Lacrosse coach · Asheville, NCCoach Nicholas
Private Lacrosse CoachCoach Nicholas
Trains in Candler
Works with all age groups
Available: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs
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Get to know Nicholas
Become a goal scoring menace
With Coach Nick, your child will be able to hone in their offensive abilities and start creating scoring goals in the game. With 15 years of playing experience including winning a National Championship with my college team. University of Dayton. and over 100 days of coaching experience with 3 different youth teams, Coach Nick will be able to help your child grow in confidence and in lacrosse IQ. Coaching with an offensive focus, I will instruct your child with a variety of techniques to help them with shooting timing placement and creativity. I strive to instill in your player, a deep understanding of the game and vision to make different decisions in every situations helping them be a team player on and off the field. With experience being recruited in college I can also aid in helping your child developing videos to help get recruited at a school. Feel free to reach out, share my name, or give me a call. I hope to be working with you soon!
How I can help you improve
Identifying their need and areas of improvement and creating drills and games to help them have fun and get better at the same time. Private practice shouldn’t be boring. I love making up games and applying to their areas of improvement. I aspire to consistently check in with both parents and students in order to check in with their needs and hopes to create a profitable experience for everybody.
A typical training session
1. Organize our goals for the day on a whiteboard writing down which specific skills they want to work on.
2. Warm-up activities light running, playing catch, etc.
3. Practice dodging and shooting with different obstacles practicing agility shooting on the run and how to get open(cutting).
4. Stick protection and body protection. How to hold your stick,( cradling technique, an
5.Larger view lax IQ vision creation, role playing different situations that would make your player get creative to find space get a pass off and move their feet under stress.
6. Reflex management, getting them to catch balls when they’re not ready, how to recover when they missed a shot or need to get a ground ball.
7. Final game. Incorporating a combination of these and what game I think will be the best for them. One on ones, long range shots, hit the water bottle in the corner, etc. finishing on a fun note.
8. Talking and orienting goals for the next practice.
Career & accomplishments
Assistant coach chaminade julienne 4 months 2015
Head coach fall program centerville middle school 2017
Head coach U10 program City of Durango
2022
Best coach I ever had
The best coach I ever had was Coach Gertie. He was both kind and strict, He was a neighbor On my street, growing up and instilled a deep love for the game. During our practices, we played a lot of games and he made it a very fun sport to play. Pretty much he got me hooked at a very young age.
What athletes & parents should know
I am an environmental educator currently and have worked in wilderness therapy environments so have a deep understanding for instilling confidence and how to teach in accordance with your child specific learning needs. First of all I am a mentor, then a coach. I’ve seen our relationship building can aid the learning process and how I can help Students of all ages fulfill their potential.
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