Winter lacrosse clinics for beginner 9th grader boy
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Anonymous
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Hello! Could you please share some winter clinics, summer camps, and private training for highschool boy lacrosse, around Rockville/ Silver Spring/Olney, MD? My son would like to play this spring, however he hasn't had any training or played lacrosse before. He plays travel ice hockey. We are thinking of letting him join some winter clinics or take some private training so he wouldn't be too new on field. We found a clinic at Michael&Son sport complex at Rockville, however all sessions are now on Sunday afternnoons, conflicting with his hockey schedule.
Thank you! |
Anonymous
Too late really. |
Anonymous
| This is me, OP. I wouldn't think to get my son trying out for a lacrosse club or the school varsity team. I would like him to get some lacrosse fundamental trainings so he would not look like a completely new freshman on the field. Is there any training place/coach that provides "learn to play" lessons? |
Anonymous
Hockey's going to be a problem with all the time it takes. Keep googling and you may have to travel north to Frederick or west to Columbia. Expect to pay $100/hr appx for private lessons. Buy a goal with a blocker, a rebounder and a large bucket of tennis balls (or lax balls if you want broken windows) and a stick for yourself to get out there and play catch and get him started. Maybe try Olney boys and girls club and the high school coach. |
Anonymous
Not too late. There are plenty of HS in MCPS that aren’t lax powerhouses. My athletic 9th graders hadn’t picked up a stick prior to tryouts and was starting on JV by the end of the season. |
Anonymous
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https://www.facebook.com/NECLacrosseClub/
I agree 9th grade is not too late to start lax |
Anonymous
| Thank you very much for your positive feedbacks. I appreciate that. (from OP) |
Anonymous
| My hockey player picked up a lacrosse stick for the first time in 9th grade, too. There’s lots of cross over. Start with a couple of private lessons and he should ask friends to meet up and just throw and scoop the ball off the ground. |
Anonymous
| Any good beginner camps over the summer for high schoolers? My football playing son is getting recruited by the lacrosse coach to try it out and I’m skeptical the transition can really happen without at least a camp or two (or five) |
Anonymous
| At this age there aren’t really beginner camps to be honest. And if you do find one not worth the money. Find someone that can work with your DS one on one |
Anonymous
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Camps are fine.
But the fundamental skill is catching and throwing/shooting. And those skills can be developed with a ball, stick and a wall. The rest of lacrosse is easy to pick up. But any kid who can catch and throw at a high level can play lacrosse at any high school. |