The D1 All-Americans Your Kid Watches — Now Coaching Them Every Week.
A clear weekly plan for motivated youth lacrosse players ages 10–15 — so your kid trains the right way and hears it from coaches they'll actually listen to, instead of you piecing it together alone.
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The Whole Idea, in Two Minutes.
Why I built Lax Rat Academy — and what a week inside looks like for your kid.
You're Trying to Figure This Out on Your Own. It's Exhausting.
Lacrosse Moms and Dads already know this feeling.
You're piecing it together. A local trainer here. A clinic over there. A weekly drive to the one good club an hour away. You're up at night watching YouTube, trying to figure out what your kid should work on this week. You tell them what to fix — and they tune you out. Then a college player says the exact same thing in a video, and suddenly it's a lightbulb moment.
You've been Googling lacrosse coaches near you. Asking around about which clubs actually develop players. Wondering if the clinic you dropped $200 on was the right call. Trying to stay on top of training, film, IQ, speed, agility, shooting, strength, and recovery — often in a place where the game is growing way faster than the coaching.
Here's the part nobody says out loud: you're already spending the money. The clinics, the lessons, the gas, the tournament weekends — it adds up fast. What's missing is a system to run it all through, so you can finally tell what's actually moving your kid forward and what's just burning weekends.
You don't need more information. You need a plan. A crew. And someone your kid will actually listen to.
Families don't want more content. They want to know what matters, what to work on next, and how to build a complete player — without piecing it all together alone.
Advice lands differently when it comes from a real D1 player than when it's Mom or Dad repeating it in the backyard. Your kid needs a voice they'll actually hear.
The motivation is already there. What's missing is a plan that matches it — a structured week of work so those four hours add up to something that compounds.
The Middle Ground Between Random YouTube and $100/hour Private Lessons.
Structured weekly coaching from D1 All-Americans. A real community. Film review once a month. At a price that actually makes sense for a lacrosse family.
- No plan
- No feedback
- No community
- No accountability
- Weekly structured training
- Monthly film review
- A crew of Lax Rats
- Live coach Q&As
- 1-on-1 attention
- Once a week, maybe
- Gone when the hour's up
- You drive to them
Meet Lax Rat Academy.
This is the program I've been quietly building for the last six months. It's where young lacrosse players get real coaching, proven training, and a crew that pushes them to be ballers on the field.
Every week, one of our coaches — a real D1 All-American your kid has watched on Inside Lacrosse — drops a new training block. A technique breakdown. A workout your kid actually does, on their own, at home, with whatever setup they have. Then we all get on a live Q&A at the end of the week and talk about what worked, what didn't, and what's next.
Whether your kid already has elite local coaches or nobody at all in your area, Lax Rat Academy is the structure between everything else they're doing. Your kid gets coaching that lands. You get to stop being the bad guy. They get to be part of a crew that's as obsessed with this sport as they are.
Built on Three Things That Actually Matter.
Weekly training blocks from college All-Americans. Drill videos your kid can follow on their own. A live coach Q&A every week. One video review every month where a coach looks at your kid's game footage and tells them exactly what to fix. Monthly challenges that make getting better feel like a game.
A private community where Lax Rats from Florida to Washington talk about the same thing: getting better at lacrosse. Ask questions. Share what's working. Meet kids you'll run into at tournaments. Girls have their own room — their own coaches, their own crew — so nobody's the only one. And parents get their own space too, because if you've never played this sport, you shouldn't have to figure it out alone.
Wins get celebrated here. Sweet goals get shared. Highlight clips get hyped. Every completed month earns your player a Lax Rat Academy helmet sticker — Ohio State style. Because training shouldn't feel like homework.
Here's What a Week Looks Like.
Your kid wakes up to a new lesson.
A new block from one of the Lax Rat Academy coaches. Shooting technique from Ryan Doherty. Defensive footwork and takeaway checks with Julian Radossich. A goalie reaction series from Luke Winger. Each block comes with a 2-day workout plan your kid runs on their own.
Twenty minutes. Two or three times. Every drill tagged.
Wall ball. Reps. Reps. Every drill is tagged by what equipment you need, so if all you've got is a rebounder in the driveway, you still have something to do.
