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Lax Goalie Rat Podcast
Lax Goalie Rat Podcast
LGR 240: Anderson Moore's Journey from Alabama to Georgetown's Starting Goalie
Unlock the secrets to mental toughness and athletic resilience with Georgetown's standout goalie, Anderson Moore. In this engaging episode of the Lax Goalie Rat Podcast, Anderson shares his incredible journey from starting as a lacrosse goalie in second grade to earning the starting position as a freshman at Georgetown. Learn how his older brother's influence and the unique challenges of growing up in Alabama shaped his early career and mindset. Anderson also provides a firsthand account of the exhilarating upset against Notre Dame and the crucial lessons he took away from a challenging first game.
Discover the mental strategies that can transform a goalie's game, as we explore techniques for overcoming pressure and self-doubt. You'll hear about the importance of controlling what you can control, maintaining a positive mindset, and the value of having fun on the field. Anderson's personal experiences, including a tough game against Loyola, shed light on the mental growth required to excel in high-stakes situations. We also dive into the significance of film analysis, understanding offensive and defensive strategies, and how these elements can enhance your game IQ and leadership.
Get ready to elevate your skills with insights on technique adjustment, the benefits of attending specialized training camps, and the rituals that help collegiate goalies perform at their best. Anderson shares his approach to balancing familiar stances with new techniques, the invigorating experience of attending camps like Goalie Smith, and the mental resilience needed for overtime games. Plus, learn about Anderson's pre-game routines and gear preferences that keep him at the top of his game. Don't miss this opportunity to join the Lax Goalie Rat Academy and gain access to a comprehensive training resource designed for goalies at all levels.
I remember something I heard was like not all saves are created equal. So it's like I think you're going to, if you want to be like great or whatever, like it's just it's not about like how many, it's about like like when you make them. That's going to kind of like seal your fate, like maybe you're like a 60% goalie. But everyone remembers someone that comes to mind. It was Alex Rode in the 2019 Final Four. He was incredible. I don't think he got pulled early in the season. It wasn't about how he played. Then he showed up when it mattered. That's kind of a thought that comes to mind wouldn't matter.
Speaker 2:So that's kind of thought that comes to mind. Welcome to the lax goalie rat podcast. Every week we'll be talking shop with lacrosse goalies, coaches and special guests. This is the lax goalie rat podcast. Now your host, coach Damon Wilson.
Speaker 3:Aww, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, goalies from around the world, welcome to the Lax Goalie Rat Podcast. I'm your host, coach Damon. This is the show 100% dedicated to the lacrosse goalie, and on this show my job's really simple. I just like to interview the best goalies in our sport and really pick their brain, find out how they train, the story of how they arrive to where they're at in their lacrosse goalie career, the mindset that they have, even down to the drills that they do. My guest on the show this week we got a good one. It's Georgetown goalie Anderson Moore, just coming off an awesome freshman season where he earned the starting role and not only that, played really well, including an upset of Notre Dame their only loss on the season. We talk about his recruiting journey. We talk about his mindset. We talk about the season that Georgetown had, including getting shelled in his very first game, and what he was able to learn from that and how he was able to recover. Awesome, awesome young man. Enjoy my conversation with Georgetown goalie Anderson Moore.
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Speaker 1:I'm phenomenal. How are you?
Speaker 3:That's what I like to hear. Also phenomenal Anytime we can chat La Crosse Goldie puts me in the phenomenal category, so thanks for coming on the show. I always like to start by hearing your first time in gold.
Speaker 1:You remember that story? Yeah, so my older brother, patrick he's four years older than me and he played goalie and he played like goalie like two years before I started playing goalie. So I always, I always looked up to him and before I even started playing, I think I was like I started playing in second grade and I kind of wanted to get like a head start on like all the other kids, because it was like he plays goalie, I'll play goalie too. So then I know what I'm doing when I get on the field. So, like my first ever practice, I was like I'm going to be the goalie, like that's what I did. Um, so I kind of played goalie right away and just went from there.
Speaker 3:Yeah, now you start playing in second grade. Growing up in in Alabama, which you know is not, you don't think of lacrosse being that popular there, was it? I mean, was it kind of like, or is it just something that, like, my family had played and that's how I got started? Or was it, you know, in your area, getting pretty popular?
Speaker 1:I I wouldn't say it's like that popular. I mean it's like no, like people play it and in my area, but it's I wouldn't say popular by any means. But my, my, our neighbor, um, played and he got my oldest brother to play lacrosse and then my entire family played up until then and my dad had sticks, because he lived in like northern Virginia and his dad had some. So we were like familiar with it, yeah, but it was never something that like it wasn't like our area was like everyone's playing lacrosse. It was like it was kind of like a niche thing that our family did.
Speaker 3:So yeah, it kind of sounds like my story too, where my dad had two sticks in the garage but, like, I grew up in California in the nineties and it was like basically no organized lacrosse. But I had heard of it and so I knew it was there and then when the opportunity came, I pounced on it. So then, how did you? Um, I guess you then learned the position from, I mean from patrick right. I mean he kind of showed you the ropes. It is kind of amazing how, like, how um similar your guys stances are. I mean, like you know, normally there's a little bit of nuance, I guess, in between, but you guys, like down to the stance, uh, act the same, or or, uh, do it the same. So you learned everything for him yeah.
Speaker 1:So he like he kind of had it a lot harder than I did just because he would have to. He wasn't like we didn't have a goalie coach, really.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 1:So he was basically self-taught and then he just taught me what he learned. So he would go through a lot more like kind of figuring out than I did, which is like I kind of got the good end of the deal and he kind of had to figure it out as he went along. But yeah, I like whenever I was little, and even like now, I like just watching him play and like we have great conversations about like why we do certain things and so, um, they all kind of like our, our styles are very similar.
Speaker 3:So yeah, Um just kind of like our. Our styles are very similar, so yeah, um, just kind of mesh I guess do you remember some of those early lessons that he taught you like, oh man, I've been doing this all wrong and here's, here's how you really do it some of those very first chats or coaching sessions he gave you. I'd love to hear about that yeah, I'm trying to think.
Speaker 1:I remember when I was like this might have been the first time I hopped a goal, but him just like talking me through like a stance and everything.
