Unbuckled Chinstrap with Jules Heningburg

The Archer's newest star talent, Grant Ament, joins the podcast this week. Grant and Jules discuss their bet that sparked a buzz on social media, Big Ten lacrosse, the PLL's toughest defenders, and more!

On this week's episode Redwoods captain and lacrosse icon, Kyle Harrison, joins the podcast. Kyle and Jules talk about the development of Kyle's game and longevity throughout his career, his opinion on the greatest lacrosse players of all time, running a business as a professional lacrosse player, the role he plays in the sport, and a ton more!

Professional lacrosse pioneer and the new Head of Player Experience for the PLL, Brian Silcott, joins the podcast. Brian has a deep lacrosse background as he coached and played in both college and professional lacrosse for over 10 years. Brian tells about his experiences on what it was like growing up and playing lacrosse as a person of color, what the professional lacrosse landscape looked like in the early days, and how he intends to help grow the sport for the better.

The PLL's top defensemen, Matt Dunn, joins Jules on this weeks episode of Unbuckled Chinstrap. A former high school basketball forward, Matt talks about how training for basketball helped mold his mindset. He also tells about his first experiences as a freshman at Maryland, and how he was shaped into the elite defensemen that he is today.

On this episode of Unbuckled, Waterdogs attackman, Ryan Drenner, joins the podcast. In 2019, Ryan's clutch performances helped lead the Whipsnakes to the first PLL championship. Then in 2020, he was drafted in the expansion roster to the Waterdogs. Ryan and Jules talk about the transition from the Whips to the Waterdogs, his experience and performance at the 2020 Championship Series and where he looks to take his game in 2021. They also talk about the hardships of becoming a father his senior year at Towson University and the inspiration his son, Beckham, provides for him.

One of the most efficient attackman in the PLL, Eric Law, joins this episode of Unbuckled. Eric and Jules dive into his non-flashy playing style that led him to lead the Atlas in points in 2019. They also talk about his efforts with City Lax, helping young kids in underserved neighborhoods in Denver with educational and enrichment opportunities through the sport of lacrosse. Make sure to check out City Lax on their website at https://citylaxdenver.org/, or on Instagram at @denvercitylax Please rate and review and leave a question you'd like us to ask an athlete on future shows. Let us know your favorite bits from the episode by tagging us at @UnbuckledPod and you can follow Eric on Instagram and Twitter at @elaw_15.

On this episode of Unbuckled, the PLL's back-to-back goalie of the year, Blaze Riorden, joins the show to discuss his thoughts on how the goalie position deserves more respect. Following the 2020 PLL Player's Top 50, Blaze sent out social media posts expressing that the goalie position has the biggest impact on the game but players may only see the impact in the goals being scored. Jules and Blaze take a deep dive into why the goalie position has the biggest impact on the game, why it's often not respected as much as an offensive position, and the untold story of Blaze's face-to-face confrontation with Matt Gaudet after he had trash talked him on live television.

Archers LSM, Scott Ratliff, joins Jules on this episode of Unbuckled Chinstrap. One of the fiercest competitors in the PLL, Ratliff explains his thoughts around the best trash talkers in the game, playing with a cut-down stick, growing the game on a global scale, and more... Ratliff is the Co-Found of the Give & Go Fund, which was created with the mission to empower underserved lacrosse programs worldwide. In the last few years he has run clinics in Costa Rica, Denmark, and the Netherlands and 20 countries overall.

On this episode of Unbuckled Chinstrap, Whipsnakes star faceoff specialist, Joe Nardella, joins the podcast. Joe tells about hosting Jules as a recruit at Rutgers, his toughest opponents to game plan for, how growing up in a wrestling household molded his scrappy game, and more...

On this episode of Unbuckled, Chaos midfielder, Deemer Class joins the podcast. Deemer comes on to discuss the injury that caused him to be out in 2020, lessons that he learned at Duke lacrosse, coaching the women's game at the collegiate level, and more...