Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 29 - Darris Kilgour

Darris Kilgour 00:30 Intro and Journey as a Player -St. Catherines and won 2 Minto Cups -5 Mann Cups with Six Nations -Played and Coach Bandits -Grew up in Tuscarora -Played in Canada -Learning humility early 03:04 Turning The Clock Back -Personnel Darris played with in St. Catherines -Becoming leaders 05:13 Organized Lacrosse vs backyard Lacrosse growing up -Dad broke the game down and taught how to play the game -Playing with guys that were older -Becoming a good shooter in the backyard -Learning the feel of the game -Learning different ways to score -Learning to shoot with tennis balls -Learning to shoot a curveball -Staats brothers curveballs best in the NLL -Cody Jamieson -Pass it down 12:10 Curveball explanation 14:00 Greatest Players Darris Played With and What He Took From Them -Learning focus and toughness -Learning how to score from John Tavares -Pat Coyle intensity -How Jamie and Darris met -Talking lacrosse -Athletics team Darris' son Kyler plays on 20:38 1992 Championship Game and Playing Majors / Pros -Short side top corner shot -Juniors to Majors -Hitting the goalie in the head after missing his spot -Goalie got married the next day 25:17 Memories From the Best -Mann Cup memories -Playing in dust -Players involved in those championships 28:06 Shooting Philosophy -Accuracy -Deception -Velocity -The learning process of deception -Used accuracy as a go to move -Pointing your foot -Shooting without a ball -Using weight transfer to fool goalie -The light bulb from shooting on a goalie a lot 37:30 Finishing Philosophy -Setting up the goalie -Reaching around far side -Using shuffle to fool goalie -Shooting jump shots -Behind the back fake as a hesitation -Victoria look back 49:16 2 Man Game -Creating 2v1's -Slip picks -Seal pick -Fight throughs are cue to cut -Using video to identify things -Swinging the ball and getting the ball from one side to another -Defending a 2 man game 1:02:34 Best Box Lacrosse Player of All Time -Casey Powell -Couldn't pressure him the same -Learned box lacrosse -Learning to suck out other players to open up other players 1:05:00 Jeff Teat and Austin Staats -Reminder of John Travares -Did it the right way -Made scoring look easy -Involving others in the offense -Off ball player -18 Year old playing in the Mann Cup