Choate Rosemary Hall Girls Overnight Lacrosse Camp
Choate Rosemary Hall School
Wallingford, CT 06492
Overview
GameBreaker moves to Choate Rosemary Hall School in Connecticut for a girl's summer lacrosse camp. Choate 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 this CT lax camp. Join us this summer for a great week of lacrosse and new friends!
About Our Coaches
Mandy Beck is in her third year of coaching GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps. She is a recent graduate from Lindenwood University where she contributed to a record setting season in their second year of Division I. Prior to Lindenwood, she played four years at Roger Williams University. Beck won three conference championships while at RWU, serving as captain her senior year. In 2022 and 2023, she earned a spot on the Commonwealth Coast Conference First Team and IWLCA All-Region Team. Beck was named the CCC Offensive Player of the Year in 2022 and selected for the IWLCA Senior All Star game in 2023.
Mandy Beck is a first grade teacher in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. She is excited to share her experience and love for the game at the GameBreaker Lacrosse Camp.
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 are 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 the 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 the 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, 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)
Henry L. - Parent Thank you for time spent with my daughter during camp. She really seemed to learn a lot at camp and enjoy her experience there. She is very determined to make the needed corrections and work hard to achieve her goals in lacrosse.
Ralph D. - Dad I wanted to let you all know that I was very impressed with the caliber of your staff. The level of instruction was excellent and their focus on teamwork and sportsmanship is something that we value greatly. I will highly recommend your camp.
Danielle A. - Camper I loved this camp. I learned a ton of new techniques that will make me a better player. I can\'t wait to show off my new skills. Thank You!!
