Book Lessons with Coach Riley

Hello, Cape Cod! I am back on Cape after living in Los Angeles for 10 years, and I am excited to help develop lacrosse here.

I am a former NCAA Division 3 Lacrosse player and 2-time MIAA Division 1 State Champion. Coming from the most competitive girls' lacrosse town in Massachusetts (Westwood), I bring with me all of the elite coaching I received while playing for Mass Elite, Westwood Lacrosse, and Bridgewater State University.

I have been coaching lacrosse in team, camp, and 1-on-1 environments for over 15 years. I began coaching youth lacrosse while I was in high school, working with my varsity teammates to teach the basics of the sport to our town's youth program. I have coached at Nike x U.S. Lacrosse camps at Endicott College and Curry College, local high school teams in Los Angeles, and most recently - Bridgewater State University. BSU has been the most advanced group I have worked with so far and I loved it. However, I enjoy working with players at all levels, and have a real knack for teaching the fundamentals of the sport to beginners.

I will make you feel more comfortable and confident with the stick in your hands - in catching & throwing, shooting, cradling, and dodging. With my attention to detail and ability to teach precision in lacrosse mechanics, we will work together to achieve smooth and seamless stick skills!

I will cater the training plan to each player depending on their goals and position, but a typical session will contain:

-quick lap around the field & dynamic stretch

-stick warm up (throwing and catching, cradling)

-footwork for cutting and dodging

-1v1 dodging

-shooting

BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY NCAA DIVISION 3 LACROSSE

(September 2011 - May 2015)

•4-year starter

•4x All-MASCAC playing honors

•4x All-MASCAC academic honors

•4x MASCAC conference champion

•4x NCAA tournament participant

•Hold school records for assists in a single season, games played in a career

•Led all of NCAA Division 3 in single season assists in 2015

•2012-2013 BSU Athletics Rookie of the Year award recipient

WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY LACROSSE

(March 2008 - March 2011)

•2008 and 2009 Division 1 MIAA state champion

•2008: team was ranked #9 in country by U.S. Lacrosse

MASS ELITE CLUB LACROSSE

(October 2006 - May 2011)

•Trained year-round with elite teammates and coaches from all over Massachusetts

•Competed with the Class of 2011's top select team at summer tournaments in RI, NJ, NY, CT, MD

•Competed in and won over 10 indoor, 6v6 tournaments with Mass Elite Class of ‘11 and Westwood teams

The best coach I ever had was a club coach I had while playing for Mass Elite. When I was in 8th grade, he gave me a laminated index card with the University of Virginia women's lacrosse stick warm up on it. I practiced that stick work routine every day with my lax wall in the driveway at home and it got my stick skills to where they needed to be in order to compete and improve. Most importantly, he believed in me and made sure the team and I had fun while competing hard at tournaments.

If you want to train during a day & time that isn't on my schedule, please feel to still reach out! I have a pretty flexible schedule this summer that will change from week to week. If you have a lacrosse cage in your yard, I am willing to coach sessions there as well.