GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps Blog

It takes a special kind of person who wants to be a lacrosse goalie. Having that person step forward as a youth player is pretty rare because not only can they take a beating during any given game, practices aren’t all that fun. They spend most of their time at practice in the goal getting pelted by balls for hours upon hours.

No wonder they don’t think it’s fun, right? In order to develop into a great goalie, they need to learn and grow in a positive and fun environment. We keep that in mind for our GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps. All of [Read More>]

There’s no substitute for a lacrosse team that can effectively catch and throw passes to one another under pressure. There are a lot of defensive strategies that help lead to success, but if a squad has this one fundamental part of the game down, it’ll be hard for their opponents to stop them.

For youth lacrosse players who are more beginners than anything else, it’s important to keep things simple by emphasizing the basics. Once that becomes a natural reflex, it’ll then be time to introduce more complicated aspects.

Lacrosse is a game of constant movement and pressure, so it’s easy to panic [Read More>]

Lacrosse is an amazing game, but sometimes we can get caught up in everything that comes with it, like the competition. And we’re not just talking about the competition that takes place on the field – we’re talking about the comparing and contrasting that may go on between parents, coaches, and more. It’s important to know what’s really important for your child, especially at the early stages of their athletic career.

If there’s too much pushing that goes on, it could force a child to just drop the sport completely, which is pretty common as they approach their teenage years. That’s definitely [Read More>]

We say this lots of times here, but it’s worth saying again – great lacrosse teams are made during the season, but great lacrosse players are made in the offseason. However, that doesn’t mean your child should be spending every waking moment on the field trying to improve their skills.

They’re only kids once, and it’s important for them to strike some kind of balance in their lives when it’s not lacrosse season. Summer is great because they get a break from school, giving them a lot more time to do other things that are also fun. Should there be some lacrosse [Read More>]

Depending on your view of life, trying something new can mean one of two things: it can either be incredibly exciting, or it can be a little unnerving. Sometimes, it feels like a combination of both. And guess what? That’s completely normal!

Even if you’ve given the beginning your journey into the sport of lacrosse plenty of thought and voluntarily decided that it was the right thing to do, that won’t prevent you from being nervous the first time you step foot on the field. There’s nothing wrong with feeling this way – it just means that you’re human and you care.

What’s important [Read More>]

To those who play lacrosse, it’s more than just a sport – it’s a way of life. That’s exactly how all of our GameBreaker Lacrosse Camp Directors feel, too. Without this sport, the whole trajectory of their life would be different, and they don’t even want to spend a second thinking about what they’d be like without lacrosse!

There are many instances in which this sport provides metaphors for life, and it’s fun to use lacrosse as a way to make a difference and bring about positive change in this world. In the rat race of life and lacrosse, it’s easy to [Read More>]

Proper preparation is necessary for experiencing success on the lacrosse field. Whether we’re talking about finding time to do individual work to take your game to the next level or taking team practice seriously, it’s all important and needed. The biggest responsibility of a coach – and the best way to build credibility with their players – is to run a tight, focused, and productive practice.

If players can stay focused and approach practice as if it’s a game situation, then they’re more likely to see positive results on game day. With that in mind, what concepts should coaches be putting the [Read More>]