Team NorCal Summer Beginner Day Camps
Team Norcal Beginner Day Camps
Beginner Camps 2023
Come check out the “fastest game on two feet”! Sports Illustrated recently called Lacrosse the “fastest growing sport in the U.S.” Our lacrosse camps offer the beginner a great chance to make friends and the opportunity to have fun learning a fantastic new sport! Did you know that Lacrosse was the most popular team sport at Mountain View and Palo Alto High School this year? NorCal Lacrosse provides excellent coaching and training, from staff who have been successful in High School, College, and beyond. Beginners will learn the fundamentals of lacrosse, in a very positive environment, and they will have fun doing it!!
Beginner Camps are for Boys and Girls age 6-17
Half Day (9AM-Noon $289) or Full Day (9AM-3PM $309) options
Requires NO previous experience in lacrosse
Loaner Equipment Provided at No Charge – Some of the drills during the course of the week will require equipment.
Sticks and full loaner equipment (helmet, pads, gloves) available to borrow at no extra cost.
Each summer our camps set new records for attendance. We are by far the biggest and most vibrant Lacrosse Day Camp in the San Francisco Bay Area. This, our 12th year, should be no different. Tired of camps with big promises and no individual instruction? The coaches from Team NorCal will help you make this a summer to remember. Over half of the High School players named All American and Academic All American by US Lacrosse in Northern California in 2013 through 2021 came from the Team NorCal program. We will have several well known college players and coaches participating in this years camps.
Team NorCal is the oldest and largest elite lacrosse development program in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over 400 boys and girls across 16 teams at Youth. Middle School and High School levels will represent Northern California in local, regional and national lacrosse tournaments in 2023.
HALF DAY AND FULL DAY OPTIONS
Beginner campers have two options – Half day (9AM till Noon each day) or Full Day (9AM-3PM). About 80% of our beginner campers attend full day, and frankly find that is both fun and helps them more quickly learn the sport. As the week progresses, we find in the afternoon we can take many of the Beginner players and move them up into some of the more junior intermediate groups, and get them actually really involved in game-like situations, and not merely practicing fundamentals. We encourage you to consider this for your Beginner player, if your time schedule permits.
Separate Boys and Girls Tracks
Separate fields, instructors, and drills. The Girls game is different than the Boys game, and so are the Camps! Girls are led by Colleen Niklaus, Director of Girl’s Programs, Team NorCal and former St Ignatius Coach Varsity Head Coach, where she led them to 4 #1 rankings in the State. Boys are led by Brent Tovrea and Taylor Sessions.
FREE LOANER EQUIPMENT
Especially for boys, equipment can be expensive. We have a large inventory of almost new equipment that we can let your child borrow for the camp week at no extra charge. Sticks, helmets, goggles, gloves, arm pads, shoulder pads, and mouthpieces. If you have your own equipment, by all means, please bring it, but we have you covered so you do not need to make a big investment to try out the sport.
Small and Large Beginners
We often get asked – how young to too young for this beginner camp? how old is too old to start the sport? The short answer is we make this camp work for beginners of all ages and sizes. We have kids as young as 6, and as old as 16. The youngest kids should probably be more athletic than their peers generally, but otherwise they often are the heroes of the camp. Probably half of our campers each week are in the Beginner track, so we have the ability to subsegment by age and size. On the Large side: we regularly have middle school and even 9th graders attend the camp because they want to play the sport in high school.
And this is a perfect setting to do so. We bunch the bigger Beginners together and move them up the ladder as quickly as possible.
MORE THAN JUST LACROSSE
6 hours is a long day just for a lacrosse beginner. That is why we have other activties interspersed into the day – that are group oriented and athletic, and keep everyone happy and engaged. Among the activities include capture the flag, lacrosse baseball, lacrossse dodgeball (with nerf balls), and water balloon toss – especially appreciated on hot days.
SPECIAL PROMOTION – REGISTER FOR TWO WEEKS OF BEGINNER CAMP AND GET A FREE STICK!
FOR NEW BEGINNER CAMPERS ONLY. REGISTER FOR TWO WEEKS IN SUMMER 2023, AND YOU WILL GET A NEW STICK (BOYS OR GIRLS) FOR YOU TO KEEP! More Details
LOCATIONS AND DATES SUMMER 2023
PALO ALTO: Stanford/Palo Alto Community Playing Fields, Palo Alto – June 12-15 , June 19-22, June 26-29, July 10-13, July 18-21, July 31 – August 3
PENINSULA: Hillsdale HS, San Mateo June 20-23, July 18-21
CAMP PRICES
BEGINNER – Half Day ($289), Full Day ($309)
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED – Full Day ($329)
Full Day is 9AM to 3PM.
