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GameBreaker Boys Lacrosse Camp at Carthage College
Carthage College
Kenosha, WI 53140
Overview
GameBreaker Lacrosse is excited to announce that will be running a Wisconsin Day Camp at Carthage College in Kenosha. Lacrosse campers will work on their individual stick skills and positional training, learn team concepts, and situational gameplay daily. Half-day and day camper options are offered. Join us this summer for a great week of lacrosse training and improvement!
About Our Coaches
Congel became the next head women's lacrosse coach in 2023 while also leading the team's strength and conditioning program. Prior to receiving the interim tag in the middle of the 2023 season, Congel served as the team's assistant coach and defensive coordinator.
Congel was hired by Carthage in October of 2021 after spending two seasons as the head coach for the Summit Crimson team at Summit Lacrosse Club. During her time there, Congel implemented practice plans and game strategies, assisted in recruiting with college coaches, evaluated prospective athletes, maintained communication with athletes and current staff, and held yearly evaluations of players.
In addition to her role as head coach of the Summit Crimson Team at Summit Lacrosse Club and as the interim head women's lacrosse coach at Carthage College, Congel also currently has served as the head coach of Black Lax since 2022 and will serve as the head coach of the 2024 National Team at Black Lax. Prior to the Summit Lacrosse club team, she was the assistant field hockey and lacrosse coach at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo. where she successfully ran the program's first-year team, improving the season's record to 5-6-1 from a 2017 season record of 0-12. Congel organized practice plans, created a conditioning program, and managed the team schedule in regards to games, training, and off-field activities.
Congel also assisted the head coach with practice, games, scheduling, and program events as needed. Congel, a two-sport athlete at Syracuse University, played field hockey and lacrosse. While on the field hockey team from 2013-15, the team made two NCAA and ACC tournament appearances while making it to the National Championship game in 2015.
As a member of the lacrosse team from 2015-17, the team made an NCAA and ACC tournament appearance. Congel graduated from her hometown school of Syracuse with a Bachelors of Science in Child and Family Studies in 2017 and is currently completing a Masters of Education in Sports Leadership from Carthage College.
Camp Details
Check in/out: All campers check in daily at 8:45 am. The full day campers will check out daily at 3:00 pm with our half day campers checking out at 12:00 pm.
Age & Ability: Our camp is open to boys ages 6-16, Our half-day camp option is open to ages 6-10 and our full day camp option is open to ages 9-16. All ability and levels are welcomed.
Meals: Campers are to bring their own lunch to camp.
Camp Overview
Fundamental 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
Specialized Leadership Games and Events
Lacrosse capture the flag, lax baseball, lax water balloons, lax maze runner, ultimate lacrosse and other leadership activities
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
Lunch
Chalk Talk - Reviewing techniques and game theories specific to the players position and the weeks on field technical activities
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
Game Play - Clear ride scrimmage, full field scrimmages, camp championship tournament, 7 vs 7, box lacrosse tournament
Daily Award Ceremony
*Curriculum Varies Per Location and Director*
*For Sample Times of Daily Schedule, Visit Highlights Page*
