Film Study: Archers’ high pick-n-rolls
The Archers’ open Twins set has been their bread-and-butter since 2019. But in 2021, they introduced a high pick-n-roll action with Tom Schreiber playing point guard that opened up some quality shots.
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Crease Collapse of the Week: Connor Kirst
By PLL Analyst On Saturday night against Chaos LC, the young Whipsnakes rope unit stepped up. Colin Squires (6GB, 1-for-2 FO) was everywhere in Michael Ehrhardt‘s absence. James Barclay, a member of the 2019 Whipsnakes Championship team, scooped a couple groundballs and took LSM runs after being claimed from Chrome’s reserve roster midweek. “Without Mike…
Jonathan Donville: Lyle’s new favorite picker
Lyle Thompson shot 12-for-36 (33.3%) off pick-n-rolls in 2021. Entering the weekend, he had shot 1-for-10 (10.0%) in those scenarios in 2022.
Lyle misses his favorite picker: Paul Rabil.
Crease Collapse of the Week: Zach Geddes
Chaos is sliding more in ’22 than during their championship run. Typically they trust their 1-on-1 matchups across the board. Opponents rarely created assisted shots against them in August/September of ’21 (35.5% of settled shots against were assisted) and they couldn’t score off the dodge (less than 15.0% unassisted shooting against).
Waterdogs SSDMs: Blindsiding dodges and blocking shots
Halfway through 2021, the Waterdogs defense was getting torched. Opponents were shooting 38.6% in settled sets. They made a few changes: Moving Liam Byrnes from LSM to close, dressing Ben Randall regularly, and maybe most importantly: Inserting Matt Whitcher into the lineup.
Waterdogs hand Whipsnakes first loss of season, 11-10
By | Whipsnakes LC has trailed at halftime every game this season. And every time, they’ve come back for a win — until Saturday night in Minnesota when Kieran McArdle (3G) and the Waterdogs held off the Whipsnakes’ second half surge. McArdle buried a natural hat trick in the fourth quarter. He put on a…
Marcus Holman moves into 10th all-time in points
10th-year pro Marcus Holman’s 386th career point passed Hall of Fame midfielder Matt Striebel for 10th all-time.
Crease Collapse of the Week: Jack Kielty
The Cannons shook their defense up drastically in Week 4. Brodie Merrill, after whom the league’s LSM of the Year Award is named, was a healthy scratch. SSDM Tyson Bell picked up a pole. Rookie Matt Rahill (Maryland) got his first start down low.
How the Whipsnakes are winning run outs to the endline
The Whipsnakes defense has run out a preposterously, incomprehensibly high percentage of misses. They’re out-hustling opposing offenses to the endline or sideline on 32.6% of missed shots.
Film Study: Sowers-Brown razor pick-n-rolls
“One of our strategies the last couple weeks has been trying to get Brownie the ball,” Waterdogs LC attackman Michael Sowers said postgame. “We just wanna get him the ball as much as possible.”