Speaker 1:But I'm trying to think like specifically like what he struggled with, I think like especially with his stance.
Speaker 1:He didn't really no one told him what to do, told him what to do.
Speaker 1:So when he went through um, that he was like a lot wider and then he couldn't really move and he brought his feet back in and then it was like a back and forth until he kind of figured out that it didn't like what worked for him, um, but I remember like I was really wide too and then he was like you didn't bring your feet in um, or like I think something that was like kind of revolutionary for like a, like an eighth grader me was like pushing my hips back more, because I used to kind of sit down and, uh, in a chair and I couldn't really move right. So like I remember talking to him about that, he, he was like, yeah, I've started doing the same thing, especially like when he got to college he kind of figured out the position a little more, because he went to Lynchburg and coach Koudelka. There was a goalie and he helped him a lot. So kind of learning from that helped, helped me, helped him which helped me.
Speaker 3:So yeah, right, yeah, like what a resource. Like he goes off to college, gets this awesome goalie coaching and then you come back and be like all right, teach me what you learned. Um, and I know exactly what you're talking about those with those hips, cause a lot of times you see young lacrosse goalies especially like they're just so, like you know, up up, like they got a nice knee bend going on Right, but they're just so up vertical and they don't have those. Those hips push back and it's it's a key to making saves Right. Cause a lot of times, especially when the shots coming, like those hips have a tendency to creep forward and then, like once they, once they move forward, you're just totally locked, you're not in an athletic position, you can't move Right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean like the way I kind of explain it when I coach is like your hips are like your power source. If I don't, if I bend my knees like, yeah, that's great, but if my hips are like forward, I have no, I have no leverage. Or push it's, there's no power, um, and. Or push it's, there's no power, um. And like you think of like a linebacker. He's not sitting in a chair, he's back, he's ready to like a move laterally or forward, wherever he needs to go right so like kind of thinking like that um helped me a lot, especially when I was younger.
Speaker 3:So yeah, love that. What are some other things that you say to the, to the youngsters, when you're, when you're coaching them, like right out of the gate, when they're just getting started?
Speaker 1:Yeah, so like when I coach little kids, I just try to like figure out where they are and like what they struggle with. I feel like like the biggest thing that like especially younger kids, it might not be so much like stance or whatever. Like a lot of them it's like physically, like maybe they can't step as much, but like I feel like, especially as I go into like middle school and everything, they put a lot of pressure on themselves. So I feel like like talking them through it mentally. I feel like that is a lot more beneficial, like when I'm doing a lesson or whatever and talking to him through that. Then, like physically, because if you can figure out like the mental side, I feel like that's such a huge portion of like I've seen like goalies that don't have like perfect mechanics or whatever and they play a whole lot better than a guy that looks like he'd be better but he's he's too in his own head or whatever. So like being able to kind of give a goalie the ability to just like reset and have that like short memory, I feel like takes them the next step. They figure that out.
Speaker 1:Everything else is kind of easy like so, um, just that, when I coach. I want to. I want to coach them more mentally. And then the physical side that's going to come. I can. I can coach that easy. That's that's just like figuring it out. But, um, mentally is something I try to help kids out with.
Speaker 3:It's a great point. It's a great point, right. I mean they say like the positions whatever 80 mental, 90 mental and yet, like when you're getting those initial lessons, a lot of times people just go 100 physical right and they teach them how to say.
Speaker 3:And so, even like coming up 50 50 would be a tremendous benefit, and I tend to agree that the mental game needs to be coached more right and stronger. How, specifically, would you teach a goalie to get over a goal? Because I mean, like you said, there's a lot of young goalies beat themselves up. They give up a goal, right. They're feeling bad, they're in their own head, they feel like the team hates them, they feel like the loss was their fault.
Speaker 1:How do you then coach them to get over that next shot mentality? Yeah, I mean like it's very subjective, like from kid to kid, because a lot of kids have different ways of like. Maybe they're like they point fingers at their defense, but it's really like about that. Or they just like their body language droops and they that's. I can relate more with that, but it's really like about that. Or they just like their body language droops and they that's. I can relate more with that.
Speaker 1:Where it's like you kind of feel the pressure that it's like your fault, um, and just being able to like tell a kid like you're in a position where you can change the outcome of games. Like that, like if you play well and it's just about okay, I, I see one shot. Or like you go into a game right and you're not too worried about like technique, or like if the other team's very good, nothing really like external. Like a lot of times, like what I tell guys is control what you can control. Like go into a game and go, have as much fun as possible, Right, and you'll come out of the game and even if you didn't play like that great, like you'll come out and you'll feel better and eventually, like you kind of stack those and you're going to play good eventually, like when you play a game game, you're playing two games. You're playing one like a physical game, like I'm trying to save the ball, and then two you're playing a game against yourself, where it's like you get scored on.
Speaker 1:How do you respond to that?
Speaker 1:And if I can fall back on what got me to saving the ball in lessons or with my friends or before right, if I can fall back on that and even if I'm not saving the ball sometimes you just have bad days If I could fall back on that, my preparation, my, my process, I'm going to build consistency that way. So, like what I always tell whenever I'm like coaching club or like kid in a game, it's just like go out there, have as much fun as possible, be loud, have a ton of energy right and just get the next ball. And I promise you you're gonna play a lot looser. You might not save every ball, you might not play great, but you're gonna come out of the game and you're gonna feel a lot better than you did if you were worried about, like, your technique the whole time or your positioning and all that stuff that a lot of times I see people like get so wrapped up in yeah but it just makes the position not that fun and it's it's the best position on the field.
Speaker 3:I don't know why you wouldn't uh want to have fun with it amen, brother, amen, right, um, yeah, I mean I, as I think back to like all the best games that I've ever played, like that has been the theme is that I was just having so much fun and I wasn't thinking about like, oh, if I give up this next goal we're going to be down. We're going to, we're going to, we might lose, we'll be down to goal. I wasn't thinking about the future, like my save percentage might be shot, wasn't thinking about the past. It was just like there's the ball all right here. He just passed it over there, right, you're just right in the moment and making all the saves. And it's crazy, like sometimes you probably had this where, like you play an incredible game and you don't even realize it, right, just the game's over and then people kind of come up to you and be like hey, anderson, like awesome game, and you're like, oh yeah, like I guess it was because I was just so focused in the moment on making those saves. Right, yeah, definitely, yeah, I love it. Cool.
