Box Immersion Camp - Canada - Summer 2012

At 3d Lacrosse, we are committed to delivering superior experiences for players and families looking for more than what is typically available in the marketplace. We believe that our level of instruction is unique and unlike anything most players have ever experienced. Our ability to develop players is unparalleled in the lacrosse training landscape today. Our mission is simple: develop individual players to their fullest. 3d Lacrosse will host its second annual Box Immersion Camp during the 2012 summer season in Ontario Canada.

HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT LAST YEAR'S CAMP!

It is great to hear from you.  Last summer’s camp in Niagara on the lake was a highlight of our lacrosse filled summer.  Graham and I are looking forward to being back there.  We’ll try to convince a few more West Coasters to join us.   Mark B.

Thanks for all your great work bringing us together for such an awesome experience.  It was the most valuable camp I've ever been to.  I look forward to playing again next year, eh?  --Sincerely, Kip O

James learned a great deal and enjoyed the week immensely.  Besides great instruction he had a terrific time with the other campers/ canadian players whom he said were great kids. Keep us apprised of your future events and enjoy the rest of your summer. --Kind regards, Jeff B

Click here for photos from the 2011 camp.

WHY CANADA / WHY BOX LACROSSE / BACKGROUND

In 2010, ten of the top thirty point scorers in Division I lacrosse were Canadian, yet less than 5% of the Division I population are Canadian. In Canada there are far fewer lacrosse players than in the US, yet their national team won the world championship in 2006 and held a one goal lead with five minutes left in this year's championship. Americans play more lacrosse, spend more money on lacrosse, pay coaches more money, and yet the average Canadian player is far more skilled than the above average US player in goal scoring and playmaking. Further, the reigning Major League Lacrosse Defensive MVP is a Canadian who grew up playing lacrosse with a short stick in a hockey rink. How is this possible… 3d Lacrosse believes the answer is box lacrosse. The environment of box lacrosse and the simple principles of the box lacrosse game are the ultimate teacher for the American player.

What makes this opportunity unique is the focus on individual player development and high repetitions in practice settings that prepare players for competition. 3d Lacrosse believes true development can not happen solely in high level competition environments; there is too much to learn and not enough time to learn it. The 3d Lacrosse Box Immersion Camp's curriculum will include practices in the morning and afternoon and a combination of 3d Lacrosse and local Canadian coaches. Every night, the 3d Lacrosse teams will then participate in exhibition games against Canadian teams.

An ancillary benefit of the program is that playing box lacrosse in Canada will make 3d players tougher. With a hockey type culture of physical play, US youth players will become mentally and physically tougher.

Additional benefits of box lacrosse are discussed at the end of this document.

NIAGARA ON THE LAKE

Niagara on the lake is one of the most beautiful places in North America, and just so happens to have some of the best box lacrosse in the world. Families will be able to visit Fort George or many of the vineyards while the 3d players train to become better lacrosse players. At night, parents will have the opportunity to watch the boys compete against some of Ontario’s best youth box lacrosse teams.

TRAINING & SKILLS

It is the goal of 3d Lacrosse to provide an outstanding instructional, education and technical training experience for all players. Our highly qualified staff of professional, coaches will utilize the 3d “Box / Field Hybrid” development system to train and coach all players in this new and unique program.

Player development is arguably the most important and least emphasized component of youth lacrosse throughout the nation. 3d Lacrosse structures camp scenarios that bring players to new levels of playmaking. Founder Jamie Munro pioneered the "Box / Field Hybrid" development system in the United States as a Head Coach in Division I lacrosse and now brings it to all 3d Lacrosse programming. The tempo and tactics of 3d practices will resemble those of Division I lacrosse. 3d campers will have a DI experience and learn age appropriate DI X's and O's from some of the country’s finest lacrosse instructors.

Skill development at the Box Immersion Camp will include a focus on;

Finishing / Faking / Catching in traffic / Deceptive shooting / Feeding / Dodging in tight confines / Cutting / Cycling / Picking / Screening / Power Play.

BOX IMMERSION CAMP DETAILS

Canada Box Immersion Camp is a combination of a traditional day camp and a select travel club. Teams will be formed in the Peewee, Bantam, Midget and Junior Divisions.

Divisions

Peewee 2017/2018
Bantam 2015/2016
Midget 2014/2013
Junior 2012/2011

Arena Location

TOWN OF NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE
1565 Four Mile Creek Road
Virgil, ON L0S 1T0

Lodging Accommodations

Hilton Garden Inn
500 York Road
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Ontario L0S IJ0

Room Rates
1 King Bed $159.00 per night
2 Queen Beds $139.00 per night
To book please call 1-905-984-4200
Hotel Group Name: 3d Lacrosse
Room Block expires 6/1/2012

COST

$575
Not included in the tuition: travel expenses or room & board

SCHEDULE

Peewee & Bantam Divisions

Midget & Junior Divisions

3d STAFF

Jamie Munro - Four year member of the Brown University men’s lacrosse team including All America honors. Past professional player with the Boston Blazers. Assistant coach at Yale University, and Head Coach for eleven years at the University of Denver.

