BLACK BEAR ELITE WINTER LACROSSE ACADEMY
Session 2 Jan 17- Feb 21st

 

Register for the Black Bear Winter Training Academy

learn from the best...train with the best! we’ve assembled an elite coaching staff for our 4-week winter session 1 program offering high quality sports performance and position specific training. see our curriculum at the bottom to learn more!

Then JOIN THE MOVEMENT this winter to Learn From The Best and Train With The Best at our Elite Winter Training Academy

hosted at the Brand-New state of the art Indoor Turf Complex
The Far Post- in Limerick, PA.

this academy is for Intermediate and Advanced Players in grades 5th Through 8th and 9th through 12th who are looking to be pushed beyond their current lacrosse and athletic skill sets in a competitive, team first environment.

Register for the Black Bear Winter Training Academy

Where? The Far Post- Limerick, PA

Who? Intermediate to Advanced Boys Lacrosse Players grades 5th-8th and High School 9th-12th

When?

Session 2: 6 Wednesday Sessions jan. 17th to feb. 21st

  • Youth (5th-8th grade) 7:00pm-8:00pm

  • High School (9-12th grade) 8:00pm-9:00pm

COST? $360 per player

PROGRAM DIRECTORs:
Bryan Churchey-2x mercury newspaper coach of the year (2018/2021) & a phillylacrosse.com coach of the year nominee in 2021, head coach of our 2024 & 2026 teams, HS program director, head coach at perkiomen valley high school.

GRady Wise- 16 years high school coaching experience and current head varsity coach at boyertown high school. Black bear youth program director and 2030 head coach

Offensive Coaches:
Mike Orlando- 2028 Head Coach, Spring-Ford Youth Coach, Former Springfield-Delco Player and Coach

Jack Scaliti-Captain and Starting Midfielder at Stevenson University (2021 Mercury Newspaper Player of the Year), & Guest Offensive Coaches from Local Colleges!

Defensive Coaches:
Nick Marren- Perkiomen Valley Defensive Coordinator; 2027 Head Coach, Played Defense at Lehigh University.

Sam Romania- Perkiomen Valley Head JV Coach; Played LSM/Defense at Neumann University; 2031 Head Coach

Goalie Coach:
Kevin Mo- Head Coach at Owen J. Roberts High School; 2029 Head Coach and 3x Captain, 2x All-American, & 3x Starter at Seton Hill University.

Black Bear’s ELITE Winter Training Academy tailored towards the experienced advanced and intermediately skilled players who are looking for an edge on their competition. This performance-based curriculum uses FOUR-CORE Areas:

  • Foundational Player Development

  • Athletic Skill Set Development

  • Positional Skill Set Development

  • Mental (Lax IQ) Development

Why Train With Us?

  1. QUALITY over Quantity: For each hour of training we are capping enrollment currently at 4 Goalies, 12 Defenseman, 6 LSMs, 10 Midfielders, and 10 Attackmen PER SESSION (40 athletes total)

  2. QUALITY Coaches: You can see below but we’re serious about who is training your son, Learn From The Best! We will have weekly an 5-to-1 player-to-coach ratio. Athletes will go through five 60-minute weekly sessions of our Performance-Based Curriculum in an up-tempo, high energy environment!

  3. Player-Focused Model: At Black Bear we have a passion to serve our community everything we do is to serve you, your family, and your son. We have a proven model that has helped thousands of kids in the area learn to love and excel at lacrosse. Let us help your son be the next in a long legacy of excellence!

Performance-Based Curriculum

  1. Foundation Skill Development

    • Passing, Catching, Ground balls: We start every session with our traffic-passing drill for a high rep, no standing, fast-paced Foundational skill work. RH-LH-Splits-Gbs 100 reps in less than 10 minutes

  2. Athletic Skill Development

    • Agility, Change-Of-Direction, Quickness: Next every athlete will spend 15 minutes going through evidence-based and proven athletic performance drills that are designed around making you a better athlete and lacrosse player. Be prepared to SWEAT MORE for greatness!

  3. Position Skill Development

    • We break this up into three groups Offense-Defense-Goalies see below what we will be focusing on each week below.

    • WEEK 1:

      • Offense: C.O.D. (quick in and out of the dodge mechanics), Stationary Shooting mechanics+ Footwork. Shooting Area Focus: Feeds from Low to High Wing

      • Defense: C.O.D. (Hip mobility + explosiveness), defensive footwork, defensive approaches, on ball positioning

      • Goalies: Stance, Hand-Eye Quickness, Tracking the Ball, Footwork, Clearing. Goalies will be given LIVE SHOTS on a weekly basis in combination with our Offensive Academy Shooters.

    • WEEK 2:

      • Offense: C.O.D. (quick in and out of the dodge mechanics), Stationary Shooting Mechanics + Footwork. Shooting Area Focus: Ball swung from X to Wing areas (L/R)

      • Defense: C.O.D. (Hip mobility + explosiveness), defensive footwork, defensive approaches, on ball positioning

      • Goalies: Stance, Hand-Eye Quickness, Tracking the Ball, Footwork, Clearing. Goalies will be given LIVE SHOTS on a weekly basis in combination with our Offensive Academy Shooters.

    • WEEK 3:

      • Offense: C.O.D. (quick in and out of the dodge mechanics), Shooting on the Run Mechanics + Footwork. Shooting Area Focus: Alley Dodges from Redirects + Sweep Alley Dodges

      • Defense: C .O.D. (Hip mobility + explosiveness), defensive footwork, defensive approaches, on ball positioning + Off ball positioning & Sliding

      • Goalies: Stance, Hand-Eye Quickness, Tracking the Ball, Footwork, Clearing. Goalies will be given LIVE SHOTS on a weekly basis in combination with our Offensive Academy Shooters.

    • WEEK 4:

      • Offense: C.O.D. (quick in and out of the dodge mechanics), Shooting on the RunMechanics + Footwork. Shooting Area Focus: Inside Finishes + Up-The-Hash Shooting

      • Defense: C .O.D. (Hip mobility + explosiveness), defensive footwork, defensive approaches, on ball positioning + Off ball positioning & Sliding

      • Goalies: Stance, Hand-Eye Quickness, Tracking the Ball, Footwork, Clearing. Goalies will be given LIVE SHOTS on a weekly basis in combination with our Offensive Academy Shooters.

  4. Mental (LAX IQ) Development

    • Each week we will be focusing on different team concepts on both sides of the ball that will help our players better understand the purpose of the “WHY” behind each area of focus. Each week students will be given a homework assignment by their coaches to study a short YouTube Video from one of our favorite people Patrick Chapla of “POWLAX. Check his channel for great “how to” videos on understanding the game of lacrosse.

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