Speaker 3:What other mental game lessons? Let's? Let's stick on the topic of of mental game. Any other mental game lessons come to mind? I mean, you know you've played now division one lacrosse your first year, I imagine you've gone through some ups and downs Like how did you get through those downs?
Speaker 1:Yeah, definitely. I think a lot of what. Like I kind of had a rude awakening to the college mental game because my first game we played Loyola. I gave up like 18 goals, which I don't think I'd ever done in like high school before, and we lost like 18 to like 11 it was. It was brutal. And you go back you watch the tape and I'm just like imploding. All right, maybe I didn't see it, but like mentally in my head it was like first half like I played. I played good in like the first quarter, I felt like, but I gave up like one I maybe shouldn't have and I let that kind of like affect me and our team didn't play that well, but like I just gave up like goals and they would just like snowball and I was just like tossing and turning in my head about like trying to grab onto something that I could just like fixate on. That would like make me play better, I guess. And what I learned from that was like I got away from in that game, from the thought process that had got me there, like I was.
Speaker 1:When, when I go into games I'm thinking to myself I like run to the cage and I think be me and then have fun. Those are the two things that I kind of grab onto whenever I play. Whenever I play and, um, I'm not really worried about like tracking the ball so much or or like saving, do all that stuff I I figure I've seen about a million reps, and once I get in the game, it's just about making one sit and you make the one save. You make that. But in that game I kind of got away from that because I guess I didn't trust myself enough and that kind of just I played bad and then I kept playing worse and as the season went along I just kind of thought to myself it's probably you're kind of stuck with this, like thinking, this thought process of like how you're going to play, and so I figured I'm just just gonna trust this as much as I possibly can, and then if I play bad or anything else, it's just like whatever, but I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna get away from what got me here, yeah, so kind of trusting that and then trusting my preparation from that week, that was a huge thing. That kind of helped me.
Speaker 1:I would say I was like incredibly consistent, like I definitely still had bad games, um, but it helped me get through some of those games where I was like, okay, I'm not playing well, but I'm just gonna get this next one and I think down the stretch, especially um, like one, and I think down the stretch, especially um like I've played some not some of my best in like the big east tournament, but I was able to kind of stay in the game long enough to make just like one save when I my team, needed it. So, um, that was something that I could kind of grab onto and I think it helped me later on.
Speaker 3:I kind of rambled there, but no, it's all good.
Speaker 3:I there's a lot of cool points I wanted to pull out of there. One was um, I mean, it's just so weird how the human mind works. Like you can practice every single day and do all these reps and have all these great games, and then like, and then you just still so, you still doubt yourself, games, and then like, and then you just still, you still doubt yourself, right, and then you're going into a club tryout and you're like you know, hey, any, you know, I'm really nervous, what should I do? And it's like trust, trust your training, right, trust all the work that you've put in, and now it's time to go out there and have fun and get paid right. Yeah, so can get paid right, yeah, so I love, I love that point.
Speaker 3:I think that was really good. And then, yeah, that idea of like um, even if you've let in 17 goals, right, I mean, it could be that last save, that that your team needs. And so I say one or two or three right at the end and win it for, for, for my team. So a lot of times it's just that timing, um, which I like quite a bit.
Speaker 1:Yeah, go ahead. I remember something I heard was like not all saves are created equal. So it's like I think you're going to, if you want to be like great or whatever, like it's just it's not about like how many, it's about like when you make them. That's going to kind of seal your fate. Maybe you're a 60% goalie, but everyone remembers. Someone that comes to mind is Alex Rode in the 2019 Final Four. He was incredible. I don't think he got pulled early in the season. It wasn't about how he played then. Then he showed up when it mattered. So that's kind of thought that comes to mind yeah, yeah, um, love it.
Speaker 3:I want to talk about about uh film review because I I know that you know you presented at the last lacrosse goalie summit and it was awesome. Highly recommend everyone go back and and and watch that one. Uh, but one of the things I learned is you know your uh, your love or your passion for just watching lacrosse and talk to me about that. And I remember during covid you talked about you know what a lot of people said oh, this is horrible. Um, you know, because I don't get to play. You said, well, this to it was like one of the best things that ever happened for my goalie game. Uh, cause I could just focus on, you know, studying and getting getting out in the backyard and playing. I'd love to hear about your uh review of film and how you use that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, um, so, like during COVID, uh, obviously I didn't really have much to do, so all I did was just play lacrosse or watch lacrosse and then go like get shot on by tennis balls from my brother in the backyard and I think at one point I had watched like almost every goalies like highlight tape from like my class and just like I just watched so many because I was like I kind of maybe it was like a little bit of like a comparative thing where I like wanted to see where I lined up with everyone else. It's like it's probably not the best thing to do, but it's what I did. And I kind of you like when you see, when you watch a lot of like goalie highlight tapes, you kind of pick up on things that like other goalies did, like I I remember I saw and like one kid's tape he like picked off a ball from x, like a kid attackman throw it to x and he picked it off and I thought I'd never seen anyone do that before and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I was like, oh wait, I want to do that that's cool or like maybe the
Speaker 1:way certain kids play different shots or how they move or maybe like their stance, something like a little like that, um, seeing that I think it's cool and I, I just love lacrosse, uh, I'm genuinely like addicted to it.
Speaker 1:Like so, even if I'm not watching like a, like a, a goalies highlight tape, I'll watch a game I want to, like I want to know every thing about, like how defense operates, what a goalie does when the offensive player like I want to know the whole game and so, like, just doing that, I think you learn a lot about how a defense moves. And that kind of helped my IQ, because when I played in Alabama high school, I like I'm almost playing like Xbox, like I'm trying to tell my defender he's gonna go help by the craze and then I'm gonna save the ball. It's like you're doing a lot, which maybe wasn't the best thing for like, because I just probably needed to save the ball, but I think it kind of helped me more or less be more of a leader on like my defense and just kind of having that edge. I think is is just great and I can kind of you can kind of predict plays before they happen, just because you've seen it so many times.
