Personalized Face-Off Trainer, Mike McDonnell

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Personalized Face-Off Trainer, Mike McDonnell

Michael R. McDonnell
Owner and Director of Free Play Academy
C: +1 (571) 606-4802
 
I have a strong background in coaching, here is my resume:
● 4-year Letterman at the University of Michigan.
● Current national team player for Ireland.
● Short stint in the Professional Box Lacrosse Association.
● 10+ years as a coach, helping at various programs and clubs across the Washington
D.C. metro area, both in the field game & box game.
● Most recently held the head coaching position for the Potomac Gaels, a collegiate box
lacrosse team that competed at the National Collegiate Box Lacrosse series this past
summer.
● Founder and director of the Free Play Academy (est. 2021) that champions ecological
dynamics and the Constraint-Led Approach (CLA) for player development.
● Recently published a book, The Origins of Linear-Based Sport Development that dives
into the history of linear-based pedagogy in sport. Next publication will be The Adaptive
Lacrosse Player, Designing Youth Lacrosse Programs for the Modern Player.