412 Lax is headed to Baltimore this weekend for the Coaches Convention. Let’s Lax, indoors.

Baltimore is nothing new to the 412 Lax Staff.

Used to live in Alexandria, Virginia.

Obligatory eighth grade school trip.

Summer camp trip with the fine campers of Trail’s End in 2007.

And of course we’ve seen Wedding Crashers so we are well aware of what the fair city offers.

This will however be our first trip to Balmer of age.

Conventions aren’t alien to us either.

We’ve been to two.

A car convention in Pittsburgh 394 years ago and the 2008 Coaches Convention in Philadelphia.

The 2008 Coaches Convention was spectacular. Every second we were outside in the streets of that city was a disaster.

Truly remarkable.

One of the things we learned from that first experience is you can’t see everything. It’s like going to an amusement park. There are some rides you just won’t be able to throw up on.

Therefore if you are fortunate enough to be attending with your staff, you’ll have to separate to really get your money’s worth. Yes it may lead to some head down, nervous texting moments before and after your presentation but you came to learn first and socialize second.

Another thing we learned is just because they have an excellent winning percentage doesn’t mean coaches will know how to teach you what they do or will be excellent public orators. If you can get two or three points from each presentation, it was worthwhile.

And finally the most important lesson from our first experience was the most difficult to swallow. Nothing you may want is for sale. Everything in vendor village is for show.

A close friend of ours went to the IMCLAHWER Coaches Convention in Baltimore a few weeks ago and he said none of the major companies even bothered to attend. STX told me they won’t have a booth set up for this weekend’s convention. The rationale being that everyone knows what we offer and its too late to order custom equipment.

Why not schedule the conventions in October then?

Can’t miss presentations

Friday

Athletic Edge Lacrosse featuring Matt Danowski  and Joe Walters

Improving Shooting Mechanics with On-field Drills and Off-field Fitness

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Paul Cantabene Stevenson University

The Keys to Winning Face-Offs

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Rory Whipple Florida Southern College

“Picking Offense” – On Ball and Off Ball Picks

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Lou Holtz ESPN analyst/Former Notre Dame Coach

Keynote Presentation

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Saturday

Tom Marachek All Pro/Glenelg Country School

Confidence in Stick Work and Shooting

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Jim Berkman Salisbury University

Playing Faster – Scoring Goals

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Andrew Buggs Combs Warrior Sports/MLL All-Star

Feeding and Off Ball Play

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Two years ago Berkman’s presentation focused on shooting. He stated that in practice they shoot instead of line drills.

He also went so far as to say, “we expect to score every time 11 yards and in.”

That presentation should be packed. We will have a front row seat.

We will be walking around the digi cam and Flip Video capturing all the happenings from the weekend.

Make sure to follow us on twitter for constant updates.

Road Trip Song

Jim James flow

Becks new Jesus piece

Because only a real dad would get their son’s name tatted on his lower back.

Is this Facebook ad real life?

Notes

Brine King 2s giveaway (Lacrosse Playground)

Just one difference between Wooster and Denison

Castle Age has taken our attention away from Mafia Wars

If you’ll be in Baltimore let us know