Speaker 3:Great point. Yeah, I mean, the more you watch lacrosse, the higher your lacrosse IQ gets. And I'm like you where I watched just this little subtle nuance of like. I mean, oh, like, look how like he he, you know he's in his stance and and the ball's no longer a threat, so he shifts his hand down to the bottom of the shaft to be ready to reach out to pick that ball off if it comes right. Just kind of a surprise thing, just that little nuance and I love that I love little aspects of that.
Speaker 3:Or, like you know, look how he plays, that, his positioning when the ball is coming up up the hash shot little little elements that you can then take out to the field and sort of incorporate into your own game. Um, and it sounds like that's what. That's what you did. I wanted to ask about uh, I think we talked about this in the lacrosse goalie summit, but there can be that comparative aspect of where I'm now comparing myself to these other goalies instead of focusing on my own game. How did you not let that impact you?
Speaker 1:that you know impact you. I feel like when I like especially like when you go to like club tournaments and like all that thing I feel like the best thing you can do to like avoid comparing was a lot of times like I was buddies with a lot of these other goalies because I went to goalie smith and you like train with them and they're all like great dudes. So it like I'm like okay, yeah, you're competing for like the same like spots at like colleges, but like I genuinely enjoyed like when they played good, like maybe in the back of my mind I was like oh, but like it was really cool to watch them like ball out and like maybe you play a game and the other goalie's balling out Like you run by to the sideline. You're like dude, you're killing it like whatever. I remember our first game against or it was our second game. It's against hopkins and chase erlin, who's like buddies with my brother. He's like good job, andy. I was like oh that's so nice, like I'm like a freshman.
Speaker 1:He's like this is like a six year college. He's played about a million job games and, um, he was just like being nice. So, like when you play a game or like you're doing all that kind of stuff, it's not, it's not you versus the other goalie, like y'all aren't, it's your team. It's not like a face-off, where it's like you versus the other guy, it's like a one-on-one. You aren't playing each other. So if, like, I can like encourage the other guy like, say's, like a one-on-one, you're on playing each other.
Speaker 1:So if, like, I can like encourage the other guy like, say, they're balling out and I'm not having my best, like, if I encouraging that's, that's like energy, and if I can kind of get my energy level up to a point where it's like I'm not down in the dumps about how I'm playing, I feel like that can kind of get you out of that like comparison where it's like, oh, he's playing good and I look terrible. It's like, oh, no, he's playing awesome, like good job, man. And then, like, now my body language is up, now I'm ready to, kind of I can make the next save, like I know it's like kind of get you back to where you were. Don't let like another goalie playing well, suck the energy out of you. Take his energy, use it great point, great point.
Speaker 3:yeah, it kind of makes me think of like my own business, right, where I'm coaching goalies and there's other, there's other coaches in the in the space I, I mean, I'm rooting for those guys so hard right, like goalie smith, for example, probably a competitor, whatever.
Speaker 3:I'm rooting for those guys so much because one then it makes me feel good and, like you said, then that's the energy that I bring into what I do, as opposed to like you know negativity of like, oh man, like I can't believe that guy's doing so good, or I can't believe that guy's doing this, like there there's just you know, the sport is way too small for that. And like when you know what's that expression when the rising tide, like it, lifts everybody's boats Right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I feel like it's a lot of. It's just like perception, like you can choose to perceive this as like he's playing good, I'm playing bad, this is terrible, or it's like this is an opportunity for me to play great, or like show out, or he's playing great, I can use that energy. It's it's more. It's like if you choose to let it like suck the energy out of you, make you feel bad, like I feel like that's kind of more like a mental thing and you can, you can avoid that. I feel like.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, well, a lot of I mean that's going back to the mental game Like a lot of. It is just how you perceive things right. You can have like a horrible game and perceive it as like I'm a horrible goalie. You know, nobody likes me. You could have a horrible game and be like, all right, you know what that's a great learning opportunity for me. Game and be like all right, you know what that's a great learning opportunity for me like how can I? I'm going to have bad games. So this is a cool opportunity to learn how to get over those bad games right and go back out there and have a strong game that my next showing so so much of it is just perception.
Speaker 3:Yeah, um, cool, what. What else? Uh, about film reviews? So someone wants to? Then you know, I'm a young goalie. I hear, and Anderson say, like film review, like just watching goalies, how should I go about it? How should I attack it, do you think? What are some tips there?
Speaker 1:floor mark game and I'll kind of watch my own film.
Speaker 1:And when I go about that I'm kind of a lot of it's like very like contextual, like as a goalie you can't really dictate like what a shooter is doing. So when I'm watching film I gotta watch like what the shooter did and kind of think back to what I was thinking maybe there and see what I did on film um. And then a lot of times, like when I watch film on a game especially like when I play bad, I never really play Like I come out and I don't have a good day game and I thought I played like the worst game ever, and then I'll go back and I'll watch film. I'm like, okay, I didn't play great, but it wasn't like the end of the world, like I wasn't like the worst goalie I've ever seen, but when I was in the game I felt like that. So kind of having that mindset helped a lot, but that was kind of like a sidetrack. When I like watch film, it's like a lot of times I'm looking at like maybe my feet or my balance um on like different shots or thinking back to like maybe what I was thinking, because after every game I'll go watch um like goalie film with, uh, my goalie coach, coach Shriver, and we'll kind of like talk through, like maybe, what I saw there and like why I did that sort of thing. And having someone to just like have a conversation with and bounce back and forth, um, I think is like beneficial because it can kind of highlight some things that maybe you didn't notice. And like he's like okay, maybe next time you see this shot you can play it this way or that sort of thing. Um, but like from an individual standpoint, uh, standpoint like watching myself.
Speaker 1:That's kind of what I do when it comes to like watching like maybe a random game, or like I'm watching like another goalie, like I watch Intiman, I'm like okay, how's he play on his pipes? Why does he do this? What's his thought process? Kind of thinking through that I can't play like he does because he's like 6'4" and I'm not he's probably taller but kind of taking away things from some other goalies' games that I think I could maybe add, or just looking at it and being like, oh, that's really impressive. I can't play like that Penn State goalie Jack Frassion is incredible with his feet. I can't play with my feet like he can. I wish I could, but he's really interesting to watch because it's like I don't know how you do that, but it's incredible.
