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Lawrenceville, NJ
August 2-5
Face-Off Academy
Overnight $625
Extended Day $495

Only 2 more overnight spaces available. Please call 800.944.7112 if you would like to register.

GameBreaker's Face-Off Academy's are specifically for Midfielders learning to excel in their face-off skills.

The GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps are excited to have Jonathan Basti co-directing this Faceoff Camp at The Lawrenceville School. Coach Basti joined the University of Hartford coaching staff in the summer of 2008 and serves as top assistant under Head Coach Peter Lawrence.  In 2010, Jonathan coached the #1 ranked Face-Off player in the country this year at Hartford, in 2005 at Fairfield, and 2002 at Sacred Heart and top 5 guys in 2001, 2006, and 2007. This is the second player that Coach Basti has coached to the top spot in the NCAA FO standings.

FACE-OFF ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTS

TYPICAL DAILY SCHEDULE
7:00 Wake-up
7:45 Breakfast
9:00 Stretching and warm-up
9:15 First Session - Instruction on face-off moves and ground balls

11:15 Video analysis of each player
12:00 Lunch, swim
2:00 Second Session - Running the 4v3 fast break off the face-off
3:30 Face-off Challenge Tournament
4:30 Free time, Extra help
5:30 Dinner
6:30 Chalk talk and stick stringing/pinching clinic
7:00 3-man face-off unit team competition
8:30 Back to dorm, movies, pizza
10:30 Lights out



INSTRUCTION ON THESE FACE-OFF MOVES

• The Clamp
• The Rake
• The Plunger
• The Jump…and more!

• Personal evaluation
• Video analysis
• Proper technique
• athletic stance and footwork
• Ground ball technique
• Running the 4v3 fast break
• Shooting on the run
• Wing play
• Communication with the face-off unit
• Defending and countering all face-off moves
• Review of face-off rules and regulations
• Review of what referees look for and forget to look for
• Deceptive moves
• Stick pinching and alterations for face-offs
• Stick stringing for face-offs
• Mental preparation
• Drills to work on alone