-February 6th, 2020- I was recently contacted for a short interview on my role and views on training lacrosse players, specifically the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League. I wasn’t fully aware of the overall direction of the article but was just asked a few questions about my experiences and philosophy. The article was […]…
-October 22nd, 2019- Last week US Lacrosse announced it’s new LaxFit program designed to enhance player safety and performance. “This program is intended as a model for developing strong and resilient musculature among lacrosse athletes and for serving as a teaching tool for physical literacy,” said Dr. Bruce Griffin, director of the Center for Sport […]…
-March 20th, 2018- The Premier Lacrosse League is starting up soon and they are doing a great job of always having content and staying top of mind in the lacrosse world. They released this article recently on Myles Jones and his training and how this year will be #ScarySZN. My takeaways: Jones is the first […]…
-February 22nd, 2019- I recently wrote a blog titled ‘The Worst Fitness Test For Lacrosse” where I stated my dislike of the 2 Mile Run test. It is the least specific test to lacrosse that is used by way too many teams and programs as a means to measure their players Conditioning. Never in lacrosse […]…
By Wayne Burke -November 25th, 2015- Last week I wrote a blog outlining the early phases of plyometric training. In that blog, I included a video showing an example of a phase 1 lateral hop. Below is an example of a phase 1 linear plyometric box jump. All the same principles apply to the jump as […]…
By Sean Holmes -November 17th, 2015- Here’s a video of the end of a training session on Saturday. It’s 2 weeks until Toronto Rock training camp starts and Wayne and myself decided to jump into a sled push relay for time as Conditioning (Cardio) with Brett Hickey and Scott Johnston of the Rock. We did […]…
by Sean Holmes -November 6th, 2015- I found this article today about the Strength and Conditioning program at Hofstra. Two things stood out to me in it: The athletes commit 5 hours per week purely to Strength and Conditioning. The lacrosse team has a test called the “Hofstra Custom Test’ or Red Zone Test I […]…
-March 4th, 2015- I am pleased to team with Colin Doyle and the Toronto Rock for this years High Performance Lacrosse Camp in Oakville, Ont. I have successfully run this camp previously with Dan Dawson and our athletes always received great results, both athletically and skill wise. If you are a dedicated Junior aged player […]…
-March 20th, 2013- It’s tryout time here in Canada for minor lacrosse players. That means it’s crunch time. It also means that for the past few months I’ve had many kids working with me to prepare for the tryouts and the season to follow. I’m lucky. The majority of the kids I deal with are […]…
-June 29th, 2012- Here’s a video of a circuit I completed in my workout yesterday to end the training session. I used this circuit to replace traditional Conditioning or Energy System Development work like Shuttle Runs or Intervals for 2 reasons: I am currently In-Season and at the age of 33 I don’t need any […]…
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