Speaker 1:Same with watching like Blaise Reardon I love the way he plays but I can't play like it, so I kind of hate it, but it's incredible. So like it's like a love-hate relationship, but like no, yeah, I appreciate it a lot because it's it proves to me, because it's like it, you don't have to look a certain way to play. Goalie blaze is like never set, it looks like. And then he's just, he's just like standing there and he'll just snatch the ball out of here. I'm like right, unreal, like I could never do that. But um, that's kind of what I'm looking at when I watch people. Maybe it's just like pure appreciation for like how they play. Or it's like, oh, that's really neat. Like maybe I want to go try that in my backyard with like tennis balls or anything like that. Like, uh, me and my brother used to like go like imitate like Kyle Burnmore in the backyard.
Speaker 1:I think that's like kind of a cool thing. But you also like like oh, this is actually cool what he does, and I can do this too.
Speaker 3:So what you know, when you first start a new technique, it's uncomfortable, right, and. But at what point do you like give up with that technique going like, all right, that's just not for me. And at what point do you like would you recommend I just kind of push through until it could, until eventually does become comfortable? You know what I mean. If I try to play like blaze, like you said, he's just, you know, a lot of goalies are, like you know, in in the, in the squat, knees bent and, like you said, blaze is just kind of standing there. And if I I'm not, that might be a bad example because that's not uncomfortable. But like, let's say, I try and do a wide base and I go, man, this is really uncomfortable, right, at what point do I get?
Speaker 1:go back to my other, my other stance, versus sticking through until it does become comfortable, if that makes sense yeah, I think, especially when it comes to like stances, when I like want to teach a goalie, like how you get into a stance, I feel like it's strictly like a comfort thing, like if I get into like a wide base and I'm extremely uncomfortable, it's probably just like your body telling you I can't move and I think like, um, like as you progress and like your body kind of changes, like my stance has gotten wider as I've continued to play, but it doesn't feel like it's gotten wider.
Speaker 1:It's like my stance doesn't feel like it's changed much, but my legs have just gotten wider because maybe I've lifted more, I've done mobility and this is what my body has decided is the most athletic and comfortable position to be in.
Speaker 1:But when it comes to like playing, like a different technique, like maybe I play a higher arc or something like that, and you're like this doesn't feel right, I feel like you can give it like, if I want to go out and shoot or like get shots, and I tried the whole time and I do that like maybe twice, and I come out of there and I'm like, yeah, I can't play like this, I feel like you can kind of scrap it, um, even if it's like but if it's uncomfortable and then at some point like within like this made-up timeline, it like can kind of click, like you do have to give yourself time to figure that thing out. But once it becomes just like something that you're like, okay, my body can't. Or you get like a second opinion from someone and they're like, yeah, this doesn't really look like it's working for you after two sessions, let's just say two sessions or like however many reps or whatever.
Speaker 1:I feel like you can kind of scrap it. But that is an interesting question, because I feel like you kind of have to feel it out a little more and it's not something that's just like this is a set amount of time that you can try something out. If it doesn't work in that time.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:You have to scrap it, because I don't know if that's necessarily true. I feel like some things just kind of take time, like I've tried to play with my feet and I've tried for like a year and I just can't do it. So I've kind of just like scrapped it. But um, at some point it's just like you kind of have to know what your game is and maybe this just doesn't feel like how, if it's comfortable or not, but but yeah, I mean, give yourself at least a couple of practices trying it.
Speaker 3:Right yeah. So at least a couple, but yeah, oftentimes you do know, cause it's like you said, you know a lot of about goalie is one being athletic and being comfortable. And you know, if you're not that, then then you're going to, you're going to, it's going to hurt.
Speaker 1:It's not going to be fun.
Speaker 3:You're going to give up a lot of goals. Yeah, um, what about? Uh, you know watching your tape, you, you, um, you got the hop going on. I call it right that little little resetting of the weight, that little tiny, tiny jump, uh talk to me about that technique.
Speaker 1:You know when you started it and what that, what that does for you. Yeah, I'll say, when I do that, like I kind of tend to hop into my stance because I find that it just like my feet just go to where they naturally want to go. But when it comes to like being in, I don't really hop before.
Speaker 1:Like I know a lot of people talk about like patting the feet before a shot or I'm pretty sure like Galloway talked about it like way back, when it's like you kind of take a little hop step right before the windup, I don't do that just because it's like a I don't want any pre-shot movement. When the shooter's like winding up, um, I tend to be a jumpier goalie just because, like after a while I just have to reset my feet. But if a shooter's winding up, I'm trying to stay as still as possible, but it's just like I've always been very up and down jumpy, have to reset my feet a decent amount. But as soon as a shooter tries to like wind up, I try not to move my feet. Yeah.
Speaker 3:Yeah, interesting. So you use it more like you know when, when you're just taking steps on the arc like step sort of land, step land in that hop to help. You know the balance, I guess.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I feel like I've tried to, I've tried to get rid of it a little like not as much, but like, especially like when someone throws, like the ball forward and I turn, I might have a tendency to like, hop into my turn and then you can just get beat with speed, um. So just turning and being set is something that I've tried to get better at. Um, cause, like off a pass, I'm probably a worse goalie than if, like, someone just shoots it on the run. Uh, so that's just something I've tried to improve, yeah.
Speaker 3:It is interesting I, I, um, uh also grew up watching Galloway and learned it from him and also played tennis Right. And in tennis like, when you're returning a serve like you do like match, you do the time the hop like right as the ball is being served at you, so he makes contact. It's kind of when I'm landing and then I go Um, and so I did. I did do that like pre-shot and it worked for me. But I know like also played in a different era and and people are shooting way harder, more accurate now.
Speaker 1:So I do know a lot of goalies like you, uh, and other goalies I've talked to are like I want to be as set as possible um to to eliminate any pre-shot movement yeah, and I found like, especially when you play like a canadian player or someone that just like throws a lot of hitches, yeah, it's really like you can kind of get deceived because a shooter can kind of like maybe change their timing on the way they shoot or throw a hitch in there and if I'm trying to time up my feet with, like the pad or whatever, you'll just get out of position or fly out of the cage or something.