Half Day (beginner only) is 9AM to 12PM.
Girls Camp Director, Colleen Niklaus
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Camps | Swampscott-Nahant Youth Lacrosse
SNYL will periodically post information about lacrosse camps for all levels of lacrosse. We don’t endorse any particular camp over another but vet them regarding the level and quality of instruction. Lacrosse-focused camps are an excellent way for kids to improve their skills and keep a lacrosse stick in their hands throughout the year. Plus they are fun!
Complementary to our list, Mass Youth Lax (MYL) compiles a list of camps and clinics [here]
If you hear about a camp or clinic, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are happy to check it out, and very well may end up posting it for our lacrosse community.
Summer is the most popular time for camps, so stay tuned in the Spring for more information.
If you have specific questions please click on the following link: Clinic and Camps information request
LACROSSE CAMP OPPORTUNITES
Hosted by Level Up Lacrosse
Summer Boys and Girls Youth Lacrosse Clinics
Level Up Lacrosse from Danvers Indoor Sports presents Youth Lacrosse Clinics! Boys Clinics
Work on your lacrosse skills this summer with Level Up Lacrosse Coaches who emphasize the basics of passing, catching, shooting, dodging, and more!
https://danversindoorsports.
com/boys-sports/boys-lacrosse
https://danversindoorsports.com/girls-sports/girls-lacrosse
Hosted by Powell Lacrosse
Age Groups:
- Beginner Camp: Rising Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
- Day Camp: Rising 3rd – Rising 10th Grade
Registration:
- Info: https://powelllacrosse.com/events/
- Swampscott Day Camp: https://www.powelllacrosse.com/pages/day-camps?event-id=7737
- Registration: https://summitlacrosseventures.sportngin.com/register/form/028129981
- Pricing:
- $100 Beginner Camp (access more information within the registration link above you’ll see it become available as you select MA > Swampscott. details below)
- $275 Day Camp – Before midnight March 15th, 2023
- (Day camp price is $300 after March 15th 2023)
Lacrosse Day Camps with Powell Lacrosse is THE place to elevate your skills, empower personal growth and ignite your passions.
Spend three consecutive days progressing through the Powell HOF 22 step training program and build the foundation for a lifetime of lacrosse.
Steps to Register for Camp (especially the not-so-obvious Beginner Camp):
- go to https://summitlacrosseventures.sportngin.com/register/form/028129981
- Create an account or Login
- Create or Select a Person to register and press Continue
- Select MA > Swampscott > Beginner Camp or Full Day Camp
Details on the Camp here: https://www.winnipesaukeelacrossecamp.com/
Hosted by 3d Lacrosse Club
3d New England has two local series of camps that have sessions throughout the Summer. Below you will find all details about their local camps and the registration pages.
Be the Best:
The Be the Best clinics are a staple of their Summer Programming, inviting boys and girls of all youth ages to come and learn lacrosse fundamentals while also being subjected to 3d Methodology.
These programs were the perfect day clinic in the summer for ANY lacrosse player trying to get better
Session 1: June 6th-8th, 3-7pm, Babson College
Session 2: July 11th-13th, 330pm-6pm, Westwood HS
Session 3: August 1st-3rd, 9am-1pm, Newton South HS
https://register.newengland.3dlacrosse.com/site/register/register.aspx?EventID=4279
Gordon College Lacrosse Clinic:
The Gordon Lacrosse Clinics continue to be the most popular summer day clinic for 3d! The combination of individual training, small-sided games, field games, and pool time make the Gordon Clinic the ideal summer lacrosse day camp for everyone!
Session 1: Tuesday June 20th- Thursday June 22nd, 9am-3pm
Session 2: Tuesday July 11th-Thursday July 13th, 9am-3pm
Session 3: TBD
https://register.newengland.3dlacrosse.com/site/register/register.aspx?EventID=4292
Hosted by Laxachusetts Lacrosse Club
LEGACY LACROSSE GIRLS YOUTH SUMMER Camp / Clinics
The Legacy Lacrosse Summer Clinics are for new and current lacrosse players that want to strengthen their current skills and learn new aspects of the game of lacrosse! Beginners to elite players can expect to be challenged to their fullest potential.
