Girls Lacrosse Camp at NC State University
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27607
Overview
GameBreaker Lacrosse is excited to announce that will be running an overnight camp at NC State University in Raleigh this summer. Lacrosse campers will work on their individual stick skills and positional training, learn team concepts, and situational gameplay daily. Join us this summer for a great week of lacrosse training and improvement!
About Our Coaches
Coach Rebecca Sheinfeld is currently in her first season as the Assistant Coach at Mercer University.
Sheinfeld was formerly the head coach of the Methodist women's lacrosse team where she compiled an overall record of 8-8 with a USA South conference mark of 6-5 in her first season as head coach at MU.
After two struggling season during the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2022 season witnessed the program's first winning season since 2017. Sheinfeld led the team to an overall record of 10-8 with a conference record of 7-3. The team finished the season on a five game win streak before falling short in the USA South Conference Tournament semifinals to No. 1 seed Meredith. This was the team's first time returning to postseason play since 2019. Sheinfeld coached five players to USA South All-Conference honors (two first-team, three second-team). Highlights from the season included Kayla Nee setting a new program record for single season assists (46) and midfielder Julee Delellis being selected to play in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Senior All-Star game.
2019 saw the Monarchs reel off six consecutive victories, their longest win streak since 2006. Included in the streak was a 13-9 win over William Peace in the first round of the USA South Conference Tournament to earn Methodist only its second postseason victory in a decade. The Monarchs fell to the eventual conference champion and top-seeded Meredith College in the semifinals. Sheinfeld oversaw three Methodist players earn all-conference honors, including first-teamer Sam Short.
A four-year letterwinner on the women's lacrosse team at NCAA Div. I Campbell, Sheinfeld spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Messiah College prior to coming to Methodist.
While a GA at Messiah, Sheinfeld helped the Falcons to a pair of MAC Commonwealth Conference titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances. In addition to assisting on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball, Sheinfeld worked in all aspects of recruiting, as well as the development and management of special events such as the 20th Anniversary Celebration and the team's clinics and camps. Following her first season at Messiah, she served a summer internship in the Office of Academic Support in Athletics at Villanova University.
The Falcons were ranked as high as No. 4 nationally in 2017 and advanced to round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament. In 2018, Messiah was ranked as high as No. 12 and had six all-conference selections, including the conference Defensive Player of the Year.
Prior to attending Messiah to pursue her master's degree in higher education, Sheinfeld was a member of Campbell University's inaugural women's lacrosse team. Sheinfeld appeared in 65 games with 57 starts in her career for the Camels. She served as a team captain during her junior and senior seasons and wrapped up her career with 42 goals, 19 assists, 68 ground balls and 44 draw controls playing primarily in the midfield.
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*
