Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 50 - Michigan Women's Head Coach Hannah Nielsen Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast

Hannah Nielsen - Head Women's Coach at Michigan and All-Time Women's Player

01:03 Experience Growing Up Playing Lacrosse in Australia
-Laid Back Attitude
-Constant Stick In Your Hands
-Emulating Players Around Her
-Playing at All Age Groups
-Mentors In Australia
-Trish Adams
-Tim Dickson
-Season in Australia
-Playing Other Sports

10:34 Playing at Northwestern
-Visiting Schools from being in the U.S for the World Cup
-Vision of the program
-Playing for Kelly
-Playing with confidence
-Changes In Rules
-First team to run lines

16:24 Moving to Colorado and Building a Program From Scratch
-Dream to live in Colorado
-Having a hand in everything
-Rewarding seeing how far they went

19:30 Coaching at Northwestern
-Seeing what goes on behind the scenes
-Major learning experience
-Coaching at an Alma Mater
-Working with Selena Lasota

21:34 State of the Union at Michigan
-Surreal experience
-Resources and support from school
-Team this year
-Breakout year last year
-Building a culture
-Accountability from players

32:16 Player Development
-A lot of positional breakdowns
-Teaching and then practicing in live setting
-Working on individual skills
-Learning as a coach
-Learning from watching
-Free Play to work on decision making

42:13 The Influence of Box Lacrosse
-Not forefront of offense but is a tool
-Adding tools to the toolbox
-Getting to a spot on the field

49:00 Defensive Philosophy
-Man first
-Have a zone in back pocket
-A lot of communication
-Stop people 1v1
-Zone vs man against opponents
-Developing zone concept
-Playing keep away

55:07 Recruiting Philosophy
-Looking for great people
-Looking for athletes
-Game sense and stick skills are important but it can be taught
-Being passionate about Michigan
-Timeline for class of 2021
-Recruiting defenders