Jake Withers

2022 Players Top 50: #47 Jake Withers

2022 Players Top 50: #47 Jake Withers By Joe Keegan PLL Analyst Dec 5, 2022 The clamp is the most critical component of the faceoff. Control the clamp, and you win 68.4% of faceoffs on average. It’s why faceoff athletes fight for every millimeter as they line up. Push for any degree past 90° that […]

Players Top 50: #48 Jake Withers

Withers is the king of counters. He won 52.6% of faceoffs following a clamp loss. Read that back. When Withers lost the clamp, he was still more likely to win the faceoff than his opponent whose head was smothering the ball. Insane.

2020 All-Film Team

2020 All-Film Team By Joe Keegan PLL Analyst Sep 15, 2020 Welcome to the second annual edition of the All-Film Team. A refresher if you missed the 2019 edition: These are players whose games you don’t fully appreciate until a second or third viewing of the game. They scrap. They set seals and cut hard. […]

10-Man Ride: Ament’s debut and Costabile’s two-way breakout

10-Man Ride: Ament’s debut and Costabile’s two-way breakout By Joe Keegan PLL Analyst Jul 28, 2020 CLEAR! The ride is on. A lightning delay left us with one game, but there’s a silver lining: We now have lacrosse every night this week. Let’s recap the Archers’ 11-10 win over Atlas before previewing Archers-Waterdogs (7:00PM on […]