Derek Shea

Chris (CoachUp client)

The first session with Coach Derek was very productive with my goalie daughter. He analyzed her level of play and focused on strengths and areas to improve. He made some subtle but really impactful changes during the session that left her more confident and excited to utilize in practice/games.

Coach Derek is a wealth of lacrosse knowledge and is very easy to approach for both the athlete and parent. We are definitely scheduling additional sessions as we tune up for her fall ball and then spring HS season.

Valarie (CoachUp client)

Coach Derek has been great to work with in general. He’s been extremely accommodating with scheduling time. As for the sessions themselves I can’t say enough positive things about our experience. He has been extremely patient and is willing to answer questions from both the player and parent.

The best thing I could say is that I expected to get positional coaching for my child to make up for the lack of coaching from our club. However, what I didn’t expect was that Derek would teach my child about the position. All of our past private lessons (not via CoachUp) have been about where to stand, move in the crease, or how to stop or catch the ball.

Derek does cover those things -- but he takes it a step further and teaches how to be part of the team, how to read the defense, how to communicate, how to attack, and not only to be a goalie, but to be a player on the field. That the position goes beyond standing between the pipes. That being a goalie is not always about being a “body in goal” but being a player on the field and using your perspective on the field as an advantage to your team. This has been fundamental and a perspective that my child has never been taught in the 2 years she’s been playing.

I’d like to add one more thing - He knows the rule of girl’s lacrosse and how it’s different from boys. His lessons include how to work and play within the rules and framework of girl’s lacrosse. As a parent of a girl goalie don’t think that you won’t get the correct coaching or that you’ll receive better coaching from a female goalie because Derek has never played girls lacrosse. He knows the game and even more than that is he knows the position.

Eddie (CoachUp client)

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Brett Lerner (JV Coach/ Goalie Coach Counterpart) (Testimonial)

Coach Derek and I worked along side each other at Franklin High School helping the schools goalies develop into confident goalies in the crease. Derek is patient and professional and does a great job at boosting goalies confidence and makes sure each athlete is performing at their highest level. He has helped many goalie pursue college ball dreams and will continue to do so for your athlete as well.