David Jenkins - Four year member of the University of Virginia men’s lacrosse team, including two time ACC Champion Team member, 1999 National Champion Team member, 1999 Outstanding Face off Man in the Country, Team Captain and team MVP in 2001. Past professional player with Boston Cannons 2001-2008, including two time team captain and all time leader in groundballs and face-off wins.

Sean Allen - has been a Head Lacrosse Coach for the St. Catharines Athletics, (in Ontario, Canada) since 2002. His teams have won Zone 9 Championships in 2011, 2008, and 2006; and were the Ontario Provincial Champions in 2006. Since 2008, Sean has been the Assistant Coach for Team Ontario with the team winning the Canadian National Championships in 2011 and 2009; and were Silver Medalists in the Peewee division in 2008. He is the Head Coach of the Ontario Legends field lacrosse team that participated in the 2011 Denver Shootout. Sean has also run a series of winter box lacrosse development camps throughout southwestern Ontario since 2006. He was the Assistant to the General Manager of the 1992 & 1993 Back-to-Back World Champion Buffalo Bandits MILL.
Sean played his college lacrosse as an Attack for Brock University from 1994 –1996. He was a member of the Niagara Junior B Spartan Warriors from 1992-1993 and the St. Catharines Junior “A” Athletics in 1992.

Matt Rowley - 3d Blue Chip Southeast Manager, prior to joining 3d Lacrosse, Matt, was the Head of the New England Select Lacrosse High School program from 2007 to 2011. In addition to his responsibilities at 3d, Matt is an Assistant Coach at The Nobles and Greenough School in Dedham, MA, a perennial power in the Independent School League. From 2002-2007, Matt was an Assistant Coach at Brewster Academy and The Toronto Beaches Jr. A lacrosse team for the summer of 2006. Rowley was the Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse at UMass Boston in 2008. In 1999 – 2002 he was on the UMass Boston Division III lacrosse team where he was a two-year captain and his team made the Little East finals twice and received an invitation to the ECAC tournament.

JJ Morrissey is currently a member of the Boston Cannons Lacrosse team of the MLL. Prior to the Cannons he was a member of the L.A. Riptide of the MLL. He was a four year member of the University of Virginia men’s lacrosse team, two time ACC champion (’03 and ’06), two time National Champion (‘03 and ‘06), and co-captain of the undefeated 2006 National Championship squad. Morrissey received both the ‘Unsung Hero’ award and the ‘Leadership’ award following the 2006 season.

3d Lacrosse will bring in local Canadian coaches to coach the box game to give this camp the feel of the real Canadian box experience.

Additional Benefits of Box Lacrosse

In 1993 Munro played professionally in the MILL which is now the NLL. Munro’s game shot through the roof and it was then that he began to integrate box lacrosse skills in his game and subsequently his coaching. In 2008, ten of the top twenty goal scorers in Division I Lacrosse were Canadians, yet less than 5% of the Division I population was Canadian. There are several reasons that box lacrosse is a great teacher of the game.

Tight Confines

Everyone knows that when space is reduced it speeds up the game and produces an environment where quicker decisions have to be made; ball handling skills are therefore amplified. Being in such an environment redefines
being “open.”  Box players get used to catching passes routinely that field players would be yelled at for throwing.  The tight confines are less impacted by the size of the field and more impacted by the size of the
goal.  Small goals make all the action happen in tighter spaces.

Small Nets

Shooting accuracy and finishing ability are clearly a developmental advantage when learning how to finish on small (4x4) nets. But this isn’t the most important piece. By far, the most important concept taught in the sport of box lacrosse, which is a byproduct of small nets, is always striving to take high percentage shots which is most often attained by positioning the stick to the inside of the field. In box lacrosse, if a right handed player drives down the right wing he will almost never score as his shooting angle (and passing angles) is reduced with every step. By positioning (looking at the goal) lefties on the right and righties on the left, players are able to attack
from the wings to the middle both with the ball and while cutting.

Another way to look at this is to develop midfielders and defensemen to play like attackmen who usually play on their natural side. Everyday in practice the attack get repetitions dodging and cutting to the middle of the field, while the midfielders are constantly repeating the same dodge down the alley dodges. The repertoire of an attackman’s dodges include inside out moves, split dodges, rollbacks, topside moves, underneath moves, pop outs or Z dodges, rocker moves, question mark moves as well as swim moves. Of course, midfielders can do any of these moves, but middies are almost always on the "wrong" side of the field where all they do is run into no angle with little recourse if their weak hand isn’t developed yet.

All Short Sticks

In box lacrosse there are no poles. This provides a significant advantage for the development of the offensive players because they can work on their moves and ball handling against a defense that doesn’t beat them up and take the ball away. Too many times attackmen are either over powered by poles or are discouraged by their coach from dodging because of a bad match up.

5v5

Box lacrosse is a simple game that develops skills to their highest level. Box players work on small-sided situations every practice, all practice.

The 2 Man Game

One of the staples of box lacrosse is the pick and roll both on and off the ball. It is the repetition of the pick and roll executed on the natural side of the players that teaches an extremely high level of reading the defense.

Boards and Glass

The ball is never out of play. Box lacrosse players get more repetitions in practice. Period.