Former St. Joe’s Goalie and current Duke Goalie Mike Adler – LGR Podcast 44
In high school, goalie Mike Adler was attacked by a shark.
That’s not some lacrosse slang term for getting scored on by a big attackman.
He was surfing with his buddies in south Florida when a shark attacked him and nearly ripped his foot off.
He’s now recovered and is one of the top goalies in Division 1 Men’s lacrosse right now at St. Joseph’s University in Philly.
Last season, as a redshirt sophomore, he posted a save percentage of 59.7% which was 3rd best in the NCAA. He also posted a top 5 Goals Against Average and top 10 total saves in St. Joes program history in 2018.
This week Mike joins me to discuss a number of great goalie topics including:
- How he got started playing goalie
- His recruitment process for St. Joes
- The story of getting attacked by a shark
- How is goalie game improved upon arriving to St. Joes
- His current workout routine
- His pregame routine
- His favorite goalie drills
- The lacrosse goalie pyramid
- How he approaches the mental game
- And much more….
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Hey coach I just had my first select game, it’s a league that’s co owned by the cannons and my club team. For some reason after letting in a buzzer beater goal at the half it fueled my fire, the opposite of what usually happens. At the end I got the game ball so I’m not sure if I should have a short memory or let the goals fuel my fire
Nice work Liam! Whatever works for you – using goals given up in a postiive way can work! It’s when the goals given up negatively impact your play that you gotta use the short memory.