8UpLax Camp - What to Expect From Our Potomac, MD Boy's Lacrosse Camp
Our clinic sharpens fundamental skills, provides a basis for at home practice, and aids young athletes in preparation for next season’s rec or club lacrosse tryouts!
Day 1 - 2.5 Hours 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Review and refine the fundamentals of lacrosse:
Basic Stick Skills - Proper hand placement for throwing, catching, and shooting
Advancing stick skills through dominant and off-hand passing - while on the move
Ground ball techniques for both short and long poles for scooping and boxing out opponents
Basic field IQ - creating outlets and off-ball movement
Skills games and drills
*Takeaways - Core lacrosse vocabulary with take-home handouts
Day 2 - 2.5 Hours 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Review and refine the more advanced fundamentals of lacrosse:
- Faceoff techniques and duties of field players during faceoff situations
- Fast break to settled offensive setups
- Defensive sets and basic slide movements for middies and long pole defenders
- Communication skills for the defense - middies and D-poles
- Dodging - detailed breakdowns of roll, face and split dodges
- Shooting skills and high value shot placements
- Non-contact scrimmage and drills
*Takeaways - Wall ball routine, face off routines, and more vocabulary handouts for self study.
About The Coaches
Merric Tate is a rising freshman at Georgetown Prep. He is a two-way midfielder, face off specialist, and Eagle Scout. Merric started playing lacrosse at age 4 with BLC Scoopers, played BLC rec for 3 years, moved to Greece in 5th grade where he co-founded the Athens Lacrosse Club, played BLC club for 3 years, Mater Dei School lacrosse for 3 years, and is now proudly playing for DC Express.
"I love lacrosse and want to help younger players learn the game and improve their skills, while having fun!"
Colin Shaivitz is a rising freshman at Good Council. He is a close defender for DC Express. He started playing for XYZLet's Do This!
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8UpLax Camp - Session One
$50.00
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Private Coaching with Merric
$25.00
Reserve an hour one-on-one coaching session with Merric. He is happy to help sharpen middie or face off specialist skills with your son.Quantity
