Seven Hills School Girls Lacrosse Camp
Seven Hills School
Cincinnati, OH 45227
Overview
GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps offer players of all abilities and positions the opportunity to develop every aspect of their game while having fun building long-lasting relationships with their fellow campers, teammates, and coaches.
At our girl’s lacrosse camp at Seven Hills School in Cincinnati, OH campers will have the opportunity to train under one of the best coaches in the game, Coach Eddie Clark, Head Sycamore High School Women's Lacrosse Coach. Under Coach Clark’s guidance, the 4-day camp will be focused on providing each player fundamental instruction, individualized stick work, positional play and situational game play while engaging in a multitude of fun contests, camp games and leadership activities. Come join us for an unforgettable week of lacrosse and fun!
About Our Coaches
Eddie Clark has been the head girls lacrosse coach at Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio since 1999. He has amassed over 300 wins with an 85% winning percentage. Under his guidance Sycamore has been to the State Final Four ten times and won the Ohio Division I State Championship in 2007, 2009, and 2014. All three of these teams finished the season undefeated and were ranked in the top 25 nationally according to Lacrosse Magazine and Laxpower. At Sycamore, Eddie Coached 45 All Americans, 68 All State Players, and 141 All District players. Sycamore has had 37 players offered Division I lacrosse scholarships over the past 12 years. Before coming to Sycamore Eddie was the Offensive Coordinator for Ohio University and the Head Coach at Wicomico High School.
Coach Clark was also named the Offensive Coordinator for the Haudensaunee National lacrosse Team in the 2009 Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic. The Haudenosaunee Team finished eleventh in the World Cup with a 5 and 2 record. The Haudenosaunee team also participated in the Stars and Stripes Tournament, South of the Border Tournament, and The National Tournament. Along with coaching the Haudensaunee National lacrosse Team Coach Clark has also been the coordinator and Coach for the Great Lakes National Team nine times.
Camp Details
Check-in/out: All campers check in daily at 9:00 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 girls 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 abilities and levels are welcomed.
Meals: Campers are to bring their own lunch to camp.
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*
