Senior Spotlight: Alem Tiden. Plus: Position-Specific Workouts

This past Saturday would have been our first Jamboree and test of how we are coming along. Teams from Guilford, Berlin and Fitch would have played their best against us. The weather was beautiful.

I threw the ball around at the beach last week - be smart and practice social distancing (if you have a d-pole, it’s the perfect 6’ separator). Grab your stick and throw around a bit - I promise it will improve your state of mind. It appears they’ve removed our nets off the turf.

This week’s Senior Spotlight is attackman Alem Tiden. I was lucky enough to coach Alem back in youth lacrosse and cheered him on as he rose into the high school game. Alem has one of the hardest shots and he’s usually the last one still shooting after practice (those two things may be related). One thing that I really admire Alem for is his willingness to be an active part of our clearing - he’s frequently the one to get the call to advance down into our defensive end and clear the ball up. I continue to expect big things from Alem because I know he’s still hungry for more.

Grab Alem’s wallpaper here.

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Check out these position-specific drills

For Face Off:

Follow along as @CtHammerheads FO Specialist Coach Rak takes us through a faceoff specific forearm circuit. Try this at home during your quarantine and build up your strength. We encourage our athletes to gain as many advantages as possible before lining up at the ❌#FOFamily pic.twitter.com/utC0YzHhxS

— Faceoff Factory (@FaceoffFactory) March 25, 2020

Defensive workout

Defensive Footwork drill x4 sets.
•approach with your stick out in front. •quick hands on a soccer goal.
•back pedal quickly with your stick in front. pic.twitter.com/56so2MKTt5

— Kyle Hartzell (@Khartzell81) March 25, 2020

Middies/Attack