Reddit mentions of Legacy

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Legacy-James-Kerr/dp/147210353X

If you google "sweep the shed" it comes up with hundreds of articles about the ABs. It's even in the the blurb of this book.

>Champions do extra.

>They sweep the sheds.

This was an All Blacks policy brought in after the 2007 world cup QF loss to the French. James Kerr wrote about it in his book "Legacy" which has become pretty popular with sports management types.

> "the point of the policy is to wean out inflated egos and make everything about the team, with his central belief being you can’t 'be a positive person on the field and a prick off it'."

https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/all-blacks-no-dickheads-allowed/

Aside from being a team of high performing players, they are a great team in the way they operate. For example, Richie McCaw (arguably one of the greatest Rugby players of all time) started a tradition where the senior leadership of the team clean up the changing sheds after each game. On flights they will often let others go first and spend time helping people.

A lot of this was all developed as the leadership at NZ Rugby spent years researching top performing sports teams, including extensive sessions with the San Antonio Spurs, New England Patriots, Manchester City FC among others. The impact of this learning resulted in Roy Keane (former Manchester United captain) spending time with the All Blacks as part of earning his UEFA Pro License (for coaching)

A great read of how they operate is Legacy by Michael Kerr. Whilst there are things that all professional sports have unique, the thing that needs to be considered is that the All Blacks are similar to the Hockey Canada and their mens team - where they can pick the best players from NZ to play.

What do you want to do with coaching, long-term? That answer will have some effect on your next steps as far as what you're willing to do to get it.

As others have said, learning from people in informal settings. The formal coaching education path is a lot more forged than it used to be, but the majority of learning as a coach happens through informal means. Formal coaching education is stuff like USL clinics, conferences, etc. Informal education is all the rest of it--talking to people, shadowing other coaches' practices, etc. These are only going to happen if you want them to and are somewhat aggressive about pursuing them.

I'm similar to you. Played MCLA, in my fourth year of HS coaching, USL-2, and not in a hotbed area. A lot of my learning is online, stuff like Duke's coaching clinics are available and useful in that regard.

http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=2027&SPSID=654167

There are also Facebook groups for coaches as well as lacrosse coaches. Check out Coaching Mastery Group as a decent example.

I listen to a lot of podcasts, both specific to lacrosse and about coaching more broadly. Winning Youth Coaching is a great podcast about sports coaching overall with some lacrosse specific coaches on there too, including the host. http://winningyouthcoaching.com/

I'm attending the University of Denver's online MA in sport coaching program. It's awesome, but definitely only a move if you're serious about coaching as more of a career interest due to the tuition tag.

I made /r/coachingarticles as a sort of bookmark folder for me to link dump stuff that I've found useful, from my grad program and otherwise.

I also read a lot. Petro's Lacrosse Book is a good one: https://www.amazon.com/Lacrosse-Technique-Tradition-Second-Classic/dp/0801884101

Oh, LaxPlayBook.com has a free youtube channel that is a good resource too. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOeQMADCPxLvt3bMc92iAA

Ultimately though, now that you're past the basics/x's and o's stage, it's going to come down to a lot of individual player management, team culture, team leadership, etc. more than it is new schemes and plays. That means you've got sport psych and stuff to read too, and there are tons of books out there about building team culture, etc. Legacy by James Kerr is an excellent one.