Sankofa Lacrosse Interviews Part 2

Fred Opie interviews University of Virginia alum and LXM Pro John Christmas and Onondaga CC's Kieondre Woody members of the SanKofa Lacrosse Team. Opie played lacrosse at Syracuse University and on the 1990 U. S. National Team. 

Sankofa Lacrosse Interviews: [watch now] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sankofa+lacrosse+interviews&sm=1

LXM Pro Lacrosse Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S61rf8UxH6M

Sankofa Lacrosse Team Roster: http://www.laxmagazine.com/genrel/10113_sankofa_lacrosse_alliance

Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan

Frederick Douglass Opie is an invited halftime speaker at a fall youth Lacrosse tournament at Lincoln Sudbury High School in Massachusetts in November 2013. In this halftime talk Opie challenges players, coaches, and parents to redefine success on and off the field. He says that success and failure in most instances are planned events and that stress is most often comes from lack of preparation. He shares how he as person with ADD/ADHD as taken steps to succeed over the years. Opie played lacrosse at Syracuse University and on the 1990 U. S. National Team. He is Professor of History and Foodways at Babson College.

One Nation Lacrosse [Watch Now 7 min 19 sec] http://onenationlax.com/

Helping Boys Develop Friendships: [Listen 17 min: 51 sec] http://www.npr.org/2011/08/24/139912898/moms-helping-boys-form-deep-friendships

Parents and Athletic Series: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=Sports%2C+Psychology%2C+and+Parents

Coach You Have A lot Of Influence: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/2012/06/be-careful-what-you-say-to-people-you.html

What Makes A Good Coach? [Listen Now 52 min 50 sec] http://wosu.org/2012/allsides/what-makes-a-good-coach/

Coaching Series: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=coach

Lessons from My Graduate School Experience: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=Graduate+School

Sankofa Lacrosse Interviews Part 1

Fred Opie interview SanKofa Lacrosse Team members Jovan Miller (Syracuse All American midfielder) and Milton Lyles (UNC defensemen) on October 25, 2013 on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Opie played lacrosse at Syracuse University and on the 1990 U. S. National Team. 

Sankofa Lacrosse Team Member Interviews: [Watch Now] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sankofa+lacrosse+interviews&sm=1

Jovan Miller the Activist: http://dailyorange.com/2012/11/millers-action-causes-equipment-company-to-pull-controversial-slogan/

Syracuse’s Jovan Miller: http://www.suathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7898

Syracuse Lacrosse Stories: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Tom%22

UNC’s Milton Lyles: http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205497599

UNC Lacrosse Stories: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=unc

SanKofa Lacrosse Team Makes Its Debut Part 2

Chazz Woodson (Brown University alum) and Kyle Harrison (Johns Hopkins University alum) are the co-founders of the SanKofa Lacrosse Team.  They share their vision for the concept of the team with members of the team, the English National Team, and members of the Brown University Men's and Women's lacrosse teams.  Fred Opie recorded the event on October 25, 2013 on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. 

Sankofa Lacrosse Team Member Interviews: [Watch Now] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sankofa+lacrosse+interviews&sm=1

Kyle Harrison Related Stories: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=Kyle+Harrison

Lacrosse, Friendship, Sportsmanship, Competition, and Hard work

Fred Opie speak at the first annual One Nation event, a fall youth Lacrosse tournament which was held at Concord, high school in Concord Massachusetts in November 2012. Opies says, "In her book Team of Rivals, Harvard Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin argues that Abraham Lincoln became one of the greatest U. S. presidents because he made his political rivals members of this cabinet and his closet advisors. I didn't have as much wisdom and foresight as Lincoln but the same scenario happened when I joined the Long Island Hofstra lacrosse club in 1987. I became teammates with Hopkins rivals John DeTommaso "Deto," Larry Quinn, and Brad McClain." Fred Opie is a Professor of History and Foodways at Babson College. He blogs about lacrosse here and food and history blog at http://www.foodasalens.com/

One Nation Lacrosse [Watch Now 7 min 19 sec] http://onenationlax.com/

Related Stories:

Building Male Relationship Through Lacrosse: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/2012/08/nurturing-healthy-male-relationships.html

Helping Boys Develop Friendships: [Listen 17 min: 51 sec] http://www.npr.org/2011/08/24/139912898/moms-helping-boys-form-deep-friendships

SanKofa Lacrosse Team Makes Its Debut Part 1

Fred Opie participated (as a keynote speaker and recorder of oral histories) in the inaugural event of the SanKofa Lacrosse Team lacrosse on October 25, 2013 on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. African-American lacrosse players from across the country came together for this historic event. Opie played lacrosse at Syracuse University and on the 1990 U. S. National Team. Opie  coaches lacrosse and share his experiences and insights of the game on this blog.

African Americans in Lacrosse Stories: http://lacrossememoir.blogspot.com/search?q=African+American