Bryn Mawr College Girls Lacrosse Camp
Pennsylvania LAX Training at Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Overview
GameBreaker is excited to announce a new Pennsylvania girls lacrosse camp this summer. Bryn Mawr College offers great amenities, including spacious dorms, an all-you-can-eat dining hall, and beautiful athletic fields. Overnight and extended day camper options are offered. Join us for a great week of lacrosse and new friends this summer!
About Our Coaches
Coach Denise Roessler is the new Women's Lacrosse Head Coach for Stockton University. She recently served as Stockton's interim head coach for the 2023 season going 12-5 overall. Coach Roessler joined the previous Stockton staff as an assistant coach prior to the 2022 campaign. Coach Roessler came to Stockton after seven years as the head coach at Bryn Athyn, where she was the winningest coach in program history and led the Lions to three conference tournament appearances.
Coach Roessler also spent 17 seasons at the Division I level, including 16 years and 89 wins at St. Joseph’s University. She was voted Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year in 2009. Coach Roessler also was the head coach at LaSalle University in its inaugural season of 1998.
In addition to her collegiate experience, Coach Roessler began serving on the coaching staff for the German National Team in 2016 and was named head coach in 2020. She played on the collegiate level at Old Dominion, earning her bachelor’s degree in sports medicine in 1995.
Camp Details
Check-in/out: Overnight and Extended Day Campers check-in at 12:00 pm on the first day of camp and check out at 12:00 pm on the last day. On the second and third day of camp, the extended day campers will arrive at 8:45 am and get picked up at 9:00 pm.
Age & Ability: Camp is open to ages 8-16, all ability levels welcome.
Meals Provided: Overnight campers will be provided with all meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. Extended day campers will be provided with Lunch and Dinner
Camp Curriculum:
Fundamental Stick Work- Specialized stick routines and targeted fundamental drills
Position Specific Training-
Defense- including a rotation of midfielders
Footwork - pivoting, recovery and angles
Stickwork - clearing, carrying, grounds balls and stick protection
Field Awareness - man up or man down situations, on and off ball defensive play
Body Positioning - ABCDs of defense (for 1 on 1 defense)
Attack-
Situational Awareness - spacing, vision and offensive flow
Shooting - 8 meters, on the run, shot placement and selection, and faking before shooting
Dodging - from X, face dodge, split dodge, roll dodge
Transitioning- Riding the ball
Midfield-
Situational Awareness - spacing, vision, and offensive flow
Shooting - 8 meters, on the run, shot placement and selection and faking before shooting
Dodging - from X, face dodge, split dodge, roll dodge
Defensive Play - body positioning and field awareness
Transitioning- Riding the ball, fast breaks both offensively and defensively, settling
Goalie-
Communication - ball positioning, dictating the defense’s positions and player positioning
Mechanics - placement in cage, off stick and stick-side movement, reaction time, hand/eye coordination
Clearing - moving the ball quickly, communicating where to go with the ball and stick work
Draw Specialist-
Mechanics - footwork and body positioning
Taking the Draw - pushing , pulling, or self-drawing, ball tracking
Circle - speed work, ground balls, ball tracking, and reaction time
Unsettled Situational Game Play, focused on special awareness specific to game-like situations-
2v1, 3v2- Fast play from the elbows and X
Crossfield 3v2 continuous play
3v4 off ground ball and clears
Full field transitional continuous play
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’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, lacrosse tic-tac-toe racing, lacrosse head-shoulders-knees-toes-ball, and other leadership and team building activities
Game Play- 7v7, small sided games, full field scrimmage, situational gameplay, clearing and riding the ball
Chalk Talk- Reviewing techniques and game theories regarding specific positioning and game-like situations
*Curriculum Varies Per Location and Director*
*For Sample Times of Daily Schedule, Visit Highlights Page*
Reviews (3)
Melanie I. - Parent My daughter went to camp as a huge lacrosse enthusiast. By the time she came home from camp I saw someone who was even more in love with the sport. I did not think that was possible, the coaches did a great job enhancing her passion for the game.
Vicky P. - Camper I loved my time at camp with my friends this summer. All of the coaches gave us a lot of helpful information on how to get better.
Willy R. - Parent The GameBreaker camp we sent my daughter to was great. She had so much fun with all the friends she met.