Jump on with me and the coach of the week.
Questions get answered live. Film gets broken down. Sometimes guest coaches drop in. Always recorded, so if you're traveling to a tournament you can watch it in the car.
Post your highlight. Cheer on the crew.
Share a PR on the wall. Hype a kid in Orlando who just made his select team. Ask a question and get a real answer from a coach. Parents have their own space for parent stuff.
Send in a clip. Get it broken down.
A coach watches your player's game film and sends back a breakdown of what's working and what to fix. Practice doesn't make perfect — perfect practice makes perfect.
The Coach I Wish I Had.
In 1999, I strapped on a Cascade helmet and an STX Goalmaster and set out to learn the position of lacrosse goalie from scratch. I made every rookie mistake a goalie can make. I also fell in love with the sport and I've been coaching lacrosse ever since.
That's the whole reason Lax Goalie Rat exists. The podcast. The summits. Lax Rat Academy. It all traces back to the same frustration: when I was coming up, there was no good coaching to be found. I'm building the thing I wish someone had built for me.
I played at Cal. I've run 18 Lacrosse Goalie Summits, 4 Long Pole Summits, 2 Girls Lax Summits, and the Lax Attack Summit. Nearly 300 podcast episodes. I've coached kids from the Bay Area to Buenos Aires. And now I'm building the thing that's been missing all along — a real training program for lacrosse players who don't happen to live in a Northeast lacrosse Mecca.
Lax Rat Academy is that program. If your kid's all in, come join the crew.
Meet Your Coaches.
We hired All-Americans — not retired Dads, not rec coaches, not some guy with a whistle. The kids who are doing this right now at the highest level of college lacrosse.
Everything You Get as a Lax Rat.
VIP passes to those summits have sold for $90+ each.
That's over $2,000 of coaching content included the day you join.What Lacrosse Parents Are Saying.
I just need somebody to give me a formula and say, this is what your son needs to do to get really, really good.
When the college kid says it, the kids actually listen. It just carries a lot more weight than Dads spewing stuff at them.
One of the greats is asking him to go do this. He doesn't want to let them down.
You don't have to be from Long Island or Maryland to get where you want to go.
Less Than One Private Lesson a Month.
A single private lacrosse lesson runs $100 an hour in most markets. One session a month puts you at $1,200 a year — with one coach, one position, one hour at a time.
Lax Rat Academy gets you weekly coaching from a roster of All-Americans, a community, film review, and 25+ summits of content — for less than a single in-person lesson per month.
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We've Got Your Back — 15-Day No-Risk Guarantee.
This training can take your player's game to a whole new level — and that's not hype. It's based on the real results these coaches have gotten with their own players.
But if you don't feel like you're getting value, just email Coach Damon and Team Lax Rat Academy within 15 days of joining, and we'll give you a no-hassle refund. No guesswork. Take the training and see for yourself.
If it works the way we think it will, your player will never be the same — walking onto the field with real confidence, because they've trained with the best college players in the game. It's really a no-brainer.
Who This Is Actually For.
This is for you if…
- Your kid is 10 to 15 and genuinely wants to get better — not just show up to practice.
- You live somewhere that isn't a lacrosse Mecca, and you're tired of driving 2 hours to the one good trainer.
- Your kid will listen to a college player in a way they will never, ever listen to you.
- You want to learn the game yourself — and know more about lacrosse than most coaches in your area within a few months.
- You ended up coaching the team — sometimes by accident — and want a real practice plan, not a YouTube search.
- Your kid is ready to commit to 20 minutes, a few times a week, of real work.
This isn't for you if…
- You want a passive video library your kid will watch once and never open again.
- You're looking for private 1-on-1 coaching — this is group coaching with community.
- You expect to hand your kid a screen and have a pro magically appear at your house.
- Your kid is on the fence about even playing next season — this is for players who actually want to get better.
- You expect overnight results and a highlight reel by Friday.
- You want a guaranteed D1 scholarship — we build better players, not recruiting promises.
Questions Parents Ask.
Your Kid Is Ready. Let's Go.
If you've been reading my emails, listening to the podcast, or coming to the summits — you already know where I stand on coaching kids right. Lax Rat Academy is the thing I've been building toward this whole time. Come check it out.
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