Westport Girls Lacrosse Camp
Staples High School & Wakeman Westport Fields
Westport, CT
Overview
GameBreaker is proud to return to Staples High School, partnering with Westport Continuing Education, for this Westport, Connecticut girls lacrosse camp. This camp is open to girls ages 6-16, camp runs 8:30-12 daily. Campers will learn individual stick skills, positional play, team concepts, and will scrimmage daily. We also hold many fun contests during the week for great prizes. Join us at this CT camp for an unforgettable week of lacrosse and fun!
About Our Coaches
Amy started her lacrosse career in Simsbury, CT where she broke school records for career and season goals scored. A 3x All-American midfielder at William Smith College, she helped bring the Herons to four NCAA finals.
In 2003 Amy moved to Hamburg, Germany to direct a new Women's lacrosse program. Starting in '06 the Hamburg Warriors won three back to back National Championship titles, and are now the largest program in continental Europe. Amy returned to the US in '09, coaching Fairfield Ludlowe High School to the Division II State Championship, including coaching three All-state players.
In addition to coaching youth lacrosse and high school clinics during the off season at Sono Field House, Amy is also a Coach for the CT Grizzlies. Amy is very excited to return to direct the GameBreaker Westport summer lacrosse camps.
Camp Details
Check in/out: All campers check in daily at 8:30 am with check out at 12:00 pm.
Age & Ability: Our camp is open to girls ages 6-16, all ability and levels are welcomed.
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*
Reviews (3)
Katie B. - Camper I had a fun time at the GameBreaker lacrosse camp I attended. My game improved a lot thanks to the help of the coaches. The prizes they gave out were awesome!
Nadine J. - Parent My daughter enjoyed attending your camp so much. I wish I sent her to camp earlier in the summer so I could have done multiple weeks. Thank You GameBreaker!
Melissa B. - Camper I had a blast at camp this summer. It was a great way to see how my skills stacked up against girls my age. I learned a lot that can take my game to the next level.