These clinics will focus on individual stick work skills, featuring their highly successful “Laxsanity” program. Players will learn team concepts, attack/defensive strategies, small sided games with fun competitions! All Clinics are run by Laxachusetts Girls Staff as well as talented current college players ! All first grade through rising eighth grade players welcome and all skills/drills split by age and ability.
Goalie training provided at all clinics!
All Clinics cost $225.00
Sample Schedule:
9:00-10:00: Fun Warm-Up Games and Stick work Stations
10:00-11:00: Small Sided Lax IQ Stations
11:00-11:30: Big Idea of the Day (Man up/Man Down, Riding, Clearing, Team Offense, Team Defense)
11:30-12:00: Break/Snack/FUN!
12:00-1:00: Mini Scrimmages
Legacy Cohasset: July 11th-13th
Legacy Southborough: July 18th-20th
Legacy Dexter Southfield: July 18th-20th
More information and to Register
Hosted by Nike
NIKE GIRLS LACROSSE CAMP AT THE WILLISTON NORTHAMPTON SCHOOL
At the Nike Girls Lacrosse Camp at The Williston Northampton School, our goal is to bring out the very best in every lacrosse player we coach.
Get ready for a week of focused, intensive training sessions lead by long time Nike Camp Director Stacey Freda and her coaching staff.
The Williston Northampton School offers a beautiful campus, with top-notch facilities in the Pioneer Valley, that is a perfect location for our Nike summer lacrosse camp. The school is located just five miles from downtown Northampton, and only two hours west of Boston in Massachusetts.
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NIKE GIRLS LACROSSE CAMP LEXINGTON, MA
Come join long time Nike Camp Director, Stacey Freda, this summer 2023 for a great week of lacrosse camp! Located 11 miles northwest of Boston and east of Concord, the Lincoln Park Athletic Complex in Lexington is an ideal location for a Nike Lacrosse Camp.
At the Nike Lacrosse Camp in Lexington, our goal is to help campers reach a new level of play by providing a positive training environment where you can build confidence and a passion for the game.
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NIKE GIRLS LACROSSE CAMP AT CURRY COLLEGE
USSC is excited to be back at Curry College in summer 2023 and offer a Nike Lacrosse Camp in Boston.
Curry’s main campus in Milton is 131-acre near the Blue Hills Reservation. Conveniently located only seven miles from downtown Boston, the campus offers an ideal camp location to improve your lacrosse skills this summer with great coaches, excellent weather and top notch facilities!
With a perfect small college setting, campers will have the opportunity to personally work with the Curry College coaches and experienced staff members. This camp location is ideal for all regional players in the New England area and beyond.
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Hosted by Amonte Sports
Kelly Amonte Hiller, one of the top lacrosse players in the world, developed what has become the premiere teaching camp for lacrosse players of all ages. Kelly’s success as a player and coach is achieved through her commitment, hard work, innovation, and positive approach to the sport of lacrosse. Kelly developed Amonte Sports to provide young people with an opportunity to learn these principles from coaches/players who they respect and admire.
As a college coach she is known for her ability to develop good athletes into great lacrosse players through the teaching of skills/basics with her positive philosophy.
Click here for more info and to register
Hosted by Brandeis University – Waltham, MA
Location: Brandeis University – Waltham, MA
Date: July 17-19, 2023
Hours: 8:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.
Cost: $425
Each Camper Receives:
- 18 hours of expert instruction by a staff exclusively comprised of current and former college and national team lacrosse players and coaches over the course of 3 days
- Dry fit camp t-shirt
- Reversible practice jersey
- Autographed photo of Kristen Kjellman
- Lunches provided by local restaurants (served in an indoor air conditioned facility)
- Opportunities to win prizes during daily competitions
Equipment: Each camper must supply their own lacrosse stick and protective equipment (goggles, mouthpiece and cleats).
Ages: 7-18
Age Groups: Age groups are based on the grade the camper will enter the following school year.
The age groups are:
- 4th grade and under
- 5th-6th graders
- 7th-8th graders
- 9th-12th graders
Click here for More info and to Register
Hosted by Midnight Rider Lacrosse
Designed to educate players on the benefits of playing box lacrosse. Our goal is to inspire the next generation of American box players. You can expect expert coaching, an elite curriculum, and a best-in-class box experience.
Dates: July 25 & 26 (3rd – 6th Grade) | July 27 & 28 (7th – 11th Grade)
Location: Hampstead, New Hampshire
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
The Midnight Rider Box Camp-Combine is perfect for the experienced field player ready to transition into the rink; or someone with prior box experience looking to take their game to the next level.