New York, NY Area Boys Lacrosse Summer Camp
MONTCLAIR KIMBERLEY ACADEMY
Montclair, NJ
Overview
GameBreaker returns to the Verona area this Summer at Montclair Kimberley Academy for another fun-filled week of lacrosse camp. Top New Jersey high school coach Dave Giarrusso will direct the program, joined by other high school coaches and NCAA players. Join us this summer for a great week of lacrosse instruction and new lax friends!
About Our Coaches
In his coaching career, Dave has won 3 CA state titles, NJ NPB state title and the Essex County title nine times and has coached over 20 High School All Americans as well as numerous NCAA student athletes and PLL professional players.
A 1988 graduate of Hingham, MA. Dave was a four year starter, captain and team MVP and is in their Hall of Fame. He played collegiately at the University of Vermont, where he was again a four year starter, captain and MVP. He began his coaching career at Saint Ignatius Prep in San Francisco, where he led the team to three straight California State championships and an undefeated season in 2002. He was voted Northern California coach of the year four times and Man of the Year for his effort in getting the sport sanctioned by the state. He was inducted into the Northern California lacrosse Hall of Fame.
David is a History teacher at Bergen Catholic HS, and a lecturer for the Positive Coaching Alliance. He is a long time HS club coach with the STEPS program, and a coach for the Garden State Cup. He resides in Verona, NJ with his wife and three sons.
Matt Diglio is the new boys lacrosse coach at Verona High School. Prior to coming to Verona High School, Matt has coached at Pequannock High School Boy’s Lacrosse Coach as the team's defensive coordinator. He has also coached for the BBL Elite team.
As a player, Matt played at Wayne Hills High School and collegiately at Montclair State University.
Camp Details
Check in/out: All campers check in daily at 9:00 am. The full day campers will check out daily at 3 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*
Reviews (3)
Kaitlin R. - Parent While watching my son play since the beginning of camp, I can see a vast improvement in his game. The coaches definitely did a great job. My son loved the camp and I would recommend this camp without any hesitation.
Luke E. - Parent We signed up for this camp at the last minute and are so glad we did. My son can’t stop talking about how much fun he had playing lacrosse. The coaches told him he was a natural!
Stacy M. - Parent This camp provides a good balance of lacrosse skill development and fun. My son really enjoyed his week at GameBreaker and I can see the improvement in his skills. We look forward to sending our younger son next year.
