Personal Development
In order to be a great lacrosse player, you need to develop as an individual. Here are some resources I recommend to help in key areas
College (Academically)
There are two key reasons you should focus on your academics if you want to be a college lacrosse player. First, you will be in college. College is hard (generally). If you have to spend extra time on your work because you don't take the time to learn the prereqs, you will get absolutely no time to work on lacrosse. Second, many great lacrosse schools are very strong in their academics. It is significantly harder to get recruited to a great school when you can't even get in. Get your academics right and you will be setting yourself up for success!
Beyond the key reasons, good academic performance nearly always translates to flexibility in your schedule. AP credit? Great! You can push that nasty weeder class up a semester so it's in the Fall and not the Spring (You know, the season). Also, you can drop a class without falling behind since you are ahead on credits. Convenient!
Here's how you get your academics right:
- Strive for greatness in the classes you are in now
- Study effectively (Train smart)
- Review your grades (Watch the film)
- Balance your studying | start reviewing daily
- Prepare before classes by reviewing the previous material
- Take notes
- Challenge yourself in future semesters
- Do not opt for an easier class when there's a better class
- Add APs
- More higher level classes
- Get ahead in standardized tests
- Take the SAT/ACT multiple times (Super-scoring)
- Take the ACT
- Science section
- is different
- schools care less about their ACT statistics - With athletics they can admit you based on ACT and look past a low SAT
- Take practice tests/do practice problems
- It is just a rehash of the same problems/concepts
- Get your habits right
- See section below
Habits
Habits are essential as an athlete. Athletic performance is the sum of all the quality development you perform over time. It is cumulative, meaning that if you do something regularly, it will continue to enhance what your performance. Therefore, if you can form good habits and break bad ones, you will continue to get better every day.
Books/Audiobooks
I recommend audiobooks for learning personal development. It feels more impactful to me and I can pair it with a task like driving, laundry, walking, wall ball, etc to double my effectiveness. Reading is good too. These books have great content on habits and have made an impact on my life.
Videos
- Atomic Habits 10 Min intro [Video]
