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Crease Collapse of the Week: JT Giles-Harris

By Joe Keegan | August 2, 2022
Crease Collapses of the Week don’t happen in transition. This is a first. We’re taught at a young age that the ball moves faster than your feet. For a defender to close the gap before the ball arrives in transition requires a ridiculous combo of anticipation and athleticism. JT Giles-Harris has both.
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SportsCenter Top 10: Charlie Bertrand

By Joe Keegan | August 2, 2022
Redwoods LC midfielder Charlie Bertrand’s between-the-legs goal finished #1 on the SportsCenter Top 10 plays.
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Chaos LC converting 60% of vineyard vines powerplays

By Joe Keegan | July 28, 2022
By PLL Analyst Through six games, Chaos LC has converted 9-of-15 (60.0%) of its vineyard vines powerplays. It’s the highest powerplay percentage in league history among units with 10 or more chances, pacing just ahead of the ’21 Redwoods (10-for-17, 59%). The key to Chaos’s powerplay success: Mac O’Keefe‘s time-and-room shooting. From his signature low…
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Film Study: Archers’ high pick-n-rolls

By Joe Keegan | July 28, 2022
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 Joe Keegan | July 28, 2022
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…
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Jonathan Donville: Lyle’s new favorite picker

By Joe Keegan | July 28, 2022
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.
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Crease Collapse of the Week: Zach Geddes

By Joe Keegan | July 12, 2022
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).
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Waterdogs SSDMs: Blindsiding dodges and blocking shots

By Joe Keegan | July 11, 2022
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.
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Waterdogs hand Whipsnakes first loss of season, 11-10

By Joe Keegan | July 3, 2022
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…
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