Former St. Joe's Goalie and current Duke Goalie Mike Adler - LGR Podcast 44 | Lax Goalie Rat

Former St. Joe’s Goalie and current Duke Goalie Mike Adler – LGR Podcast 44

By Coach Damon

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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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2 thoughts on “Former St. Joe’s Goalie and current Duke Goalie Mike Adler – LGR Podcast 44”

Liam Kelliher says:
April 7, 2019 at 7:59 pm
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
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1. Coach Damon says:
  April 8, 2019 at 6:56 am
  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.
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