Beginning Lacrosse Player? Keep These Tips in Mind
Trying something new can be incredibly exciting, a little unnerving, or both at the same time. And guess what? That's completely normal! Even if you've thought through your decision to start playing lacrosse and feel good about it, you'll probably still feel nervous the first time you step onto the field. There's nothing wrong with that – it just means you're human and you care. Here's the truth: you probably won't be incredible at lacrosse the first time you pick up a stick. But it's all about progression. As long as you get better each time you practice, you'll be amazed at the progress you've made when you look back at your first day in a few months. With the right mindset, this process is going [Read More>]
Here Are 3 Tips (& 3 Drills) to Improve Your Lacrosse Attack Skills
There are a number of keys to being successful in lacrosse. However, one of the most crucial points of all concerns shooting and goal scoring from those on attack because it's awfully hard to win lax games when you can't score more goals than your opponent! Our GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps are structured in such a way that we have specific periods of time during camp that focus on improving your shooting and attack skills, but we also mix it into so many other areas of the game. Here are some of the skills our coaches will focus on at all locations across the country: shooting drills, ground balls, defense (team and individual), fast breaks, dodging, stick skills, triangle offense, clears, face-off and wing play, and man [Read More>]
3 Most Essential Skills Every Lacrosse Player Needs to Know
At GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps, our directors make sure to spend time developing the mental and physical side of each player to help them reach the next level the following season and beyond. This is accomplished by bringing in people within the sport who play for national teams, top college programs, and other highly rated educational institutions. What's really helpful is that they don't just see themselves as coaches – they are role models representing the game they love, and they want to pass that love and passion down to the generations behind them. Whether you're participating in one of our GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps or you're planning to arrive at one of our many other locations across the country, there are certain aspects of the game our [Read More>]
Improve Your Lacrosse Shooting Skills With These 3 Tips (Plus a Drill)
There are a number of keys to being successful in lacrosse. However, one of the most crucial points of all concerns shooting and goal scoring because, well, in order to win a lax game, a team has to score more goals than their opponent! Our GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps are structured in such a way that we have specific periods of time during camp that focus on improving your shooting, but we also mix it into so many other areas of the game. Here are some of the skills our coaches will focus on at all locations across the country, like at our GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps: shooting drills, ground balls, defense (team and individual), fast breaks, dodging, stick skills, triangle offense, clears, face-off and wing play, and [Read More>]
How Women’s Lacrosse Players Can Cash in on 8-Meter Opportunities
There are certain scoring opportunities in lacrosse that are more advantageous than others. If you’re more of a beginner and aren’t totally sure about what the 8-meter arc is, then we’re here to break it down for you and how it relates to women’s lacrosse. When an offensive player is fouled during the middle of a lacrosse game, they’re placed at one of the seven hash marks eight meters from the goal that’s the closest spot to where the foul occurred. Players inside the arc must clear out and be at least four meters away from the player who was fouled. The player who committed the foul is directly behind the player with the ball at the hash mark. Once everything is set up and the [Read More>]
What Does it Take to Be a Tough Lacrosse Player?
Depending on who you ask, the definition of toughness in the world of sports varies based on the situation. What one person thinks is toughness may or may not cross over into other sports. Even if an athlete seems to be naturally tough, it’s a quality that has to get honed over a period of time for it to really make a difference on the field or court. Whenever we’re in the heat of the moment, athletes believe that they’re tough – until they use the benefit of hindsight to see that they could’ve been much tougher than they actually were (or are now). This is all true on the lacrosse field, too. When it comes to our GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps, we try to focus on [Read More>]
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