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NOW - 2008 Coaching Convention - Feb 9-10, 2008
The Washington
State Chapter of US Lacrosse is hosting the second annual
coaches convention on February 9-10, 2008 at Seattle Pacific
University.
REGISTER
HERE
Fee:
- $25 for
online registration by end of day February 8th
- $30 for
in person registration on February 9th
- Mastercard
or Visa are accepted for online registration
You must
have a current membership with US Lacrosse to attend the coaches
convention. If your membership lapses between registration and
the convention date you will be required to renew your membership
before attending. Renewals can be done at the convention.
*
A binder with presentation notes is included with your registration
fee
More details
will be posted on the US-Lax-WA.org
page as they become available.
General
Information
- Location
- Seattle Pacific University - Demaray Hall & Upper Gwinn-Queen
Anne
- Schedule
- TBA
- Saturday
Evening Social - during registration please indicate if you
are planning to attend the social
- Speaker
Bio's
To read more background about this years speakers please visit
the Convention
page.
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Keynote
Speaker
Bruce
Brown - Once again, the WA Chapter is pleased to present
Bruce Brown as our Keynote Speaker for the 2008 Convention.
Bruce is the Director of Proactive Coaching and has 35 years
as a teacher, coach and athletic administrator at the jr. high,
high school, jr. college and college levels.
Lacrosse
Presenters
Kevin
Sheehan
- Kevin has been involved in coaching boys and girls lacrosse
on all levels throughout the US for the past 15 years. He is
a nationally recognized lacrosse speaker and has been a key
presenter at the last 7 National Lacrosse Conventions.
Gordon
Purdie - Gordon was named head coach at Adelphi University
(NY) in July, 2007. A two-time All-American for Adelphi he helped
them to two NCAA Division I appearances, holds numerous Adelphi
records and was inducted into the Adelphi HOF in 1995. Gordon
played 7 times for the Australian Lacrosse World team. He played
professional indoor lacrosse for the NY Saints, NJ Storm and
Anaheim Storm and has appeared twice in the ILF World Championships
(2003, 2007).
Timoth
Flynn - Tim is the Assistant Coach for the 2008 USA
U-19 National Team that will be visiting Seattle in June. He
has been the head coach at Mountain Lakes (NJ) HS since 1980
and is he winningest coach in NJ high school history with 452
victories. He has led his school to 17 league championships,
10 county championships and 7 state championships.
Glenn
Morley - Bio to follow
Denise
Wescott - Denise has 25 years of experience coaching
women's lacrosse and is presently the head coach at Mount St.
Mary's U. She led her team to its 3rd Northeast Conference regular
season title in 4 years and was named the Northeast Conference
Coach of the Year.
Amy
McLeay - Amy joined the staff at UC Berkeley (CA)in
2005 with 10 years of coaching experience. Since 1996 she has
served as the Assoc. head coach for the German National Team
assisting Denise to lead the team to 2 World Cups.
Positive Coaching Alliance Workshops at Seattle Pacific, Jan
26-27
One of BYLW's
newest organizations, Magnolia United Lacrosse Club, applied
for and received a grant from US Lacrosse that covers 70% of
the cost for workshops offered by the Positive Coaching Alliance
(PCA). Ted Gray suggested opening up these workshops to all
members of BYLW, and we're pleased to do so, at no cost to participants,
during the weekend of Jan 26-27.
The
weekend will consist of 3 seminars/workshops:
- Leadership
Seminar:
Saturday, Jan 26, 9:30a-11:30a. This is designed for program
directors and board members, and focuses on building a positive
culture across your organization. This one is for everyone
receiving this email directly, and I hope you'll do your best
to attend, and encourage your organization's board members
to do the same.
-
Double-Goal Coach Workshop: Saturday, Jan 26, 1:30p-3:30p.
This workshop helps coaches get the most out of their players
through 3 core principles: Honor the Game, Fill Emotional
Tanks, and Redefine "Winner." You are strongly encouraged
to forward this email to your organization's coaches.
-
Second-Goal Parent Workshop: Sunday, Jan 27, 10:30a-12:30p.
This workshop helps parents ensure that their athlete's experiences
yield healthy, developmental outcomes that will serve them
far beyond the playing field.
Schedule
information is posted at www.bylw.org,
and I've also attached some information from PCA.
--
Michael McGinn
Secretary, BYLW
email: mmcginn.bylw@gmail.com
mobile: 425.443.8194