Speaker 1:So I don't think it's like the worst thing in the world, but it's definitely something that I choose not to do.
Speaker 3:So, yeah, what do you um? What would you say you're working on in your goalie game right now?
Speaker 1:I'd say definitely. Like when I go out and I train, I want like I get shots or whatever, like I'm trying to. I want to get better and like quicker situations. So like when I was going into college last year, a lot of what I wanted to do was like shots off of like a turn or something that was really unpredictable. That, like I just had to be like prepared for and kind of playing in those really like unpredictable moments was what I was trying to do.
Speaker 1:So like a lot of times I'd have like a shooter we just like roll out like a million balls and the shooter would just like pick it up and he could either fake it, he could do whatever, and then I just kind of have to react off of that. Or a lot of times I like to do shots off a feed from like x? Um and I want the shooter to get it out as fast as possible, just so I can get my head around, turn and be balanced and then react, because a lot of times I found I'm worse off a pass than um, like if someone just is holding the ball for a long time. So just that sort of thing um being balanced, not being tense when they're like wind up or like you turn, and a lot of times you can like shrink, um. So just trying to get better at playing at a faster pace, yeah, I think Love it Awesome.
Speaker 3:Um, I think you mentioned before we hit record that you're going to, uh, go to goalie Smith's training camp and then, uh, and then you're also coaching some clinics yourself. If, if there's a young goalie listing, that's uh, maybe going to hit up one of those camps. What are, what are some tips you could share on how to get the most out of a clinic or a camp as a goalie?
Speaker 1:I'm trying to think like when I the best thing about those clinics is one like you get great coaching, but two you get to see like other good goalies in your age group.
Speaker 1:And I feel like my favorite thing about like going to those kinds of camps is just talking to other people and getting their perspective on, like how they play certain shots or like how they track the ball or anything like that.
Speaker 1:I think is can be super beneficial because a lot of times, like especially in college or in high, you're kind of in this bubble where you can't really you have like three other guys you can talk to or less, or like you're one goalie coach from your hometown that's telling you to do the same thing over and over again and it's just like not really working Right out of these kids, like asking as many questions as possible and then like going home and writing it down. I think is like the the best thing you can do because, like maybe you can't play like some of these other people can, but you can like see what they do and find it interesting. Like I was talking about like watching frasian play or intimateamin. It's like this is really interesting. I want to see how they play that. Maybe you can't do it, but just like being able to try new things and it kind of being like a safe space is one of my favorite things to do, especially like when I go train with Goli Smith or anything like that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so you learn new things. Take notes the relationships, that's huge Right. And yeah, I just I don't know about you, but things take notes, the relationships, that's huge Right, and yeah, and I just I don't know about you, but like I, I didn't go to many lacrosse goalie camps, at least not the level that that they have right now. But I did go to wrestling camps and, like, after I left I just felt so inspired, like I was just so like pumped up and like wanted to train and wanted to. You know, it just kind of gave, gave me an adrenaline shot of inspiration. I imagine a lot of goalies will leave goalie Smith or other camps feeling that way, right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I definitely went to their first ever TG camp back in 2019. I came out of that and I was was like this is the coolest thing ever. Like I oh I got to. I meet some of the kids and I'm still friends with them now and they're all like great guys and I'm like you just like have so much fun and it just makes the position so much like you go to tournaments and you're like friends with all these guys that you met at goalies, beth, and you're like come back and you're like, oh, I saw this kid do this. I want to work on that. All that kind of stuff, I think, just makes it the goalie because it pushes it forward and it also just makes it like more fun individually.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and it's a great point too about you know meeting other goalies and being able to to talk to other goalies. I mean, you were fortunate enough to have your brother still do right and to chat with him through through anything, uh, but a lot of goalies don't have that and so you know, just a lot of times, like when you're going through something, whether it be mental, even physical, like, just like the idea of like, verbalizing it and saying it out loud is like all the, all the therapy you need, right, yeah, uh, I know I, I know I've done, I've done that with like some things that have been going on, and maybe even just chatting with my wife and like just hearing myself saying it out loud.
Speaker 3:I'm just like wait a minute, like I don't believe that. That's stupid. Yeah, you're like.
Speaker 1:You're like thinking that's one thing and you're like wait and you say it out loud don't believe that that's stupid, yeah, you're like. You're like thinking that's one thing, and you're like wait, and you say it out loud and you're like that's actually dumb, I can't do that. I'd like, when I went to tournaments, I'd do that with, like, my mom and I was like oh wait, you're right, that was dumb. I don't know what I was doing yeah, love it.
Speaker 3:Um, talk to me a little bit more about the season that you guys had. So so I think you hit on it. You know started out pretty rough, but yeah, I'd love to hear a little bit more about the recent season with Georgetown.
Speaker 1:So I was fortunate enough to start at the beginning of the season and our first game was Loyola, and it didn't necessarily go too well and the great thing about that was I just got to learn a lot from that experience, because you learn a lot from just like losing and losing in a way like that, like I completely imploded, so quite frankly. But the great thing was I knew I I wasn't going to do that again. So just like as especially early on in the season, for me it was just like kind of finding that rhythm and like what worked and then just going one and oh, on every shot there's like, if I'm gonna save this next shot, okay, I didn't save it, I gotta get the next one. I know that. So I feel like that was a huge thing for me and our team just continued to get better.
Speaker 1:Um, and like I think after Loyola we played Hopkins, which is I got to play against my brother, which was kind of cool yeah um, but like it was just kind of after that game, I felt like I kind of settled in a little more and just like you learn things as you go, and that was great. I'm trying to think like our season was really long, so yeah.
Speaker 3:Well then you guys beat Notre Dame. Not bad, yeah, we did.
