bye week in the playoffs

-Unfortunate ending

16:27 Developing the Culture and Becoming a Championship Team at Virginia

-Started in the fall of 92'

-Talent

-Had to get back to work

-Beginning of turning things around with a game against Syracuse

-Success stories early with short coming in championships

-Summer of 98'

-Commitments to off the field behavior

-Coaching turning the corner in the 90's

-Coach Bill Tierney at Princeton in the 90's

-Syracuse as a disciplined team

-Key to success: have good players, have environment where they can flourish

27:18 Virginia 2006 Team

-Started in spring of 2005

-Hopkins loss in 2005

-Nothing gets in the way of lacrosse

-Duke scandal took some of the attention off a great season

-Finish season without heavy pressure of the press

-Balance

-Pressure defense philosophy

-Getting over a hump

37:23 Using Pressure to Get Over a Hump

-Says something to your team

-Helped 50/50 games

-Making adjustments

-Be bold

-Triple pole and didn't slide

-Zone in 2011

42:10 Ability to Implement a Zone Defense

-Changes on offense at the same time to more 2 man game

-Lost best defensemen in the middle of the season

-Born out of necessity

-Had the perfect players to do it

-Saved middies by playing zone

-Zone is not a cure all

-Used it selectively going forward

-Unselfish and willing team

48:29 Recruiting Canadians

-Field lacrosse tournament in Toronto

-Boldness in recruiting

-Find people and players who fit and will make you better

-Familiarity with the box game

-Garrett Billings

55:45 How Coach Starsia Looked at Player in Recruiting

-Separate themselves

-Even on your worst day you can still be seen

-Enthusiasm

-Can see the things that will pay off in the next level even if it doesn't happen on the stat sheet

-Body language

-Don't overthink it

-Put your kids in a position to enjoy what they are doing

59:58 Advice to Parents

-Don't overthink the process

-No cookie cutter answer

-It is different for every player

-Let your kid figure out some stuff for themselves

-Worry about being good enough