Warwick
Bringing another new location to the camp circuit this year, Warwick University will host the Midlands camp starting on Monday 25th August. Over the 3 day period, these camps will take players aged over 18 straight from the basics to advanced game situations with coaches from the top levels, this camp will improve you as a player and show you the key training techniques to keep improving you throughout the season. The £90 price includes a reversible jersey, lunch on Saturday and Sunday, and 13+ hours of coaching.
The schedule for the camp is as follows:
Monday August 25, 18:00-21:00
Opening session covering proper warm-up and cool down techniques, basic ball handling work combined with basic drills that teams and individuals can use throughout the season to keep improving.
Tuesday August 26, 10:00-16:00
Second session starting with full team warm-up, including stretching, ball drills and individual player skills specific to each position. We take a short lunch break where players are able to ask questions of the coaches, covering any topics especially important to the camp attendees. The afternoon session will take players from individual skills to multi player drills building on team offence, team defence and transitional play.
Wednesday August 27, 10:00-16:00
The third session will start with the morning being dedicated to advance situational play. We cover game situations and strategies encountered in the highest levels of Lacrosse. We will again take a lunch break where the coaches answer questions about the exercises and drills of the day. The afternoon is game time where we put into practice all the things we have learned throughout the camp. Coaches will be available after the game for analysis of players performance and explanations on how players can keep improving throughout the season using the drills from the camp.
This camp has the following instructors:
Kristen Waagbo - Currently an assistant coach at Navy, Kristen was a member of the USA U19 gold medal winning team in 2003 and is the all time season and career assist leader at Duke University.
Jen Greenburg - Our women’s defensive coach played four years at university of Maryland where she also developed and coached the universities summer camps.
Reese Baillie - Reese had a four year college career including time at division 2 powerhouse New York Tech. In 2005, Reese led all NCAA scorers with 6.24 points per game.
Travis Gillespie - is a two time Division 2 N.C.A.A champion with the Limestone Saints where he won three All-Conference, three All-American, and one Acedemic All-American awards. Travis was a member of Team Canada's U19 team where he won a silver medal while playing bigstick. Currently, Travis is coaching the New Westminster U17 and running a development team in Vancouver for players wishing to play in the N.C.A.A.
Travis Taylor - Currently in his third year coaching the men at Bristol University (3rd nationally) and first coaching the women (top 8 nationally). Travis has won one Canadian U19 championship and one NCAA title with Limestone.
We will also have a men’s defensive coach to be announced soon.