Speaker 1:We did beat Notre Dame. That was very cool. Yeah, like I think for me it was just like you play against these guys that you've watched on TV for like four years and you're like, oh wait, like I'm pretty good too, like they're great, like incredible players, but like, hey'm, I'm a good player too, like it's yeah, it's I, I could compete with these guys, which was, which was awesome, and, um, just kind of finding ways to to be more consistent and trusting myself throughout the season that's something that I want to continue to build on is just being more consistent as I play and pushing my, my threshold higher, like having my worst game just not being so bad and having my best game to be better is something that, like, I'm continually trying to work on.
Speaker 1:Um, and also just like the guys like in our, our goalie room, just uh, um, michael Scharfenberger and Luke Schlenk and Todd Kennedy, all those guys that they were in my corner when I was playing terrible and they were there when I was playing great and they were just pushing me, and just great guys to just talk to, like especially when I'm struggling. Like I'd go to Scharf and he'd be like just make one, and it was like he's got me, I got him, that sort of thing. That was huge for for me, especially being a freshman, and it's I was also lucky enough to have like one of the best defenses in the country, so they, they made me look better than maybe I was. So like we had a lot of veterans and I mean just like great dudes that knew how to play lacrosse and Coach Warren put a great defense in front of me, so it made my job a lot easier and we ended up with a Big East championship. So hopefully we can build on that in my second year as well.
Speaker 3:Love it, congrats. Yeah, I was going to ask about um, you know, starting off giving up the 18 goals and then, and then you guys lose to hopkins um by two, giving up 11 goals. You know, some goalies, especially as a freshman, might feel like, oh man, the hook is coming right, like, um, they're, they're going to pull me, I'm going to lose my job. You know, is there something the coaches said to kind of reinsure you? Or was it just your mental game of thinking? Like you know, I belong here, I've earned this position, trusting my training, like you know, talk to me about that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean I definitely thought I was going to get pulled in the Loyyola game. I'm gonna be honest, um, but kind of like, after that game I I talked to like the coaches and they're like, like we trust you, like it's just you go out there and just just get better is like the kind of thing. Um, I think they trusted me to figure it out. And probably the most reassuring thing was I remember we were watching I forgot what game it was. It was like it was between two very good teams, I forget, and it was Syracuse-Duke. And I remember like one of the goalies got pulled or something and my coach was like Coach Warren.
Speaker 1:He was like I don't know why they do that, because when you get in those moments, like it's just about like the guy's got to figure it out and you kind of got to trust them to figure it out because he's been great for you all season long and that was something that was really reassuring, especially down the stretch, because and like the big east semis, we played providence and I was not playing great like at all, like it was like we were gonna lose.
Speaker 1:Uh, we ended up winning it over time and I kind of like in my back of my mind, I was like I knew I was gonna save the ball and I knew I had the trust of my defense and my coaching staff. Because, like he kind of said those things and I was like, at like the end of the fourth quarter, overtime, it was just like I'm gonna save the ball. Like I know it, I know it for a fact and I like had like I ended up being able to like save and we ended up having to save it over time and we ended up winning. And in my mind, like I struggled the entire game but when I came to that moment I knew I was going to make the save, no matter who shot it where it was going, because everyone else believed in me and I believe, believed in myself.
Speaker 1:So yeah um, that was something that I kind of um, that was something that I kind of clung to, and like those the moments when it wasn't so great Cause I knew that the people around me had confidence in me.
Speaker 3:The good mentality, the good mentality right, they have the confidence in me, like they've given me the starting role Right when it could have been, when it could have been anybody else and and now I've got to have confidence in myself to get out there. What about your tips for overtime games? Because you guys basically ran through the Big East in overtime games, yeah, and then also beat Notre Dame in overtime as well, so 3-0. What would you say to a young goalie going into an overtime game?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean for me, like going into a lot of those games, it was just like cool because I in high school I don't think I played an overtime game and at least in like high school or anything and then I show up and it's like my third or fourth game in and you're in overtime against Notre Dame and I'm like okay, either way, this is like the coolest experience I've ever been a part of and I was just like I'm gonna just telling myself like play loose, this is, this is really cool. Yeah, like kind of having that like gratitude piece and then going out and trusting yourself and I feel like, especially in overtime, it's just like you just have to commit. Like I would rather just like go and commit to a shot than be late. So kind of thinking about that helped me out a lot and having like have the trust. I think I made a save in all three overtimes.
Speaker 1:Only one of them was like a legit save because like I think against notre dame they had a pretty bad shot selection and then against we won in overtime in the big east and there was just like a end of the shot clock like huck at the cage. So but I like, even if they shot like a better shot, like I, I knew I was gonna save. Like it was, just like maybe I wouldn't, but like it was, it was so irrational that I thought I was gonna save it because it like I can't control much, but I just know like it was. Like I've trained my entire life to be here to win a conference championship. Do all this stuff Like you might as well throw all your chips on the table and go fly around and trust yourself.
Speaker 3:So yeah, I love that, I love that. Yeah, it's something I've talked about with a bunch of goalies on this show is just like having that irrational confidence. It's kind of like the key to being a goalie, especially when you're just starting out, because, like you've done nothing to earn it, right, there's no reason you should be confident. And yet, like, if you can go out there with this, this mindset of like, like I'm going, I'm going to make this, I'm going to make this next save, like I can save these, then you're going to actually do a lot better. And then it's this self-fulfilling prophecy, right, where then if you go out with that mindset, then you make the saves and now I can kind of build that confidence on something. So it's kind of cool to hear you say that as well. Right, your irrational confidence.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I feel like a lot of being goalie is just like not making sense at all. You can play in front of like a terrible defense and it's going to be their fault, but you still have to have like that undeniable sense that it's like I'm gonna save the next one, like it. There's no reason why I should right like maybe we're down like you know or something, but I like, I like I know I'm going to save it. I just know it like it's right. I've done it before. I could do it again is what I live for, that kind of thing.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I love it. Love it, anderson, thank you so much for for coming on and kind of talking through your experience, if you, if you're listening to this and you want to hear more about I didn't ask any recruiting questions cause that's kind of the topic that we hit on uh, the goalie summit, so definitely check that out. Um, if you're interested, um, uh, one thing I didn't want to ask about, because I remember it was really interesting, was your sort of your pre-game ritual or pre-game um routine. Can you talk to me, talk us through that?
