Berwyn Sports Club Girls Lacrosse Camp
Berwyn Sports Club
Berwyn, PA 19312
Overview
GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps are proud to announce a summer lacrosse camp at The Berwyn Sports Club. The Berwyn Sports Club girl's lacrosse coaches will direct the boy's half-day camp. Join us this summer for a great week of lacrosse improvement and fun.
About Our Coaches
Duncan is the former Head Lacrosse Coach at The Shipley School, a Pre-K through 12th-grade day school founded in 1894 is located in Bryn Mawr, PA. Coach Duncan spent 19 seasons at The Shipley School. He has won six Friends’ Schools League championships, Coach of the Year honors and has had numerous All-League, All-State, and All-American players come through the program. Currently, Coach Duncan coaches youth club lacrosse with Team Ten Lacrosse.
Duncan started his career playing at storied Ward Melville, where he was part of a New York state championship team in 1992. He then went on to become one of the leading scorers in the nation while at Lehigh, as well as Patriot League Player of the Year. He remains the all-time leading goal scorer in Lehigh history. He then went on to coach at Whittier College in Southern California where he went 19-1 winning a WCLL Championship. After Whittier College, Coach Duncan moved to Pennsylvania and took over as Shipley’s Head Coach in 2002. Soon after taking over Shipley went on to win the first league title in Shipley boys lacrosse history, in 2005, while still playing in the Northeast League. After Shipley joined the Friends’ Schools League in 2006, the Gators under Duncan started an unprecedented run of success, winning FSL championships in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, while achieving runner-up status the last five years. The Gators also participated in the EPSLA state playoffs in 2005, 2006 and 2008.
Accordingly, to www.laxrecords.com, Duncan is now 11th on the all-time list of Pennsylvania high school boys’ lacrosse coaching wins with over 200 wins in his storied coaching career.
Coach Duncan has also coached for LB3, Dukes, and Mesa as well as many other club programs from San Diego back to Long Island. Coach Duncan has been a valued member of the GameBreaker Lacrosse family since 2010, directing multiple GameBreaker Lacrosse summer, fall and winter camps during his tenure.
Camp Details
Check in/out: All campers check in daily at 8:45 am and check out at 12:00 pm.
Age & Ability: Our day camp is open to girls ages 6-16. All abilities and levels are welcomed.
Camp Schedule
8:45 - Campers arrive and check in; Stretching and warm-up
9:15 - First Session - Individualized skill work
10:15 - Position-specific training
10:30 – Break, team building, and leadership events
10:45 – Unsettled situational gameplay
Fundamental Stick Work - Specialized stick routines 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 – 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
Clearing and Riding
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 and field awareness
Goalie
Communication - ball positioning, dictating the defense’s positions, and player positioning
Mechanics – placement in the cage, off stick and stick side movement
Clearing – moving the ball quickly, communicating where to go with the ball and stick work
Draw 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
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 the ground ball and clears
Full-field transitional continuous play
Chalk Talk - Reviewing techniques and game theories specific to the player's position and the week on field technical activities
Grouped Position Specific Training- Attack vs. Defense, Midfield vs. Midfield
1v1’s, 2v2’s 3v3’s, 4v4’s– from all positions on the field focusing in
on specific game philosophy, 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
Game Play - Clear ride scrimmage, full field scrimmages, camp championship tournament, 7 vs 7, small field lacrosse tournament
Daily Award Ceremony