Avon Old Farms Boys Lacrosse Camp
Avon Old Farms School
Avon, CT
Overview
GameBreaker returns to Avon Old Farms, Connecticut for this boys summer lacrosse camp. Avon boasts tremendous facilities including great dorm living, an all-you-can-eat dining hall and several fields (both grass and turf). Lacrosse campers will work on their individual stick skills and positional training, learn team concepts and scrimmage daily. Overnight and extended day camper options are offered at Avon Old Farms. Join us this summer for a great week of lacrosse training and improvement!
About Our Coaches
Connor Samuelson is the current Assistant Coach at Williams College. He joined the staff after having spent the past two years as an assistant coach at Division I University of Hartford. At Hartford Samuelson served as an assistant defensive coordinator, social media coordinator and was the director of camps and clinics.
Samuelson was a four-year letterman, standout defenseman and senior captain at Springfield College for the nationally ranked Pride team.
Starting all four years, Samuelson led the Pride to two NCAA Sweet 16 appearances and four NEWMAC titles as the Pride climbed as high as ninth in the national poll. In his career at Springfield Samuelson was a two-time All-NEWMAC First Team selection, All-New England, All-IMLCA North Region, All-ECAC honoree and played in the 75th Nike USILA North/South Game and was selected to play in the NEILA East/West Game.
Additionally, at Longmeadow (MA) High School Samuelson earned U.S. Lacrosse All-America honors
Camp Details
Check in/out: Overnight and Extended Day Campers check in at 12pm on the first day of camp and Check out at 12pm on the last day. On the second and third day of camp the extended day campers will arrive at 8:45am and get picked up at 9:00pm.
Age & Ability: Camp is open to boys ages 8-16, all ability levels welcomed.
Meals Provided: Overnight campers will be provided with all meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Extended day campers will be provided with Lunch and Dinner
Camper Schedule:
1st Day
12:00pm – Registration and Check in
1:00pm-2:00pm - Orientation
2:00pm-4:30pm - Afternoon Lacrosse Session
4:30pm-5:00pm - Team Building Activities
5:00pm-5:45pm - Dinner
6:00pm-9:00pm – Evening Lacrosse Session / Extended Day Pick up
10:00 – Lights Out
2nd and 3rd Days
7:45am-8:30am – Breakfast (Overnight Campers Only)
8:45am - Extended Day Drop Off
9:00am-11:30am - Morning Lacrosse Session
11:30am-12:30pm - Lunch
12:30pm-1:30pm - Group Activities and Games
1:30pm-4:00pm - Afternoon Lacrosse Session
4:00pm-5:00pm – Leadership Driven Group Activities
5:00pm-5:45pm - Dinner
6:00pm-9:00pm - Evening Lacrosse Session / Extended Day Pick up
10:00 – Lights Out
4th Day
7:45am-8:30am – Breakfast (Overnight Campers Only)
8:45am – Extended Day Drop Off
9:00am - 11:30am - Morning Lacrosse Session
12:00pm - Closing Award Ceremonies
12:15pm-1:15pm - Check Out
Morning Training Session
Developmental Stick Work
Specialized stick routines involving box and targeted fundamental drills
Position Specific Training
Defense - including a rotation of midfielders
Footwork – pivot, recovery and angles
Stick work – clearing, carrying and stick protection
Field Awareness – slide, recovery and on ball play
Attack
Situational Awareness – spacing, vision and offensive flow
Shooting– time and room, on the run, shot placement and selection
Dodging – from, X the ally and up top
Riding – drop back, pressure and 10-man rides
Midfield
Situational Awareness – spacing, vision and offensive flow
Shooting– time and room, on the run, shot placement and selection
Dodging – from, X the ally and up top
Defensive Play – body positioning, field awareness and sliding
Goalie
Communication - ball positioning, dictating the defensemen’s position and slides
Mechanics – placement in cage, off stick and stick side movement
Clearing – moving the ball quickly, communicating where to go with the ball and stick work
Face Off Specialist
Mechanics – footwork and body positioning
Outlets – pushing the ball to wings, communicating how and where they should go
Draw – speed work, counter moves and development of additional moves
Afternoon Training Session
Unsettled Situational Game Play, focused on special awareness specific to each type of situation
2v1 Fast play from the ally, X and Y
Cross field 3v2 continuous play
3v4 off ground ball and clears
Full field transitional continuous play
Grouped Position Specific Training- Attack vs. Defense, Midfield vs. Midfield and LSM’s
1v1’s, 2v2’s 3v3’s, 4v4’s– from all positions on the field focusing in
on specific game philosophy’s, techniques and spatial awareness
Specialized Team Building and Leadership Events
Lacrosse capture the flag, lax baseball, lax water balloons, lax maze runner, ultimate lacrosse and other leadership activities
Evening Training Session
Game Play - Clear ride scrimmage, full field scrimmages, camp championship tournament, 7 vs 7, box lacrosse tournament
Daily Award Ceremony
Reviews (10)
Bill S. - Parent Your camp staff was fantastic. They are clearly professionals with proven track records. They gave individual attention and shared useful information and instruction with a positive attitude. My son benefited greatly from this camp and will be back next year.
Laura W. - Mom Great experience for our son. The camp was well planned and organized by your staff. He not only seemed to improve his lacrosse skills but also had a great time during his week there.
Kyle G. - Camper I learned a ton of new things at camp that will help me this season. I had a great time hanging out with my new friends.
Henry L. – Camper Camp was great at Avon. This was the first time I went away to a sleepaway camp and I had a blast. It was a new experience for me and the coaches made sure everyone knew each other so we could all become friends. I keep telling my mom I want to come back next year.
Missy P. – Mom My son was relatively new to the game of lacrosse and was nervous that he would be grouped up with all of the younger kids but that was not the case. The coaches did a great job of splitting up the groups so that no one would feel self-conscious about what group they were in. It was easy to tell this coaching staff has plenty of experience.
Mark I. – Camper I really liked all of the variations of drills that we practiced at camp. The drill that helped me the most was the fast break drill that resulted in a 4 on 3 in the offensive zone. This was one of the drills that I can relate into my game the most since I normally play the wing on face offs. The coaches gave me some pointers on how to find the open man without tipping the defender off to who I was passing too.
Wayne M. – Dad We sent my older son to camp this summer and he had such a great time we are already planning to send his brother next year too. GameBreaker put on a great camp for all ages regardless if you are an accomplished player or picked up a stick for the first time. Overall, my son had a phenomenal time.
Gregory H. – Camper My time at camp was awesome! I made tons of friends and learned a lot about lacrosse. One of my favorite parts was the attention the coaches gave each one of us. They were very detailed when giving instruction and it was easy to correct what I did wrong.
Tyler K. – Camper Coach Keith was a great teacher. He showed us how to properly follow through on our shots so that we can shoot with better accuracy. I even set up a target in my net at home and with Coach Keith’s teaching I can hit the target more regularly. I can’t wait to play during my season and score goals.
Pauline E. – Mom After we got home from camp I had to go out and buy a pitch-back for my son. He loves coming home from school and going outside for hours practicing throwing and catching with his left hand. He said the coaches told him to keep practicing with his left hand until it was as strong as his right and he has taken that to heart.