Speaker 1:yeah, so, especially for home games, we played most of our games at noon, so like two hours before it's like a 10, I would go to like our weight room and I would stretch and then I would power clean before every game and then I think I I did that just because I like power cleaning a lot, um, and I think I'm pretty good at it too.
Speaker 1:Humble brag, uh, it was like it's like the only lift I'm like good at um, yeah, and I just like it puts me kind of like a good mood and I I feel like I gets like a sweat going, which I thought was kind of important Cause I wanted I didn't really want to be stiff too much going into the game.
Speaker 1:Um, and then I go out on the field and get a toss, uh, with one of the other goalies on my team and then, um, I would go back to locker room and I had a certain playlist that I listened to the whole time and I'd go out in the hallway and just bounce a ball repeatedly just to kind of kill time. And then we had a team prayer and then at that point it was ready to go out to go like, do like the actual warmup. But that was kind of like what I did before every game. And then at away games I would just try and like instead of I couldn't clean at away games, so I just try to jump around a little more, do something like that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, awesome, yeah, it makes sense, right, get the muscles firing also, you know, if you like it. Like you know, there's a lot to be said about putting yourself into a good mood. Um, it's, it goes back to that theme of having fun, right, and if I'm in a good mood, then I'm more likely to have fun yeah yeah, that that was like a huge piece for me.
Speaker 1:Just like listening music, being around my teammates, getting a sweat going, and just like having fun.
Speaker 3:So yeah, and you drop some of the bangers that you listen to. A lot of people think it's the, it's the fast. You know energetic music and you got.
Speaker 1:I got chirps, I got chirped by some of my boys for having like the music.
Speaker 3:I was like the smooth, slow jams yeah, I don't kind of hurt my feelings yeah, well you, you have to share that playlist with me after this, and then I'll let it out because a lot of people were on the opposite and they're like that's a winner, a winning playlist right there, yeah, cool. What about the gear? I know you do clips three using the clips three head.
Speaker 1:Yes, I did use it all spring and I actually I thought it was phenomenal, it was great. Um. And then I had like some maverick shaft and I've been using ecd or ecd stx memory mesh uh, because my brother strings all my sticks and that's the mesh he uses, so nice um. And then I the pattern I had. I kind of had like a low u in the the bottom which I hadn't used and I was normally like a two years and a shooter and a nylon. But for the spring I used to have the low u and I remember it did pretty well. I was was like oh, I'll try it, and I didn't give up that many rebounds. It kind of gobbled it up and it threw really well, so I kind of stuck with it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I like it a lot.
Speaker 1:All right.
Speaker 3:And then how about the gloves?
Speaker 1:Yes, so Georgetown, we're a Maverick school, so I have the. Maverickick, and I think they're the m5s or m6s. Yeah, they've. They've been great for me actually. Um, so I don't really. I've never had an issue with them I know where any.
Speaker 3:Do you wear any other like thumb protection, or you just go straight straight going?
Speaker 1:no, I've never. I've never had to do that. I know a lot of guys have the plastic or the sumo thumb or whatever it's called. Yeah.
Speaker 3:They got that. Or like a brace inside Evo shield, the little Evo shield, or custom yeah.
Speaker 1:But I've never used one of those. All right, it's just me, though.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and then do you use the Maverick chest pad.
Speaker 1:No, I actually use the STverick chest pad. No, uh, I actually used the stx one. I don't know if I'm supposed to say that. Uh, I think we're fine. I use the stx shield because I used it all in high school and it's worked great for me. I I thought the I tried the maverick one on and I thought it was too big. It was like it was really big and I was like I can't do this yeah, so I just switched back Now how does that work?
Speaker 3:if you are a sponsored school by Maverick, do you have to ask your equipment manager to go get it specially, or how does that work?
Speaker 1:I don't know, I don't know, I'm pretty sure it's fine. We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to, no, I don't know how the contract works or anything but my coach is like yeah, it's fine if you wear that, got it. If you're more comfortable, we don't really care.
Speaker 3:Yeah, what about the jock? I know one goalie pinged me. He's like hey, I like Anderson's style. Could you ask?
Speaker 1:him what jock you wear. Yeah, so I actually wear two cups. I have a nutty buddy on the bottom and then I don't know, it's like the plastic one and I wear like a girdle with that and then a hockey cup I don't know the actual name.
Speaker 1:It's like a I want to say bauer, but that's yeah, like the ice yeah it's like an ice hockey cup, so I wear the nutty butter underneath and then the ice hockey cup on top and it's been great, like it doesn't really prohibit, like my movement at all or anything like that, like it's just taking no chances, no chances no, my brother actually put me onto that.
Speaker 1:He said he wore it all in high school and he had no issues and I think I think a hockey cup is a must, like, you can't play lacrosse, you can't play goalie without a hockey cup. The second one might be a little overkill, but it's just like I can't not wear it at this point.
Speaker 3:Well, given what's at stake. I don't know, I don't know if it's overkill or not, but yeah, I know some goalies that do the double cup and then some just go with the ice hockey. But yeah, and it also provides you a little bit of like. I don't even know what that area is called, but like there's a little like pad above the cup too, like the upper part.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's like your lower, like below your belly button.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah. So there you go.
Speaker 1:A little bit of padding there. My chest bed doesn't go down that low, so I just got to tank it. If you get hit there, wow, Awesome, anderson.
Speaker 3:Well, thanks again so much for coming on the show. Good luck upcoming season. If you had to leave the goalies out there with a final piece of advice, what would that be?
Speaker 1:Just have as much fun as you possibly can with this position, and if you have as much fun, you'll come out of that position and you come out of games and you'll just feel a lot better about it than if you chose to be negative and not have fun.
Speaker 3:So Love it, man Love it. Awesome stuff.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 3:So there you have it. Hope you enjoyed that episode. Andy Moore Anderson Moore, coming out of Alabama Not too much of a Goldie hotbed Alabama, but he's certainly making it so. Going to be exciting to watch him in three more seasons at Georgetown Awesome Goldie, probably the best stance in the game. Him and his brother Patrick, have a phenomenal goalie stance and if I was going to recommend any goalie who wants to model their stance and have a great one, take a look at Anderson Moore. Hope you enjoyed that episode.
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