Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 34 - Dartmouth Women's Head Coach Danielle Spencer

Danielle Spencer - Head Women's Coach at Dartmouth

01:05 Danielle's Journey -Started playing in Junior High -Was seen first in gym class -Different from coach Curtis and Kelly at Northwester -Rochester Hall of Fame -Playing at Northwestern -Her best friend Hilary Bowen -What Kelly taught Danielle as far as creativity and a female athlete -Referencing those days as a coach

10:15 Kelly's Coaching Tree and Other Northwestern Relationships -Lindsey Munday as a coach to Danielle -Other assistant coaches running other programs -Learning to love coach from all her role models -Teammates who are now coaching -Katrina Dowd -The fun culture

16:17 Going from an Assistant Coach to a Head Coach -Pride for your program -New ways of building relationships -Getting trust in self and voice -Going from playing a role from managing -Trust -Being able to shape a culture

21:47 What You Want to be Known for? -Women of the Woods -Tough, confident, gritty -Outdoorsy element -Confidence and pride -Being brave -Applying everything in the real world after -Sports as a learning laboratory

27:27 Using Messages to Create a Well Functioning Team -Hard taking criticism at first and learning to take it -Letting players have a say and give feedback -Leadership teams called "Squads" -Deciding on goals that where player driven

33:14 Philosophy on Player Development -Making everything tougher -Make practice harder then games -Partner passing on the run at speed

39:12 Advice to High School Coaches to See Them Prepare -Spend more time teaching how to play a great defender -Team defense -Crosschecking -Working on things inside the 8 meter -Learning to get your shot off

47:34 Shooting With Your Stick to the Inside -Make one more pass across the crease -Alley shots almost become selfish -Box lacrosse influence and the one more pass -Terrible shots as turnovers

50:41 2 Man Game -Seeing it a lot -Doesn't fit the offensive identity right now at Dartmouth -Seeing it in other sports -Communication problem -Make it harder to slide

54:37 Recruiting -Used to think about the best athletes -Position specific -Playing with players all over the world -Finding a balance of not feeding from the same spot all the time and getting good caliber players with good lax IQ -Time restriction for skill development in the Ivy League -Scenarios of IQ at prospect camps -Coachability -Getting player on the whiteboard in recruiting

Prospect Camps: Overnight - July 25th - 28th @ Dartmouth